Does anybody know where I can find some reliable information on residency in  Turkey?  My husband is Turkish, and if he doesn´t get residency in my country, I will move there.  The only problem is I don´t know how the visa rules work ... can I get continual visitor visas and leave Turkey once every 3 months (say, go to Greece for a day and re-enter Turkey)?

I have found a link on this subject before, but I can´t seem to find the information even in the consulate/embassy link now ... please help!!

A lot of expats do that, they take a day trip to a Greek island (called visa-runs) but I guess they have been doing that a bit too much lately I heard that Turkey is becoming stricter with giving visa´s for people who recently had one. If you want to leave Turkey for a Greek island, with just one day left on your visa, it gives problems when you want to go back again the same day with a new visa. I guess the Turkish government got tired of people living permantly in Turkey for a tourist visa-price.

In any case you should be able to get a permanent visa (which is ofcourse much more expencive) if you are married to a Turkish citizen.

You should contact the Turkish consulat or embassy in your own country.

Thanks Barba_mama ... I found some limited information on temporary residence, but they want bank statements, etc to prove you have funds to live there (?? for how long or how much I don´t know).  If I liquidate all my Canadian assets I would be fine, but I just wanted to leave things at home as-is until my husband´s residency here is approved.  That could be a long time though.  I had intended to live with my husband until I could find work there, but this doesn´t sound easy either, so how can I prove I have sufficient funds?  I am not eligible to apply for permanent residency yet as I believe I have to be married 3 years, and it has only been 6 months now. 

Hi Jan, I think the Turkish Government has stopped this ´nipping over to a Greek island´ business. The Turkish Government has made it so you have to leave Turkey for a greater length of time before you can re-new your Turkish visa. I have a few links but I need to find them. I´ll try and post them here tonight. The links also give information on how much you need to move to Turkey.

http://www.expatexchange.com/expat/index.cfm?frmid=313&forumid=0&dbname=ee&shared=N

Some links here:

http://www.escapeartist.com/turkey/moving.html

http://www.escapeartist.com/turkey/moving.html

http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com/details/BorderFormalities/work_visa.html

http://www.turkishmuse.com/2009/05/10-things-to-do-before-you-move-to-istanbul.html

http://www.turkeyjoblink.com/turkey/home/index.asp

Hope these help other than this go to the Turkish Embassy website click on English and that gives loads of information.

This is the turkish ~Embassy link in Canada

http://www.turkishembassy.com/

Thanks mylo ... I´d really appreciate that! 

Thanks so much Mylo ... these links helped a lot!!