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Which Satellite system for English Channels in Turkey

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I have written something concerning satellite TV in Turkey before. Having seen many of the options available and as a native English speaker have not been impressed, I continued my quest to find the best satellite system for the English speaker. Forget Turksat, D-Smart, Hotbird, or Nile Sat. Turn to Thor. This is the list of channels that can be received with one satellite dish directed at the Thor satellite. Discovery World Discovery Science Discovery T & L Nat Geo Nat Geo Wild Animal Planet History Investigation Discovery Travel CNN Poker Channel Cartoon Network Cine Star Movies 24 Disney XD HBO Adria Reality CE BBC World Nova Sprt Explorer HBO CE Reality TV TV 1000 Hallmark STV 1 Disney Channel Eurosport HBO Comedy Adria Pro Cinema DDTV AXN Crime AXN Sci Fi Private Spice Various music channels At IdealWorld, we can organise a satellite engineer to visit your holiday home to receive Thor in the

Censorship in Turkey

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Something I try to keep away from concerning business. However, I have been having trouble accessing my online documents while running a legal business in Turkey. As many millions of users find the Google online documents system very useful, we use it to communicate with our business in the UK. I have come across this very worrying article which makes me think about how governments seem to be able to control the way we live our lives. Access to certain Google services blocked from Turkey Statement by Dr. Yaman Akdeniz, Associate Professor, Human Rights Law Research Center, Faculty of Law, Istanbul Bilgi University, and Director of Cyber-Rights.Org. (lawya@cyber-rights.org) The situation in terms of Internet censorship has moved from BAD to WORSE in Turkey as the Telecommunications Communication Presidency (TIB) asked the Turkish Internet Service Providers to block access to certain IP addresses associated with YouTube. As it is well know access to YouTube has been blocke

Earthquake insurance (DASK)

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Here is some information concerning the compulsory earthquake insurance in Turkey called D.A.S.K. We can organise insurance cover for you where you are through our local office. If is cheaper that insurance companies like Intasure. Quite a bit cheaper. You can check the amount on the official website here. It has an English section. http://www.tcip.gov.tr/index.html You can go direct to the calculation section here  Price Guidelines for the Tuzla, Dorteppe, Milas, Gulluk area: 64m2 - 87tl 75m2 - 100tl 100m2 - 131tl   There is a 20% discount when you renew your policy, so ensure that you get this!  Compulsory Earthquake Insurance constitutes a system of insurance that is in general meaning, intended for dwellings that remain inside the boundaries of the municipality. Buildings and dwellings subject to compulsory earthquake insurance are as follows: Building constructed as dwellings on lands subject to private ownership and has a registered title deed, Independent sect