There are further plans for 6,700 m of the Dalyan/Okçular road to be re-laid to make it easier travel over.and 1,000 m of the Metinler Street in Ataturk Malhesi will be resurfaced with block paving.

The Dalyan Municipality
Action Report 2006/2007 New Public Works Plan

The plan which was revised for the Turkish Countryside and Forestry Ministry was approved on 1 February 2007. In this plan there is a new area designated as a slipway to land and refloat river boats. A new Town Plan has been prepared for Okçula together with a map of the area. The 1/1000 scale map was prepared by the County Bank and it is now available.

2006 programme completed

In 2006 the Municipality provided 200 copies of public works documents and 160 permits for the construction of new houses. 125 living permits were issued. The Dalyan Hotel has now been demolished.The site is owned by the Beleiiye.and in its place will be a new recreation area and tea garden.

The old health centre has been demolished to make way for a new road to the new health centre.

The Hunbar in Maresh Sokak was demolished to make way for a new road to join up with Diptar Sokak by the Metin Hotel.

LEGAL PROCEDURES FOR REAL ESTATE SALES

Our lawyer explains the procedure and the factors you should know about if you are a foreigner buying or selling a house in Turkey. She explains the correct way to approach this and gives an outline of the property laws in Turkey.

The big increase in foreign buyers wanting property in Southern Turkey has created some problems. The buyers don't know Turkish law and property regulations, and there is a danger of their being taken advantage of, by unscrupulous characters.

Ownership is anchored in article 35 of the Turkish Constitution. This article stipulates that anyone is entitled to ownership and that these rights can only be restricted by other legal stipulations. The restrictions may consist, for instance, of zoning schemes, restrictions applicable to foreigners, etc.The ownership regulations are elaborated in the Turkish Civil Code, article 633. This mainly explains how ownership is acquired. For the purchase of property by a foreign person, the registration of the land is especially important. In Turkey there are regional directorates of the Land Registry Department, which are subdivided in provincial or district offices and they are all controlled by the state.

If a foreigner wants to buy property in Turkey, they should go with the seller to the council Tapu office, complete all the documents and have them submitted for the appropriate military checks. This can take as long as four to six months, but when approval arrives, both the buyer and seller go together to the Tapu office to sign the new Tapu. In that waiting period, if the seller decides to withdraw, the buyer should have their deposit refunded. However, to ensure that this happens, there needs to be a properly drawn up contract. This contract should be signed by both parties, and witnessed by a third.

If payment is made from a different country, then it should be made via a bank, and carry the appropriate parsel number of the property being bought. With these safeguards, there is evidence of both the contract and the monies being paid for that particular property. This should avoid problems in getting back the deposit, and help in the thankfully rare extreme cases , the property has been sold to somebody else.

Buying real estate in Turkey involves many regulations. Not only must formal regulations be taken into account, but foreigners must also heed the various legal exceptions to acquiring real estate. The zoning schemes, the antecedents of the selling party and the legal restrictions imposed by Turkish property legislation are some important aspects that must be approached objectively, reliably and professionally. Most importantly, care should be taken in choosing a reputable estate agent (emlak) , and ideally the contracts should be drawn up with a lawyer, and a copy lodged with the Tapu office.

Lawyer Özlem ÖZERIM.

SHAVASANA

Meaning Our Inner Peace In this section of the Dalyan Times we will inform you of alternative and natural healing methods.

EFT EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUES

“The cause of all negative emotion is a disruption in the body's energy system” Gary Craig Founder of EFT.

Paul McKenna regularly demonstrates this technique on TV to help people overcome fears, phobias and addictions, during the length of a television programme whereas using traditional methods like psychology, it could take weeks, months and even years to get such results. Although Paul McKenna simply calls it 'tapping', it is EFT which is similar to acupuncture but instead of using needles you simply tap on the acupressure points. So, imagine, Paul McKenna a hypotherapist for many years and NLP master using a technique that everyone and anyone can learn in a day, we can only assume he's using EFT because he's found it to be quicker and more successful. Dr Callahan, the Psychologist who originally discovered this technique by chance, called it 'Thought Field Therapy' but was more complicated than EFT. However, it's still hard to believe it's taken so long to discover. Meridian therapy is thousands of years old; it's just that it's new to the western world. Dr Callahan believed that the success rate of using psychotherapy was only 3%, which is what gave him the incentive to search for more successful methods. He had a client who had been having therapy for 18 months for a severe fear of water; she had had therapy for many years prior to that this without success. Her fear was so great that if it rained she would hide in a room without a window; she couldn't even look at the rain on the TV, and could only bathe in very shallow water. Out of frustration Dr Callahan asked her where she felt this fear, she said in her stomach. Dr Callahan was a student of meridian therapy at the time and new that the stomach meridian point was just under the eye so he suggested she tap on that, thinking it would alleviate the feeling in her stomach. So imagine his surprise, and hers too, when she realised her fear had totally disappeared! From this point Dr Callahan started to research this technique and tried it on his clients with great success. This method increased his success rate to 80% and upwards plus he was solving his client's issues in minutes, hours, days and weeks, rather than the norm of months and years using psychotherapy.

Gary Craig learned this technique but then simplified it (calling it EFT), making it easier for everyone to learn and easily available to the world, virtually for free. To prove his method worked Gary worked with Vietnam Veterans who had been in therapy for over 25 years. Some had severe fears and phobias, others addictions and many had hundreds of horrific war memories that prevented them from living a normal life and/or getting a decent nights sleep. The results were amazing; men, who had re-lived their nightmares day in/day out now found peace, overcame their addictions and had all of their fears and phobias removed. You can watch DVD's of Gary working with these guys and see for yourself how quickly they overcome the traumas that psychologist, psychiatrists and numerous types of medication failed to achieve throughout all these years.

Now, due to Gary's website and sharing the knowledge of this technique freely and with so many Medical Professionals and Complementary Therapists reporting their success stories, people from all over the world are now using this technique. Some case studies report one minute wonders curing simple headaches or severe migraines, back pain, long standing aches & pains, allergies, sciatica, toothache even hang overs! You name it, people have tried it with great success. Some health authorities in the UK are using EFT or combining it with other therapies NLP, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Hypnotherapy for example.

There are many issues you can use EFT to help yourself overcome in addition to those listed above. You can also use EFT for emotional issues caused by stress, anger, guilt, sadness, relationship issues, bereavement and traumas such as rape and child abuse. Some issues require the assistance of a qualified Practitioner such as depression, fears, phobias and addictions, these are not generally “one minute” wonders but it has been known that people who have simply learned the basics of this awesome therapy have cured themselves of life long issues. Another benefit to this healing tool for life is that if you have a severe issue for which you need the help of a Practitioner, you can be guided to use EFT at home to speed up the process. Feelings buried alive never die, so why continue to carry all your emotional baggage, or suffer from any type of physical ailment? If you have tried conventional therapies and/or medication without success, why not give EFT a try; you've got nothing to lose but everything to gain.