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The start of a beautiful relationship with Turkey
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29 Sep 2005 Thu 09:46 am |
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Here is an interesting article from independent.co.uk, dated 29th of September, 2005:
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The start of a beautiful relationship with Turkey
Her marriage didn't last, but Jane Tuna's love of Turkey did.
By Christopher Middleton
It was love for a man that brought Jane Tuna from south London to southern Turkey, but it was love for the area that made her stay. "I fell for a Turkish man, we got married - and then it didn't work out," sighs the former teacher and mother-of-three. "Yes, I could have gone back to the UK, but by then I was too besotted with the beauty of the country, the gentle pace of life here, the friendliness of the people."
And so she bought Misafir Evi, a pretty little farmhouse in the middle of the Kaya Valley - an area that has since found fame as the setting for Louis de Bernières latest bestseller, Birds without Wings.
"This was actually the house that my ex-husband had built for his first wife," explains Jane, as we pad barefooted around the cool interior. "Fortunately, his parents and other relatives were all very supportive of me even after we split up; they all live nearby, and I'm still part of the family network. Which helped when I was trying to find builders, plumbers and trustworthy people to maintain the swimming pool!"
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The start of a beautiful relationship with Turkey
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