Hello all,
I am currently living in Istanbul as most members here know, I have made some Turkish friends and have some exisiting ones but still feel very lonley when it comes to my native language English. I enjoy meeting new people and was only invited on saturday to a Henna party, I did enjoy it but cannot converse as much in Turkish as I would like to.

My wife can also see that I just miss England a little, I wanted to write here if there are any English friends who are currently living in Turkey also and do they meet up with each other? I must admit it would be nice to have an occasional chat with somebody who is also living in Turkey and how they are getting on with life here. I have MSN and YAHOO if anyone is interested
Best wishes Rich and Nesrin

Hi Rich,

It is good to see you on TC. I know how you feel. When I visit Turkey for an extended period of time, I miss hearing or seeing familiar things. I guess we are feeling a little bit of what immigrants feel when they leave their own country for another. I am posting a link to a forum for Expat's in Turkey. They meet pretty frequently and I joined for when I would be living in Turkey (not sure when that will be now). I know that there are a lot of members from England and other countries as well. I hope the link works.

http://forum.expatinturkey.com/viewtopic.php?t=11164

Also, maybe check out these websites:

www.mymerhaba.com

http://www.expatsofturkey.com/

http://www.britishexpat.com/Turkey.695.0.html

Our best to you and Nesrin.

Wendy and Yilmaz

Hi Richard

Make sure you get tickets and come to the British Summer Fete at the Consulate on 14th June. You will meet lots of Brits living in Istanbul there.

We are selling tickets at the Greenhouse (0216 449 3034) in Kadikoy.

Alternatively check the website of the British Community Council:

www.bccistanbul.org

only brits are invited?

No!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loads of Germans, Turks, Dutch, Koreans, Filipinos, Iranians, Nigerians etc all come too.... and, we even let some Americans slip in!

But, seriously, if you want to meet British people, the BCC and the fete is a good place to start.

PS. I note Rich only wants to meet English. Well, the St Andrews Society usually have a stall at the fete. So if he wants to avoid Scottish people he needs to steer clear of that stall!