What to Consider Before Moving Overseas

What to Consider Before Moving Overseas

June 16, 2010 With less than three days until takeoff, I’m not thinking in complete sentences, thus another list. Here are some things that are worrying me today, in no special order: Will I get to know my Turkish neighbors? Apartment hunting last January in Istanbul, Sankar and I took advantage of a generous 3M housing allowance, choosing a place that featured a Bosphorus view and several guest rooms. The…

We’re Moving to Turkey!

We’re Moving to Turkey!

What I knew about Turkey on December 12, 2010 : . . . that Turkey is a member of NATO. . . . that the ancient ruins of Ephesus are located there. . . . that friends who visited Turkey seemed to like it, and one even said the country was quite clean. . . . that Turkey had a leader named Ataturk (I was confused about how his name…