Didim News

 

How to apply for your first residency permit and costs

For application within Turkey you will need 5 passport photographs, your TAPU ( Title Deeds) and a photocopy of your TAPU or a legal property purchasing contract  drawn up by a solicitor in Turkish, a copy of your visa, your passport and up to 2 copies of the photograph page, and cash money in Turkish Lira. You will need to take this to the Aydin Police Headquarters. You will be asked to complete a form and to pay an administration fee of 90 YTL for the residency visa book (the small blue book which states how long you are residing in Turkey). Fees are payable in Turkish Lira (there is no administration charge for a renewal ).You will then be given a receipt which you must take to the local government office where you will pay the residence permit fee, you will then be given another receipt as proof of payment. Take this back to the police station and give it to the applications officer. You will be asked to return approximately 1 week later to collect your residency visa.

 

Residence Permit Fees

 

6 MTHS:      306 TL

1 YEAR:       588 TL

2 YEARS:    1154 TL

3 YEARS:    1719 TL

4 YEARS:    2289 TL

5 YEARS:    2849 TL

 

Contact details:

 

Turkish consulate Telephone….. 0232.463 5151.

 

AYDIN foreigners help desk…..0256.  2196120.

Turkey drops 'new' from currency

 

After shredding the world's most devalued money in 2005 by dropping six zeros, Turkey is to complete the currency carving by dropping “new” from its name and reverting to “Turkish Lira.”

 

  “The new currency will start circulating Jan. 1, 2009, with the name ‘Turkish Lira.' The term ‘New Turkish Lira' was only a tool for the first part of the transition period,” said Durmuş Yılmaz, governor of the Turkish Central Bank, during yesterday's launch of the advertising campaign for the currency name transition.

 

  Yılmaz said 200 Turkish Lira notes would begin circulation as well, but quickly dismissed any inferences that the Central Bank was trying to keep up with rising inflation.

 

  “There are other factors in deciding the size of the highest note, rather than just inflation rates. Increasing transactions in the economy is one of them,” he said.

 

  The Central Bank's campaign will enter its second stage Oct. 3, as Yılmaz, along with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, will present details about the new notes.

 

  “Currently, two thirds of the population have no idea a currency name change is coming,” said Yılmaz.

  He said the new notes would have different sizes as a measure against forgery and to facilitate their use by blind people. The depiction of the country's founder, Kemal Atatürk, will stay on the front of all bank notes.

  He said “Turkish Lira” would be in use together with the “New Turkish Lira” for one year and during that period all banks would distribute “Turkish Lira” while collecting the “New Turkish Lira.” After Jan. 1, 2010, only Ziraat Bank and the Central Bank will continue changing the new notes.

 

Source: Turkish daily news

 

New chipped ID cards in use

 

The handing out of new chipped ID cards has begun in the pilot region, Bolu.

The Ministry of Interior, is putting into effect a new Turkish Republic Identity Card which will allow for faster service in administrative establishments, will be easy to carry and difficult to copy while also adhering to international standards.

The new chipped ID cards have begun to be distributed in the pilot region, Bolu. The new ID cards are the same size as a driving license and smaller than the former ID cards.

 

 

Source: Sabah newspaper

 

 

You can now renew your residency visa in Kusadasi

 

All you need is a photocopy of your passport the page with your photograph on, passport number etc and the page with your last visa stamp on.

You will also need 3 photographs the same size as the one in your visa and your tax number.

The procedure is as follows:

1.  Go to the police station at the harbour where there is an office that deals with visas.

2.  The police person will write on a piece of paper your details and the amount you have to pay, currently 568.50 ytl for a 1 year visa. They will sign and stamp it.

3.  Take the piece of signed paper with your fee to the tax office where you get an invoice from a counter person, then take that to the other counter where someone else will put the information into a computer. Another paper is then generated which is handed to the next desk where you will pay the amount required

4. You will get a receipt which you then take back to the police station where you will leave your photographs, passport photocopies and current visa.

5. You will then fill in another form (one side only) which is your personal details (sometimes this form is given on the first visit to the police station)

6. You will be asked to return about 2 hours later to collect your renewed visa.

It is better to go early in the morning, as if left later on in the day you may be requested to return to collect the visa the following day.

PLEASE NOTE:
THESE GUIDELINES ARE ONLY FOR RENEWING AN EXISTING RESIDENTS VISA, A FIRST APPLICATION MUST BE COMPLETE IN AYDIN

 

 

BC Partners agree to buy Migros supermarket

 

BC Partners Ltd. agree to buy Migros Turkey's largest supermarket chain, for about $3.2 billion .

The firm has already acquired 51 percent of Migros Turk for 1.98 billion liras ($1.7 billion), or 21.85 liras a share, from Koc Holding AS, according to the Istanbul stock exchange.

BC Partners will gain 961 stores in Turkey and nearby countries through the takeover, and plans to profit by boosting the supermarket's share of grocery sales at the expense of street vendors, who control about 60 percent of the market, according to a national industry group. 

Koc Holding expects the transaction to be completed within four months.

 

Source: The didymian Newspaper

 

Tesco could be coming

 

A Tesco-Kipa executive has confirmed his retail giant`s plans to open a store in Didim. The company has also been talking to other landowners in the town, intending to find the right site.  it believes can deliver in Didim – on a par with the Tesco-Kipa branch on the outskirts of Kusadasi.

Mr Sarıcı said the company planned to build a shopping centre in Didim, with a cinema and a bowling hall; but were still investigating land options.

He confirmed the negotiations on the land owned by Mr Çetin, next to the Opet Petrol Station in Akbük Road, were continuing, but he was also in contact with other landlords as well.

 

Source: Voices Newspaper

 

Didim’s new Marina is taking shape

 

The new Marina is now taking shape. Trucks are tipping rocks to create a buffer wall making the overall D shape. The wall now stretches several metres out to sea and can be seen from all vantage points along the coastline.

Doğuş Construction, who are building the marina, have said that the development remains on time and the $52 million, 287,000 m² marina is on course to open in the summer of 2009.

The marina will have a yacht club, heliport for helicopters to land direct on the site, a capacity for 623 berthed yachts and 600 yachts in dry dock, a yacht lift for 300 and 100 tonnes, and a swimming pool. The marina will serve mainly yachts of 75-150 metres long, such as mega-yachts which are increasingly in popularity on the Aegean and east Mediterranean seaboard. There will also be a shopping centre, supermarkets, yacht equipment shops, a fitness centre and sports facilities, banks, a petrol station, restaurants and a cultural centre. The marina will also have ferryboat management for cruises to the Greek islands of Kalimnos, Kos and Leros, as well as a customs post, port authority facilities, a passport control unit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Voices Newspaper

 

 

Brand new £ 3.5 Million Spa Hotel opening next year

 

Didim Beach Elegance will be built close to the Third beach in Alitnkum. The hotel will offer state of the art spa facilities, a cinema (which will hold 200 people, a restaurant, bar, fitness suite, American-style fast food operation and exclusive boutique shops. This 120 roomed hotel will be built upon a 2,300 M² plot. It’s expected to attracted families, concentrating heavily upon the children’s needs e.g. special entertainment, Playstation rooms and a play area. However these facilities are not just for the hotel customers, it will be open to the public.

Source: Voices Newspaper

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