{"id":9192,"date":"2016-11-28T12:44:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T12:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/?p=9192"},"modified":"2018-02-14T11:35:31","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T11:35:31","slug":"is-moving-to-turkey-realistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/is-moving-to-turkey-realistic\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Moving to Turkey Realistic?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p>Maybe you\u2019ve been offered a career opportunity in Turkey, or maybe you just feel like making a change. For whatever reason you might be considering moving to Turkey, you may have some doubts or uncertainties. It\u2019s a big decision and you need to be absolutely certain that you\u2019re prepared to make it. So, in order to help you start considering your move to Turkey a bit more realistically, here are a few things you\u2019ll need to know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Healthcare and Insurance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The great thing about Turkey is their medical and cosmetic industry. It\u2019s been improving and growing massively over the years. A <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Land lot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/land-lot\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/land_lot;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0gs32y;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Land_lot\" >lot<\/a> of people are even receiving professional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.longevita.co.uk\/hair-transplant\/hair-transplant-turkey\/\">hair transplant in Turkey<\/a> for excellent <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Value (economics)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/value-economics\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/value_economics;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0bhr4z;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Value_(economics)\" >value<\/a>. However, regretfully EHICS are not valid in Turkey, so for temporary visits you\u2019ll need to arrange travel and health insurance for the duration of your trip. If you\u2019re moving permanently you may join the Social Security Institution health scheme after your first year of living there. There\u2019s quite a bit of paperwork to file and a medical examination to undergo, but it is a scheme that\u2019s beneficial for expats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weather<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you live in the UK you\u2019re probably used to seeing the sun for only a few days at a time, and over here we call any temperature above \u2018mild\u2019 a heatwave. So, maybe summer temperatures of 30\u00b0C might be a bit too hot for you. This isn\u2019t \u2018beach weather\u2019 kinds of temperatures. These temperatures make it too hot to breathe, or think, or <em>do<\/em> just about anything. \u00a0Trying to go about your business in temperatures like this is almost impossible, so don\u2019t overestimate your love of sun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Culture differences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, it might be a bit of a culture shock to move to Turkey without having some decent experience of life there beforehand. Turkish people are very sociable. They talk a lot, to friends and strangers, and they talk quite loudly. So, if you\u2019re a bit on the shy side you might find it a bit overwhelming to suddenly be the most popular person in the <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/room\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/room;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.06ht1;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Room\" >room<\/a> when you enter your new job. Another aspect of Turkish culture that might be a bit overwhelming is their love of food. At any and all social gatherings there is some kind of food involved and there is a <em>lot <\/em>of it. Unless you love to eat you\u2019re not going to mesh well with the Turkish culture. So, either come with an empty stomach or steer clear if you\u2019re not hungry enough.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Food is different<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just the flavours and the dishes that are different. The way that they eat in Turkey is completely different, too. Depending on who you\u2019re eating with, you might be dining on the <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/floor\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/floor;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0l7_8;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Floor\" >floor<\/a> or you and your spouse might be eating in separate rooms or at separate times. Turkish people also don\u2019t have as easy access to fruits and vegetables as we do in the UK. In most places, people eat seasonally, which is something that may be difficult to adjust to. You won\u2019t be able to eat what you want exactly when you want it, so you\u2019ll probably have to learn more about Turkish cooking and recipes to keep on top of the seasonal menu changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe you\u2019ve been offered a career opportunity in Turkey, or maybe you just feel like making a change. For whatever reason you might be considering moving to Turkey, you may have some doubts or uncertainties. It\u2019s a big decision and<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/is-moving-to-turkey-realistic\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":9193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wl_entities_gutenberg":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"wl_entity_type":[602],"modified_by":null,"_wl_alt_label":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Turkey-image.jpg","wl:entity_url":"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/post\/is_moving_to_turkey_realistic_","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9192"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9192"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14474,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9192\/revisions\/14474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9192"},{"taxonomy":"wl_entity_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wl_entity_type?post=9192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}