If you have the money and if you have a choice, on which would be a better choice: a time share or a vacation home? Buying a real estate is a good investment for more and more people these days. Two popular choices are time shares and vacation homes, both in out of town and overseas locations. For each choice there are advantages and disadvantages over the other. The question is: What are they? Owning a Tim ...

In Turkey there are many sectors active and dynamic and the banking sector is one of them. The dynamism of the banking sector is a result of the lifting of certain restrictions that regulate it in the 1980s, as well as the liberalization of interest and foreign exchange and the entry of more foreign banks into the foray. Around 80% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is contributed by the banking ...

Turkey is making some economic reforms in order to become part of the European Union. As a result, the Turkish banking industry has seen many changes. These changes include massive restructuring and various banking mergers that have made their marks on the financial history of Turkey. You can see the biggest of these banking mergers and acquisitions in the following: Denizbank AS First, Denizbank was a stat ...

Turkey is an attractive country for tourists. It was the center of an ancient empire that has lasted well into the modern ages and yet is brimming with new life, vitality and progress. It is a country of peace and conflict. It is a place of contrasts, of rugged landscapes, of smooth and sandy beaches, of spectacular views. Turkey has very different faces so naturally there are so many tourist destinations t ...

The city of Istanbul in Turkey truly has the best of both worlds, in the most literal of senses. Istanbul is the only city in the world that bridges two continents – Europe and Asia – so tourist can see on a visit to Istanbul the progressive influences of Europe on the city blending with the mysterious and tantalizing touch of Asia. We can say that this is the city where the East meets the West. If you have ...

If you are flying to Istanbul for first time and you are looking for any sign proving what you have learnt previously about Turkey – that Turkey is a country that is about to emerge as an economic powerhouse in Europe – you can look too close. All you need is looking your surroundings at the moment you land at the airport. Chances are that you have landed at the Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (SAW). SA ...