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All-inclusive holidays: A blessing or a curse?

FETHİYE - The all-inclusive system, in which hotel guests pay a fixed price for all their expenses, including flights, is damaging tourism in Fethiye, many locals say. These visitors spend all their time in their hotels enjoying free food and drinks, contributing little to the town’s economy.

It’s women only at this discotheque

ISTANBUL - It’s not so long since wearing jeans was an issue of contention among the country’s religious circles. Today, resorts are catering to the faithful with single-sex discos, complete with DJs and drinks - albeit with a non-alcoholic twist. People identified as religious appear to be leaving the periphery and merging with society as a whole, but not necessarily at the cost of their values.

Earthquake proof work causes chaos on bridges

ANKARA - Earthquake proofing work that is being carried out on Istanbul’s Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge over a 40-day period causes chaos to the city’s already congested traffic flow. The aftermath of hours of gridlock on the first days left the public fleeing to alternative routes causing even more congestion at peak times on first bridge and on ferry boats.

Teachers need to dig deep to go on holiday

ISTANBUL - Teachers are feeling particularly hard-hit with the arrival of the holiday season, as on their salaries, a vacation in a hotel is quite a luxury.

Tourists fear rip off but locals say not possible

ANTALYA - With the opening of the tourism season, the subject of 'price discrimination' is back on the agenda on the southern coast of Turkey. Tourists complain they are charged more than Turks for the same product or service, but authorities say all the necessary precautions have been taken.

GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON JUNE 12

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in the Turkish press on June 12, 2009. Hurriyet Daily News Online does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Turkish tourism not hit hard, foreign experts say

MARMARIS - While Turkey is fighting the economic crisis in many industries, predictions of the survival of the tourism industry have become a reality, unlike in many eurozone resort countries

Formula marred with empty seats ISTANBUL

ISTANBUL - Istanbul Park is one of the few anticlockwise circuits on the Formula One calendar, and the organizers of the Turkish Grand Prix would no doubt like to turn back time.

The sign of a watermelon rind

"Am I getting worried futilely?" I ask myself sometimes. When we say, "The economy is not in good shape. We will have great problems this year and in 2010. We have to take action," nobody lifts a finger; they try to change the subject.

Agencies say, don’t let tourism be ’misguided’

BODRUM, Muğla - The issue of unlicensed or uneducated guides is not the first subject coming to mind when talking about the problems of the tourism sector, but the travel agencies and industry representatives believe that it should be tackled immediately. At a meeting in Bodrum, two tourism assuciations declare their collaboration to find a solution

Expat kids build schools, awareness

ISTANBUL - Expat students in Istanbul are starting dodge ball tournaments and hot dog stands to build schools for kids half a world away. Another group raised enough money, and books, to build a school library in İzmir that was completed this week. Dozens of projects are going on at the Istanbul International Community School where service learning is part of the curriculum

A success story from the streets

ISTANBUL -Growing up on the streets of Istanbul has proven to be the best education for a man who now devotes his time to assisting street children.

All alone in unforgiving metropolis

ISTANBUL - As Turkey celebrates youth with much fanfare today, there remain many children in the country who not only have no idea what the fuss is about, but would struggle to comprehend the concept of childhood itself.

Tourists see Turkey as ideal holiday spot

ISTANBUL - Turkey is an ideal family holiday location. It offers a reliable climate, beach resorts, good quality accommodation, water sports and land-based activities, all at a lower cost compared to Western Europe. Figures report a 12 percent rise in overseas visitors.

Renting a bag first before purchasing it

SİNGAPORE - As consumers scrimp to survive the worst global economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, Singaporeans are increasingly turning to Internet-based rental outlets to at least maintain their sense of style, business operators say

Bodrum mayor hails second port

MUĞLA - Bodrum is about to have its second port as the government approves the İçmeler Port project.

Another property scam claim rises from Didim

DİDİM - A title deed scandal is putting British families at risk of losing their homes in Didim, an Aegean town home to 8,000 expats. The familes say they are just ordinary hard-working people that saved to purchase their holiday homes and that they won’t give up without a fight

İlhan Çevik: A legend passes away

I woke up with the telephone on the bedside ringing painfully. A very sorry voice on the other end was reporting the passing away of İlhan Çevik. He was ill for a long time. He was last hospitalized on Saturday because of some intestinal complications. Death is the destiny of all human beings. Still, I was unprepared for such news, shocked.

Israeli tourists boycott short lived

ISTANBUL - The Israeli travel companies’ boycott of Turkey after harsh criticism of Turkish officials to Israel’s military operation in Gaza has seemed to end, according to an Israeli daily.

A drop in euro may boost Spain market

ISTANBUL - Most economists expect the euro to begin dropping in value this year. If it does, it will make Spain properties even cheaper to British buyers than the latest round of price drops, some down 50 percent from their peak, according to www.write-about-property.com.

SunExpress surpasses 400 mln euros in 2008

ISTANBUL - SunExpress, the joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, aims to fly 5.3 million passengers and reach a turnover of 465 million euros in 2009, despite declining world economy. The airline transported 4.22 million passengers and had a turnover of 406.7 million euros in 2008.

Fair election or fairytale

Municipalities, the Prime Ministry and the Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundation, or the so called Fak-Fuk Fon, have been busy for months to distribute the needy people living in suburbs of the cities, including the summer resort areas, thousands of tons of coal, packs of sugar, cereals, gallons of cooking oil, food coupons amounting to several million Turkish lirasÉ

A ’hidden town’ behind MountBakırlı outskirts

ANTALYA - Saklıkent Ski Resort in the southern city of Antalya is nominated to be one of the most popular ski resorts of Turkey. Having an altitude of 2,547 meters, the Saklıkent region appeals both to the outdoor sport-lovers and to the visitors who would like to see a shiny blanket of snow under the bright sun on a daily basis.

Worrying the AKP with gray, plodding details

ISTANBUL - The Republican People’s Party (CHP) threw a bombshell into the run up to local municipal elections in March.

Crisis hits Ankara’s tourism

ANKARA - The tourism industry in Ankara wants the government to provide some incentives and credit opportunities to overcome the effects of global crisis on the city’s tourism industry. But that may be a hard pitch because Ankara is not really a tourism destination but rather more of a transitional and business stop.

Grammy heyecanı

8 Şubat'ta Los Angeles'ta düzenlenecek törenle sahiplerini bulacak olan her müzisyenin kazanmak için can attığı Grammy Ödülleri'nin bu seneki adayları açıklandı. ''Tha Carter III'' albümüyle yıla damgasını vuran Lil Wayne, eğer aday gösterildiği sekiz dalda da ödülü kucaklarsa Grammy'lerin kuşkusuz süperstarı olacak gibi gözüküyor. "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" albümüyle bu yılın en iyi kaydını gerçekleştiren Coldplay ise Lil Wayne'i takiben yedi dalda Grammy'ye aday gösterildi. Gecenin muhtemel diğer yıldızları ise altı adaylıkla Kanye West, Jay-Z ve Ne-Yo.

Wall Street ends the year of losses

NEW YORK - As the world reels from the effects of the crisis, Wall Street ends its worst year since 1931. Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 36 percent, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index lost more than 40 percent throughout the year. January has become a key month, analysts agree. The ongoing recession and global economic shock pummeled stocks in 2008, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average slumping 36.2 percent.