“Why do many foreigners love Turkey so much and why do they keep coming back?”

Many people from all over the world think (and say) Turkey is a paradise to live in due to many aspects it offers foreign friends. Many have expressed this view on several occasions.

Most recently we have come across a very lovely comment on one of Facebook groups about Turkey, in reply to the following question forwarded by the admin; “So tell us folks, why do you love Türkiye (Turkey, actually) so much. Why do you keep coming back?”

A lady in love with Turkey apparently shared some very important points / her impression showing us why most of our foreign friends love this country so much.

Down below are the comment shared by said Facebook group member.

“There’s just not all the nonsense that is in the UK…

So often we find ourselves saying ‘imagine that happening in the UK’

As an example.. When we first moved here we found an unfurnished place and got everything 2nd hand in case we decided not to stay.

We had reserved some white goods in a place near the back road in Fethiye and bought beds in another place.

They took us in the delivery truck to pick up the items we didnt buy from them!

When our motorhome broke down in Adıyaman we lived on Kahta sanayi in our van for 6 days. Every morning they brought us çay and fresh bread.

We were invited to stay in the home of the tour guide we ended up going with to Nemrut, someone else from the sanayi (small industry zone) invited us to his family home for dinner and we were inundated with garages inviting us in to share çay (tea) and food.

When it came to our engine rebuild bill they said we were family now and offered a big discount. Of course we didnt accept.

On my first visit to Kaya in 1995 I was feeling unwell and stopped at a restaurant in the village, Cavusoğlu, later Muzzys place.

‘Dr’ Ahmet took one look at me, went and picked something from the village, added hot water and lemon. It was vile. 30 minutes later I felt better.

We ended up staying there almost every year until moving to Fethiye in 2011. They drove us to see Tlos, Saklikent etc and even said our car is your car take it..

Nothing was too much trouble.

A Turkish family a couple of years ago asked if it was ok to sit at an adjoining table at a picnic spot where we had parked our van.

Next we knew we had wraps, lamb shish, salad and of course çay.

We had nothing in the van to share with them which made me feel sad. Turkish people always have extra food to share, a totally different culture.

My dad was blown away by the people here.

We had to go out, our neighbour knew Dad was home alone and made him some soup.

Another time a restaurant owner he had met once before invited him to sit and drink tea.

As he said, in 25 years of living in his UK home town, no one ever invited him to drink tea.

I could write a book.. While typing this I thought of so many other things..

Another, just quickly .. We were walking from Kaya to Hisaronu to go to the ATM. We like walking, but a dolmuş driver insisted we got in regardless of having no money. He then shared his big bottle of Fanta with us.

Imagine all of that in the UK!!“

We thank dear Linda Brett, a member on Mr. Fethiye Facebook group for sharing such beautiful expressions on the page in reply to the question forwarded  by Ronnie Higgins, the group admin.