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Ideas for working in Istanbul
1.       Loveprague
627 posts
 01 Oct 2006 Sun 02:14 pm

Hi all,
I am currently living in the United Kingdom but having my girlfriend living in Istanbul is difficult I do not want to keep travelling to Istanbul every couple of months I want to stay there and not come home. I am looking at moving there in 2007 to be with my loved one but I want to find work and I am really unsure what I could really do work wise. My English is very good but I do not have any formal qualifications in English so the idea of teaching English may be out, I was thinking what else I could do I want to support my girlfriend while I am living with her. Any ideas or comments very welcome thankyou have good day all

2.       evabeshiri
156 posts
 01 Oct 2006 Sun 02:20 pm

I am curious about jobs available in Turkey, specifically Istanbul as well It seems like the only good jobs are for English teachers, and I don't have teacher qualifications either. I've heard some people say that you don't have to have a degree to be a private English teacher, and on the contrary I've heard people say a degree is a must, so I don't know. I'd really like to find out though.

3.       Elisa
0 posts
 01 Oct 2006 Sun 02:26 pm

You might find useful info in this forum topic

TEFL might be something for you as well.
Google for TEFL, because there are more websites than just this one.

4.       Loveprague
627 posts
 03 Oct 2006 Tue 08:05 pm

Thanks for the replies, I have looked at work in Istanbul requiring good English speakers and came across a few ideas, call centre operators travel agent bookings. I am wondering also would I have to have a good standard of Turkish even though I am working with my English tongue?

5.       boradiz
121 posts
 03 Oct 2006 Tue 09:01 pm

I do not know your qualifications, but I had a french friend who had found a job in a Turkish branch of a french company as a production engineer. All the other engineers/managers were speaking English, so although it was not very easy (he was speaking no Turkish) he could manage. His approach was to get a list of all French companies in Turkey and sent all of them his resume.

6.       Elisa
0 posts
 03 Oct 2006 Tue 09:04 pm

Quoting boradiz:

I do not know your qualifications, but I had a french friend who had found a job in a Turkish branch of a french company as a production engineer. All the other engineers/managers were speaking English, so although it was not very easy (he was speaking no Turkish) he could manage. His approach was to get a list of all French companies in Turkey and sent all of them his resume.



Yeah indeed, it might be a good idea to contact your embassy and ask for a list of English companies that are having a branch in or around Istanbul..

7.       irishdon
143 posts
 15 Nov 2006 Wed 01:50 pm

I worked last year in Istanbul for a travel company. I didn't need a knowledge of turkish as they spoke English at work. If you send me a private message I'll send you the email address for the company

8.       starrymhari
7 posts
 24 Nov 2006 Fri 11:43 pm

I reckon your best bet is teaching English. You can do a 4 week intensive TEFL for about 800 quid. That will make you fully qualified to teach English at a reputable English school. If not there are weekend TEFl courses available of you can do them online even cheaper but these are not so highly recognised. If you want to earn good money do the 4 week intensive. I got a job teaching English with no English Teaching qualifications whatsoever but the money was terrible. Something to bear in mind is at the moment you need to apply for a work permit from the UK so you need to do this before you come, tho I do know people who have worked here without one..including myself!

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