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LAT
Expat Trainee
Joined: Sun, Jul 29 2007, 10:04 AM
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 Returning to Istanbul Hi there
I am an Australian woman and lived in Istanbul for two years previously. Then I got annoyed with it and went home for a while. For various reasons I am returning but this time it is absolutely and completely necessary to have some expat friends who play sport and socialise.
Istanbul should be hotting up these days with all the foreigners coming to town so see you soon!
LAT
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| Sun, Jul 29 2007, 10:13 AM |
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utabe
Expat Drunk
Joined: Thu, Mar 01 2007, 18:07 PM
Posts: 758
Location: Istanbul
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Welcome LAT. I have a similar history with Istanbul, and as a (sad) matter of fact, having foreign friends can definitely be a life saver. Some of us go to the movies tonight, on the European side, let me know if you wanna join.
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Kiki
Junior Expat
Joined: Sat, Oct 14 2006, 17:37 PM
Posts: 129
Location: Etiler
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Welcome back Hope this time you'll have a better experience! What brings you back? Are you coming from Australia?
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born2b
Junior Expat
Joined: Fri, May 04 2007, 16:36 PM
Posts: 109
Location: what day is it?
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Welcome back LAT! Hope it goes better this time for you. I understand the need for time out after a while - what is it about this place??!!
Have fun!
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| Sun, Jul 29 2007, 10:40 AM |
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LAT
Expat Trainee
Joined: Sun, Jul 29 2007, 10:04 AM
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Thanks Utabe but i am not back yet - i am coming later in the year via a stint in Spain where I will be finishing off my MBA.
God knows what i will do when I get back to Istanbul though- it does not appear that employers like qualified employees (who speak Turkish but are not Turkish) with years of experience.
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| Sun, Jul 29 2007, 10:57 AM |
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utabe
Expat Drunk
Joined: Thu, Mar 01 2007, 18:07 PM
Posts: 758
Location: Istanbul
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Depending on where you’re from working culture can be quite incomprehensible here. So I guess there should be other good, strong reasons for being/coming here (what were these again?). But I do think there are some good employers here, the question is how to find them. Maybe target foreign companies?
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JonnyG11
Newbie
Joined: Fri, Jun 01 2007, 12:18 PM
Posts: 9
Location: Istanbul
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Hey LAT... if you're interested in consulting, please let me know. I'm an American consultant working in Istanbul, and my company is hiring....
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LAT
Expat Trainee
Joined: Sun, Jul 29 2007, 10:04 AM
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johnny
at the behest of geordiedave although the phone will not be useable within a few days can you PM me your email address - i think i can read them although i cannot reply
Last edited by LAT on Mon, Jul 30 2007, 16:08 PM, edited 1 time in total.
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geordiedave
Expert Expat
Joined: Mon, Aug 08 2005, 11:54 AM
Posts: 394
Location: Istanbul
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Will be first one to say putting your personal number on a public forum is not a very sensible thing to do.
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jonathan
Expert Demagogue
Joined: Tue, Dec 13 2005, 1:48 AM
Posts: 629
Location: Arnavutköy/Kurucesme
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No shortage of Expats here. I am sure you'll have a good time, this time around. Make sure you revive your "Intro" shortly before you arrive. You might get invited to a Newbies dinner than (as obviously you cannot attend the next one, not that it has beeen scheduled yet))
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LAT
Expat Trainee
Joined: Sun, Jul 29 2007, 10:04 AM
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true but better than an email address but thanks for the advice
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delridge
Helpful Expat
Joined: Wed, Jan 26 2005, 19:39 PM
Posts: 254
Location: Icerenkoy, Istanbul
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Welcome back to Istanbul LAT!
Matt
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Used to live near the Boklu River, now I'm across the street from the Asian side's filthy and chaotic vegetable wholesaleing headquarters. Moving up in the world!
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geordiedave
Expert Expat
Joined: Mon, Aug 08 2005, 11:54 AM
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Location: Istanbul
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well easier to stop e-mail you don't want than Mehmet and Muhammed ringing you up at 4 in the morning saying "hello my friend how are you, i can show to istanbul for foreign woman"
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LAT
Expat Trainee
Joined: Sun, Jul 29 2007, 10:04 AM
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lets put it this way - i can deal with mehmet and muhammed without a problem. However i did forget that this part of the site was public.
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| Mon, Jul 30 2007, 16:09 PM |
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JonnyG11
Newbie
Joined: Fri, Jun 01 2007, 12:18 PM
Posts: 9
Location: Istanbul
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[quote user="LAT" post="96694"]johnny
at the behest of geordiedave although the phone will not be useable within a few days can you PM me your email address - i think i can read them although i cannot reply[/quote]
hey LAT.. I figured we'd run into this problem.. I cannot PM you either.. as I am still a newbie with too few posts to have PM privileges.. UF! Perhaps Charly can connect us..
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