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More Short-Term Property Rentals in Turkey information

Short-Term Property Rentals in Turkey - New Regulations 9th May 2017 Overview As many of you may already be aware, the regulations for renting-out your property for short-term lettings has changed. The new regulations have come into force affecting Short-Term Rentals and owners are required to register their guests to the government system. The system is called ‘Geçici İkamet Yerleri ve Kimlik Bildirme Projesi’ (GİYKİMBİL) or (Temporary Residency and Identification Project). You must also pay tax for your short-term rentals. This is not new, however, home owners must first set up a Turkish company (sole trader or limited company) in order to comply with tax regulations. How to Register for GİYKİMBİL You may visit your local Jandarma or police station in your district to obtain the necessary software (free) and you may also purchase additional software to send the xml files. Companies such as Akçam Bilişim or 3T Bilişim provide this software ('Kimlik Bilgilenirme' Program)

HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2017

We wish everyone a very HAPPY NEW YEAR and hope 2017 is awesome. The New Year is here, so what a great time to revitalise the blog. I hope to be adding to the posts over the coming month as I have neglected to do so for some time now. This is the new face for the IdealworldBodrum.com homepage. There is a lot of work to do to get the website up to speed and I hope to be doing that over the coming months. A lot of information here needs to be updated, and it will be as time permits. Thanks for reading.

Welcome to the Tuzla Homeowners Association!

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      The Tuzla Homeowners Association! The Tuzla Homeowners Association is a community based project bringing owners together to promote a happy and prosperous environment. If you own a property and wish to play a part in making the Tuzla area the best it can be then the THA is the place for you. If you are not already a member, click on "Join" in the menu for info on how to join, or click "Join online!" to apply for membership right away. If you are already a member, login on the left to access the member area. WE ACHIEVE MORE WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER The THA (Tuzla Homeowners Association) is a community-focused association which plans to bring home owners together to create a better managed and more enjoyable environment for us all. If you own a property on FCC, TQ, RH or Lakeside and wish to play a part in making the Tuzla area the best it can be then the THA is the place for you! An Association that Exists For The Tuzla Community

Mobile Wifi Hotspot for Smart phones, tablets and laptops

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What is Mobile Wi-Fi? Mobile Wi-Fi is a small device that gives you internet access over a mobile network. It creates a short-range wireless network which any device with Wi-Fi can connect to, such as laptops, tablets, games consoles or cameras. Secure access As with all Wi-Fi networks, you can use a security key. That way you can control which devices can connect to it.     Connect up to five devices Instead of being limited to a single connection with a dongle, Mobile Wi-Fi connects up to five devices at a time. It’s ideal for a wide range of situations such as a meeting away from your office or keeping the whole family connected. Enjoy even faster speeds This Mobile Wi-Fi device uses our 3G network to connect to the internet. Other Mobile Wi-Fi units are available on our 4G network so you can enjoy even faster speeds in areas with coverage. In fact, our ultrafast 4G is up to six times faster than 3G and can even be faster than
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With the 2015 holiday season approaching, who are you going to call for airport transfers and car hire. The are so many options available, I am not going to list them here, but I can recommend the following: http://www.rentacarmilas.com/ contact details: info@rentacarmilas.com +90 542 436 8981 / +90 555 360 2285

A visit to Istanbul - The Basilica Cistern

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   The Basilica Cistern (Turkish: Yerebatan Sarayı - "Sunken Palace", or Yerebatan Sarnıcı - "Sunken Cistern"), is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul (that is formerly Constantinople), Turkey. The cistern, located 500 feet (150 m) southwest of the Hagia Sophia on the historical peninsula of Sarayburnu, was built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I History The name of this subterranean structure derives from a large public square on the First Hill of Constantinople, the Stoa Basilica, beneath which it was originally constructed. Before being converted to a cistern, a great Basilica stood in its place, built between the 3rd and 4th centuries during the Early Roman Age as a commercial, legal and artistic centre. The basilica was reconstructed by Illus after a fire in 476. Ancient texts indicated that the basilica contained gardens, surrounded by a colonnade and facing the Hagia So

How to retrieve your Turkish tax number

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How to get your Turkish tax number (vergi kimlik) There has been a lot of activity about this lately as Intasure have been contacting their clients concerning their tax number. All property owners will have been issued a tax number from the Bodrum or Milas tax office. Many of you will not have made a note as the solicitor may have held back this number only to charge you for retrieving it later as they never miss a trick to make more money. Luckily there is an online service to retrieve you number at the government website : https://intvd.gib.gov.tr/internetvd/index.jsp?page=IVD_VKNO This is the page you will be faced with: You need to add: surname forenames father forenames Then select Yutdışı then add your year of birth (ie 1959) (note, the chances are they will have used a Turkish i which is ı if you have an i in your name. See note below if you do not know how to do this. It took me several attempts to get my number. First I did not know I had to