The number of visitors to Turkey continues to increase year on year and the country is tipped to become the prime holiday destination for Britons in the eastern Mediterranean.
     Certainly over the last few years, Turkey has become ever more popular for British people buying homes either as holiday retreats, investment purposes or both, predominantly along the Mediterranean coast.
Turkey has a fantastic climate with over 9 months of sunshine annually.  Resorts on the Mediterranean coastline experience the highest levels of sunshine.

     The locals are extremely hospitable and friendly and are generally very accepting of their new foreign neighbours.
The cuisine in Turkey is considered to be one of the best in the world, extremely fresh and fantastic value for money.
English is widely spoken across the larger coastal resorts.
Travelling around the country is remarkably simple, with a good network of roads, bus routes and reasonable taxi fares.
Healthcare has been much improved over recent years with at least one private hospital in the larger resorts and medical centres in the smaller areas, both with English speaking doctors.
     The Southern Mediterranean region is serviced by Dalaman and Antalya airports both of which are open all year round with improving accessibility via low-cost airlines.

     The country boasts one of the world’s fasted growing economies and with Turkey now in discussions to join the European Union, (expected around 2012/2015), the potential for substantial property price growth and therefore good investment returns are high.
More significantly the Turkish authorities have now set agreements in place with many countries such as the UK to minimize tax implications.

     Although property prices have risen considerably over the past 5 years they are still of good value when comparing prices in more traditional countries such as Spain, France and Italy.  The standard of construction is generally of high quality and at Kalkan Homes we are particularly selective when choosing which properties to sell or rent, ensuring that they have been built only to the highest standards, conforming to all Turkish building rules and regulations.