Good look in finding something - think you will if you get on the ground and look around but if in the long term you want the place to live in I would recommend looking closer to Bodrum than the outlying areas as can be grime in winter.

sunnyshores,
Haven't quite decided yet on what type of property, hoping to go soon and spend more time really looking round.

we were out there last summer for a month, attempting to snag and then furnish an investment property we brought (another story!!) Anyway, I did want to buy another family property for personal use.Although it was far too hot for property viewing really, but managed a fair few and looked at pretty much all the areas on the Bodrum Peninsular.

I'd be happy to recommend my Agent, an American lady and her Turkish husband, who took my rather fixed list of requirements (safe for young children, beach, pool, some life in winter etc) and for 3 months prior to visiting she emailed me all properties matching that description. I found her to be incredibly honest, some places she just said "dont bother" and that was enough!

She put me in touch with another company (owned by an English lady) that I rented an appartment through and that I will use for my rentals on the existing investment property. This lady has put me in touch with an English interior designer who will furnish my property and if we buy something needing work, she will project manage that for us. I also know of another American owned franchise of an international Estate Agency that we used for several viewings in Yalikavak.

I'm not trying to advertise their services, I'm just suggesting that you use someone recommended and (if you're English speaking) someone else who is. I found the Turks very hard to communicate with, even in English!

In the end places we liked most probably werent going to appeal to mass tourism rentals, they were in quieter areas. We were also happy to trade in a sea view for something larger or cheaper, again not wise if you want maximum rental income.

Sunnyshores.

I find the Turkish people very easy to communicate with,
İf we all recommend the American lady and the American owned franchise estate agency,then the Turkish agents will soon be out of bussiness, rather unfair dont you think,?

Burada Türkiye,

Kolay Gelsin

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Just my personal opinion, which you will note I didnt ram down peoples throats by advertising Company's names for all to see.

Anyway, I dont see why people shouldnt seek out Agents who speak the same language, buying abroad is fraught with enough problems as it is.

The Turkish agents I contacted from UK didnt understand my requirements as well and when I did view with several of them their English wasnt that great and unfortunatly my Turkish non-existent. It meant I had to view many apartments that, had I been given enough (understandable) information, I wouldnt have wanted to see at all - a waste of everyones time.

By the way, the American lady has lived in Turkey with her Turkish husband for 30 years and the American franchise owner is also married to a Turk and has been there many years. As far as I know they arent spending their money in US or sending all their profits back to US, so therefore I have supported local business.

Possible solution would be for Turkish Government to allow work permits to nationals of Countries who Turkish agents target?

By the way,the above was not in your other post,
See how easy it is to missunderstand someone,when they dont give enough information,

I would like to add,there are many Turkish agents who speak the same ''language'' and clearly understand there clients requirements,

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I have traveled the world a bit and have usually managed to pick up a few words.
The main ones, like please and thankyou.
I visited Turkey three times last year. And I must admit I can not pick up even those words, but I found the Turkish people fantastic.
Most could understand me and even wanted me to help them with their English.
I thought that they were brilliant.

And not one of them tried to 'hard' sell me property

hi,tiger i have been to turkey so many times & i must say im the same just carnt get to grips with the lingo,i only khow hello,merabah!i must brush up very soon as i m going over in april to get the key for my beautiful apt near gocek,take care chick,keep practasing,audra.

Turkish is a difficult language for foreigners and it is only used in Turkey, N.Cyprus so the Turkish people do not think that the foreigners should know their language, instead they learn English and German.We generally have good educations for English in colleges at least 7 years with English and American teachers since we always use it in our business lives.
The uneducated people are learning English when contacting to their foreign customers in pubs, restaurants and this should be a success to learn it without a teacher, grammer lesson!
As soon as you -English or American people- try to talk slowly with basic sentences, they can understand your requirements and try to give you the best!
I don't think communication is hard in Turkey but just to minimize it, developers/local agents work with foreign agents from UK beliving that a person can feel and communicate better with the same nationality.
I can understand what Sunnyshores meant.This is according to the personality who you contacted also.If you find a professional and honest company/person, then it does not matter if they are local or foreigner.
By the way the Turkish people appreciate of foreigners' learning Turkish, this is a respect to them which also makes foreigners' lives easier fitting into the culture.
Learning that country's language and trying to say only ''Merhaba'' makes our world colorful with everyone, doesn't it??
One of my best friend from UK wanted me to teach him some useful sentences in Turkish like ''Are you single, married?'' ''Do you have any children?''
Cagla