No more waiting for a processing time for a money transfer (EFT) between different banks. The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) announced that it has completed its preparations to open a new payment system. This new system called “FAST” emphasized that citizens can transfer funds between accounts at different banks within seconds, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. This removes the 17.00 hour limit for money transfers (EFT) between accounts at different banks and the 24/7 money transfer period begins.
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Al-Active Newsletter 02.2021
A wonderful hello ... you can hardly believe, recently we had the preparations for Christmas and New Years, time is running right now ... you really don't know where the time has gone, it's already the month of February. I don't know if it's the…
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Residence permit / Ikamet
We are repeatedly asked by our customers and interested parties how long you can stay outside of Turkey if you have a residence permit (the Ikamet). There were restrictions a few years ago, but these have long been lifted. There is no minimum length of…
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Animal Welfare / Animal Shelter Muratpaşa – Antalya
The Muratpaşa City Council's rehabilitation center for street animals has expanded the accommodation options for cats and has also built another operating room. Due to the corona pandemic, no visitors are currently being received at the shelter, this time was used for the necessary renovations.…
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Foreign minister visiting Turkey
The ice with Germany is beginning to melt, headlines the "Alanya Newspaper". On January 18, 2021, Foreign Minister “Heiko Maas” attended talks with his official colleague “Mevlüt Cavusoglu”, who is from Alanya. Among other things, the talks concerned the resumption of the dialogue on tourism…
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Turkey is a leader in geothermal energy
Turkish electricity generation has tripled to 96,000 megawatts in the last 18 years. Today 63 percent of electricity comes from domestic resources. 51.7 percent of this is from renewable energy sources. Turkey's geothermal power generation was only 18 megawatts in 2002. Turkey now reached 1,613…
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Antalya Airport: strange finds
Millions of passengers pass through Antalya Airport every year - so it's only natural that something gets lost. Last year, 3,372 objects were collected in the "Lost and Found" of the airport and are waiting here for their owners to pick them up after all.…
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Car and property tax 2021
We would like to remind you that you have to pay taxes on your vehicle and tax on your property. You should pay the property tax in person to the tax office (Vergi Dairesi) in Alanya, the vehicle tax can also be paid via online…