A residence permit is not necessary. The first 3 months you can remain here with your Tourist Visa. If you should decide thereafter to remain here you should inquire about obtaining a residence permit. This can be done with the local police authority in your local area. They require from you a copy of your passport, your resident address, a Turkish bank account number, you must be able to show that you have funds in the account which will enable you to live in Turkey (the amount deposited must be sufficient for the length of stay in Turkey) and a tax number. You can simply go to the tax office and obtain a tax number. You will also require 5 passport size photographs for the first application. Also the cost of the residence permit depends on the length of your stay. A residence permit can be issued starting from one month, those for a longer period are determine by your length of stay. Our customer help service can assist you in obtaining a residence permit.
When do I need a residence permit: If you wish to intall a telephone, if you want to install an Internet service, if you want to buy car, if you wish to take out private insurance. In these cases it is necessary for you to have a residence permit.
How long can I have a residence permit for: following the current legislation a residence permit is for 5 years maximum. At the end of this period you have to re-apply for a new permit.

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Schools: In the whole city of Alanya and the suburbs you will find schools. You can select between private and national schools. The national schools are free. A strict compulsory schooling exists of up to 8 years of primary education between the ages of 6 and 14. But you can do also up to 12 years education. . Afterwards you can leave for the University. Instruction is held in the Turkish language. Their is not an international school in Alanya.

Hospitals: There is a national hospital, a university hospital, two private patient hospitals and different medical practices, which work commercially, but always in co-operation with a hospital. Also in these practices are very well trained doctors. The doctors are very good and give as good a service as you would expect in the UK. You will find most doctors speak generally very well in German or English.

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A Tapu is actually the land register or better the proof of title of your real estate. A normal entry into the land register is our most important basic principle. We can carry out a land register inspection as to whether the person, who is selling the property is the real owner, also whether their are any charges on the property or other debts or penalties exist. You can take a look at a Tapu on our Website www.al-active.com if you wish.

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Apart from the favorable climate of the Turkish Riviera and the hospitality of the Turks, also the cost of living is less than in the United Kingdom. Besides one invests here with real estate for the future. The costs are favorable and one can in the course of time expect an increase in value from 10 to 20%. In addition your real estate has a high potential for letting here in Turkey.

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There is the possibility, that you can rent your apartment or villa. The rent is dependent on different factors:
* Situation of the property
* Size and condition
* Season.
A large dwelling or a single house can be rented in the high summer time for €500 to € 1000. Importantly the situation in which the property is located is a factor that sets the price also the direction in which the property is facing can play a part. `Normal `dwelling in a city situation one can do for €350 to 500 € in the month letting. Over the whole year counted a rent of approx. can. 350 to 500 € to be monthly counted. If you would like to rent your property, you must inform the local municipality. From your rental income the city calculates your tax. If the rental income is over 1.600,00 YTL per year, then you have income tax to pay.

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Turkish Law stated in 2004 that all real estate agents must be licenced. The license one receives is given after some training and then taking the official examination at the Chamber of Commerce. This guarantees you a conscientious and competent support, which is individually co-ordinated with your needs, and which Turkish juridical system conformal functions, which ensure your security, that at a licenced company your interests are protected by law, this ensures that your purchase of real estate goes without any problems.

Because Active is one of the first estate agencies, which received the TSE certificate! The TSE certificate (Turkish Standards Institute 11816) gives you the correct security and applies to every single real estate agency and broker in Turkey, helping dust away the old fashion style, to a modern and professional legal practice under a new set of regulations and standards. Some real estate agents still think that they can sell a house together with a package at a better price than those agents that do have a licence. They give you a quote for the whole price of the purchase that can look very attractive. Everything looks good and respectable and arouses the impression that one has actually made a date with people from the real estate industry. You may then find that a customer has made a higher offer 4 weeks earlier at another agents office and now you have to get your money back. Who is going to help you? You have been doing business with someone that does not have the correct licence, if one at all. A TSE licenced company always supports you from the beginning to achieve that purchase and accompanies you during the purchase and after they will still be with you to ensure that you are secure with your new property. and also still after the purchase of your real estate for you will be there.

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If you have gone to a TSE licenced and respected company for your real purchase, then a lawyer is not really necessary. TSE registered company has all the necessary controls for a purchase of your property, they can check who actually owns the property, they have access to the land register and can carry out other searches to establish if any penalties are on the property.

If you should want to buy your real estate at a company, which does not have a TSE license and you do not have a good feeling about it, then it is recommended that you talk to a lawyer about the purchase of the real estate.
In short Turkey has introduced an electronic system for the Tapu office. The real estate prices, which were specified by the respective municipalities, are stored now with the land register office on the computer. If a broker does not indicate the genuine value of a real estate, in order to have to pay fewer taxes, this is determined in the future directly. The value of a real estate is frequently too low indicated . The profit on the real estate sector is so high that each second is active by extra job in this area. If the value a real estate is not correctly indicated now, the officials of the land register office can recognize that directly. The dubious brokers are to be arrested immediately on the spot.

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The service, real estate companies offers and the costs are different and dependent from company to company on the range of the service, what the company offers. al-acitve offers the following service to you:
 

Transfer airport - Alanya	per distance	60,-- €
Standard administration of your real estate:
Apartment overall	per year	250,-- €
Villa graduated	per year	400 – 800,-- €
Cleaning Charge:	per day
appartement		30,-- €
Duplex apartment		40,-- €
Villa		50,-- €

On request we can provide the following services.
* Translation activities of a sworn interpreter, costs depending upon extent of service
* Technical service depending upon extent and material costs
If you would not like to use of our services at this time that we have specified, you can contact us at a later date. You can contact us on our Internet site www.al-active.com  here you will see all the various services that we can offer to you.
 

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For the purchase of a real estate a unique tax on real estate transactions would have to be paid of 3% . The amount of tax to be paid is made after the value has been registeded and the location of the property. The costs begin at 400,--€

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In addition to the cost of your property and tax to pay you have to account for the following:
 

Copying fees:
The preparation and registration costs	50,-- €
Sworn in interpreter:
so that you can understand what you are purchasing, a sworn in interpreter is legally prescribe	50,-- €
Notary:
Notary fees: in order to make it easier for you, we take over the routine tasks for the notary authority	ab 70.-- €
Submission:
Submission with the military administration in Izmir	ab 30,-- €

If you buy your real estate with us, we help you also with the application of your tax number with the tax office, the opening bank account of an etc. This service we offer then free of charge to you.

 

Some more costs have to be taken account of are listed below:
Telephone:
Telephone connection (unique)	5,-- €
Monthly fee	7,-- €
Electricty:
Unique registration with new building	starting from 300,-- €
Transfer into your names	starting from 40,-- €
Water:
Unique registration with new building	starting from 200,-- €
Transfer into your names	starting from 40,-- €
Active administrative & property service per year
Support of your apartment	250,-- €
Support of your villa	btw.500 - 800,-- €

Naturally these costs will differ at the different real estate companies. Mentioned above costs refer only to al-active
 

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Yes, that is possible. You must pay attention however to the following:

When you enter into Turkey you should have the following ready for inspection, passport, you’re driving license and vehicle documents as well as the green insurance card. Make sure please also that the green insurance card is valid for the whole of Turkey. When you cross the border it will be written in your passport the date of entry into Turkey your passport will also be stamped.

In principle vehicles for one period can be introduced from 90 days in accordance with the duration of your visa. An extension up to a maximum of 180 days is possible thereafter but also the green insurance card must be valid for this period. At expiration of the 180 days the vehicle must leave the country through the border in which you came.

If you intend to fly out of the country and leave your car behind you must leave your car in the customs compound. It is possible to leave it at the customs office in Antalya and take it there then when your return from your journey again and produce the receipt you get your car back.

But you must go to the responsible customs office of the province capital. Your car is taken to a customs compound and with your passport you register that you wish to leave your car whilst out of the country. There are fees to be paid and you will also have to pay a parking fee whilst it is in the care of the customs office.

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It is not really necessary to learn the Turkish language. Here one speaks different languages, and also German. A great many Turkish young people speak also very good English. But nevertheless it is recommended to take the trouble in order to learn the language. Not only alone for the chat with the neighbour or for the purchase (which one can also make, if one points with the finger to the desired article), but for itself. It makes the life here simpler and more understandable around much. And fun makes it also still, if one can try the first learned words out with friends and acquaintance. There are different possibilities, Tömer. During this training course you are addressed from the first day on in Turkish. If one is accustomed to it, the lessons seems to then go rather fast .

Or also those Learn Factory, by a German one opened. Während this training course become you also under company of your lecturer your purchases transact, and completely in Turkish. Their teacher watches out! There is no working with hands and feet. Further it is planned that those Learn Factory to spread and school for children would like to also open wants,. if you want to move with your schoolable children into Turkey, to Alanya, the children in your own language are informed and to have beside it also equivalent still Turkishly instruction.

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There are many different banks operating in Turkey both national and International. Most offer internet banking. For money transfers all have different rates they charge but approximately it would start at €15.00. If you plan to purchase property you should opena a bank account as early as possible. To make use of the banks internet service you have to be in the bank in person to obtain the neccesary information to operate the online banking services.

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In order to be able to buy a car in Turkey, you need a residence permit. You will receive a special special characteristic to show that the vehicle is owned by a foreigner (MA). You do not need a Turkish driving licence necessarily. You can drive with your English driving licence here. The cost of an insurance against all risks depend on the type of your vehicle. For a jeep you pay approx. 1500,--YTL in the year, that are approx. 800,-- €.

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In Turkey there is also the possibility of a private health insurance. The costs of such an insurance depend on your desired service. A basis insurance, whereby only the hospitalization is in emergency cover , costs approx. 450,-- YTL per year, that are approx. 250,-- €. An insurance, with which also physician attendance and medicine are covered, comes at approx. 1200,-- YTL per year, that are approx. 650,-- € and even if you liked to also accept the dentist to the insurance, that costs approx. 1300,-- YTL per year, that are approx. 720,-- €. In addition, the amounts are paid annually, or can be paid for monthly. Further the costs between the different insurance companies also vary.

If you do not need to have the dental treatment with the dentist with your insurance, you should account for costs starting from 40,-- YTL (approx. 22,-- €), for a dental inspection. Also the costs of the Optician are more favorable in comparison with Europe.

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Between European Union countries there are social security agreements, which regulate the medical treatment that can be obtained between each country. Pensioners, who do not live in their own country, but in another European Union country, are thus entitled to medical treatment. You should note however that you cannot fall back on this system whilst you are in Turkey. You must ensure that you take the appropriate safe-guards with your medical requirements. A Turkish citizens entering the European community has to have medical insurance. Therefore the same rules apply to an EU citizen entering Turkey; you must have adequate medical insurance for your needs whilst in Turkey. We always advise our customers therefore that they should take out a private auxiliary foreign health insurance. This should be tailored to meet the individual needs and to their own risks (chronic diseases). Inquire at your health insurance company about the benefits that apply to you and to ensure that you are fully protected when you are on Turkey.

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Electricty at the local energy enterprise (Teddaş) one registers. Costs of the new build registration are approx. 300,-- €. Then you receive monthly the calculation over the used of the electricty.

Water registration at the municipality. Costs of the build registration start from 200,-- €. The water calculation is delivered each second month. In Turkey are Heaters, which are neccesary but we do not admit to. . In older houses you still have open fires, which burn wood or coals. It is possible to have gas mobile heaters. There are houses with gas central heating but not many. Another possibility for heating is the electrical fire. In the newer properties the air conditioning system is also used for heating. In addition, the progress becomes apparent here.You are alos able to use marble elements, which function as heating. These elements are powered by electricty. They are somewhat expensive in purchasing (approx. 250,-- € per element) but very economically in consumption.

How are the electricty and water calculations to be paid? With your electricty or water charge you go to the bank and pay. On the invoice for payment you will find a list of banks that accept payment and on which days they take these payments.
For Gas you do not recieve an invoice. The gas that you use is bottled gas and you obtain new gas cylnders for the salesman that travel around the streets daily. You can also take your cylender to a gas shop for exchange. For your gas cooker you need a gas bottle of 25 litres and pay for it approx. 40,-- YTL, that are approx. 22,-- €. If you cook very much, 25 litres for approx. are enough. 6 - 8 weeks.
The electricty and water costs are very favorable compared with Europe.

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Telephone and fax connections and internet service you register at you local telephone company. The costs of the first registration of a telephone are approx. 7,-- € and the monthly costs of the contract are 5,-- € plus naturally your own consumption costs.

The acquisition of a Mobile telephone is possible either with contract or with Prepaid card. The costs are here just as different as in Europe and are charged by the respective telephone companies and your own consumption. However the costs of the contract are very favorable also for these connections in comparison to Europe.

Also Internet can be registered here. This one inquires, like the mobile telephones, at the respective telephone company. Here again you have a choice of comapny to use . They can install an ASDL connection within 24 hours of Internet use for approx. 50,-- YTL monthly, that are approx. 30,-- €. But there is also the possibility for smaller packages.
Please note that you need a residence permit for the registration of such a contract also.

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Between Alanya and Antalya their direct routes. Starting from 07.00 o'clock in the morning. The last bus in the direction Antalya bus station is around 23.00hrs starting from bus station in Alanya. With the bus your journey time is approx. 2 - 2.5 hours on the way up to the airport.

Each half hour a bus departs in the direction Antalya. If you want to go direct to the airport it is also possible with a taxi service. The costs begin at approx. 60,-- € per journey. The public means of transport in the city are also very good and are usually only 10 to 15 minutes apart. The first bus usually starts at 06.30hrs to 24.00hrs. In the high season the buses operate until 02.00 amk. The buses have numbers or the name of the detination on the front of the bus.

Outside of Alanya you will meet also still the original `Dolmus `bus, which is called literally translated “full up”. The buses are in different colors to indicate the different municipalities, from which the bus comes from.

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There are many different possibilities a car of renting scooters or motorcycle.
The prices vary a lot, and you should inspect the vehicle before you take it . Most prices are indicated without insurance, you should ensure that you get a quote with insurance and what is covered by your insurance. For scooters as well as Motorcycles you are required to wear a helmet for the driver and you must for both have valid licence to ride a motorcycle and scooter.

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In the community center there is a translator for foreigners. There you can be informed about the different sports and clubs available, when and where to find the contact people of the different sports and nationalities and where they meet.

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