cybermouse, you are quite right in what you say - Turkey does offer greater investment potential than most EU countries. If you are looking for somewhere to live, it is equally good. I lived there myself for a while (in Ankara, not on the coast although I did travel there extensively).

Ultimately, though it is, as you say, a point of view. Live where you want to live, invest where you want to invest. But you have to admit that with greater investment potential comes greater risk and there is greater risk investing in somewhere like Turkey than within the EU. Unhappy generals and an Islamist government are not exactly a good mix.