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November Holiday in Turkey - KURBAN BAYRAMI : (Sacrifice Holiday):

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KURBAN BAYRAMI : (Sacrifice Holiday): Kurban Bayrami the most important religious and secular holiday of the year. Kurban means 'sacrifice' in Turkish. Kurban Bayrami comes during the happy season of the pilgrimage (HAC, in Turkish) period, to thank ALLAH (God) for sending a ram for Prophet Hz.Ibrahim (Abraham) to slaughter instead of his son Ismail (Ishmael). Kurban Bayrami commemorates Prophet Abraham's near-sacrifice of his son Ismail (Ishmael). In the story, God orders Abraham to take his son up to Mount Moriah and sacrifice him. Abraham takes takes his son up to mountain and lays him down. But at the last moment God stop Abraham, congratulates him on his faithfulness and order him to sacrifice instead a ram tangled in a nearby bush, which Abraham does. Also; KURBAN BAYRAMI is an important affirmation of one of the key tenets of ISLAM, shared social responsibility. Families who can afford to sacrifice an animal... this can be mostly a ram or g

Milas Property Council tax payments

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     I have published a few articles concerning the payment of property taxes in Milas. Although the website is now in English, it now appears that only certain cards work. I have tried a UK Visa and Mastercard with no success. The only card I can get to work is our Garanti credit card. So to help our clinets to make these payments, I have set up these admin charges to cover our costs. 1. Payment made via bank transfer into a UK account - £7 2. Credit card payments to Paypal - £7 + 3.5% Paypal surcharge 3.Paypal payments (not credit card) - £7 4. Payment to our Turkish bank account in Turkish Lira - £0 These fees are for Idealworld Bodrum clients only.