Dear Mr.Emir,

We follow your works with appreciation. It’s our wish that the shore of Türkbükü gets a nicer look. I believe our shore will have a total new look if the businesses by the shore spend '100.000.000 TL/business' to have geraniums in big pots in front of them.

Best regards

Levent Ganiyusufoğlu

Enough of it!

1. Fish farms should get out of the village.
2. It must be followed closely that boats do not damp their bilge water and if so, heavy penalties should apply. Moreover they must be sued by the municipality or persons.
3. The municipality should quit digging everywhere and leave it like that. They should dig where they’ll finish completely.
4. I do not know how the speeding can be controlled in and between Gölköy and Türkbükü in summer. At least the gendarme can write couple of fines at the beginning of the season and make a tolerated (!) alcohol check.
5. It must be ensured that the boats and the jetskis do not speed near the shore. The hotels and the beach-clubs can warn their customers too. We cannot expect everything from the municipality or the gendarme because their resources are limited.
6. The amateur fishing enthusiasts including kids who try to hunt fish with harpoons where the people swim in shallow waters and who target them towards people must be warned before they shoot someone.
7. Stray dogs are increasing in numbers. Those cute dogs that are the symbols of Göltürkbükü turn into monsters when they gather at night and attack our youngsters and kids coming back from beach clubs and similar places. Who takes care of these dogs is a mystery. They are not vaccinated, of course. There is no such nonsense as dogs without owners anywhere in the
world. And I don’t know how the nonsense of dogs with owners can be stopped from walking around free without colars in beaches, restaurants and bars and from going in the sea and shake themselves dry while wetting people. I love dogs, but since my house in the village is in a complex of residences, I do not have the opportunity to put a fence around my garden, therefore I cannot have a dog. One can not be an animal lover just by feeding them when come across with them on the street or giving them fish head or bones from the dinner table.

Regards, sincerely

Hasan Taşan

Hi,

I believe you must be congratulated for your nice and successful work of introducing Göltürkbükü and the surrounding region, congratlations... I have to state as a member of the teaching staff of a university that, although almost every state organization has its own holiday resort where the staff can go either by getting in line or through withdrawals,
universities in Turkey have never got budgets for such places...I hope that the Association of Higher Education (YÖK) can focus on it and I/we would like your attention on the subject too since you carry works on such subjects and we believe in your sincerity! Why shouldn’t offers be taken to universities for establishing holiday resorts for such a region like Göltürkbükü which has not lost its natural beauty and will struggle not to lose it.. or why not have special accommodation prices to get the focus of a certain group of conscious people and to support the above mentioned efforts...?!. You can be assured that where there is science, knowledge and social conscience, there are and will be positive developments..
I hope that you will take my humble suggestion objectively and wish you success in your struggle to stick with to goals..
Sincerely, respects..

Canan USTA

Hi,

First of all, I would like to thank for the existence and colorfulness of the site. I think this is the most important thing for the start.

What kind of Göltürkbükü do we want?

- A more modern, Southern French Mediterranean town in which there are no problems about infrastructure and street?
- Or a place in which cows and dogs chase after one another like our local friends complain about?
- Or a jungle in which both of these styles exist?

If you ask me, the worst is the third condition that we live in now. This is the reason why we are all guilty. I go to this region at least 5-6 times a year, stay 4-5 days each time and spend approximately one month per year in total: Every departure is a real sorrow until the next time...

Let us come to suggestions. What can we do together? Let us decide what kind of place GÖLTÜRKBÜKÜ will be? Let us determine the capacity of the region in numbers. How much of it is used? How many boats can stay in two bays? What is this number in the hot season? Is there an authority or an office in charge? Is there a sanction?

Let’s find a sample regulatory program; with a complete infrastructure; from car park to disabled restrooms, from marina to tourism office; is there such a sample plan in Turkey? If there is let’s look at it, if not let’s buy it from Italy, from France. Now you’ll ask me how we will buy it? With what? Who will buy it? Answer is: How is the M2 land prices at the region right now? How much is the accommodation prices in dollars? We people who have made use of such services with such prices linked mountains to each other with lifts, with lifts you can pass from one country to another... Please...

Let’s get together and found a board. Let’s join it. I am ready to come fron Geneva to join each meeting... Let’s see what is going to happen?

Regards and sincere wishes
Kerrar Kulak

Hello, this is Levent, I am writing from New York and receive your e-mails all the time which make me very happy. Thanks a lot. I hope one day I will come over for vacation with a group of my friends. I would like to ask a question; how is the nature in Turkey now? I have not been to Turkey for 6 years because of my job. I see some bare and treeless areas in your pictures, is there any work and time spent for green areas and are people conscious about this?

Thanks,
Levent

Dear Sir,
As a summer resident of Gölköy, I am extremely disturbed by the latest developments. I want back the village in which geese, chickens and cows walked in the streets. Our new mayor wanted to contribute to Gölköy with his own values, but unfortunately this place has become a standard polluted entertainment center. The reason the star of the Gölköy shone, however, was because of its virginity. Let us go back from this mistake and save Gölköy from becoming a place for discos and restaurants.

Recep Yenigün

TO THE DESIGNER OF THIS PAGE;
This is a web - page which shows how far the imagination and efforts of people will go. As a matter of fact, I had a warm feeling when I first looked at the page. You know, there are coffee shops in villages by the sea and people meet there and talk. They share their problems, talk about the ones they love, loves are lived and fights take place there, and everything happens at that coffee shop in the village square because it is the easiest place to find everyone who live in that village. It is at the center of the village and everywhere can easily be seen from where it is. Those who pass by cannot do without saying hi in the least....
These are the kind of feelings your page has aroused in me.

I hope your success continues. Keep the good work....

SİBEL EYUBOGLU

Noise pollution of Havana Club poisoned our vacation again contrary to all promises. All the large discos at the island of Cos are indoors. I do not know why we have to live according to the wishes of the outlaws in Göltürkbükü. Do they want to kill our village?

Robert Finn (General Consulate of the U.S.A.)

Hi,
We got back to Istanbul after a hot summer. We will go to stay for a few more days if we can in the very near future. Yes, the noise, infrastructure problems, sea pollution are our common problems. We have expected the solutions from the gendarme and the municipality. Unfortunately, we did not do anything and maybe increased the noise problem by going to these places.

I have a suggestion on a subject thath disturbs me, which will help to solve infrastructure problems. I live in Gölköy for about 4 months per year. Since the house I live in does not have a settlement permission, I cannot pay the estate or the trash tax (even if I did, the share of the municipality is ridiculous). As you can understand, I am of no benefit for the municipality where I live for 4 months. I am sure there are a lot of people like me. Moreover, I do not think places such as x-y-z contribute significantly either. People come from outside, fill some space, use the infrastructure, pay hundreds of millions for bills and their contribution for the municiplality is 0.

At least;
- Parking lots should charge 1 million TL per car
- I believe no one will object to pay 2 million per deck chairs and umbrellas to be paid to the association or the municipality. It is necessary to analyze the legal aspect of this, of course. Supervising this can be made by people like us who volunteer to contribute. I am ready for it. Serious money will be earned which will contribute to the municipality greatly.

I do not know if you have noticed that especially taxis and sewage trucks exceed the speed limit to be able to give more frequent service: Taking precautions will prevent serious accidents.

That is it from me for the day, I am ready to work as a volunteer when I am there.

Çetin Sağıroğlu

Hello Göltürkbükü,

I met you eight years ago, You had geese, sea stars, sounds of waves and big mountains... Only the geese of Ship-Ahoy turned out to be enduring. We dirtied the sea and threw raki glasses in it, cut off the trees which were already a few to make rooms for ourselves... as the neighbours increased in number, you have changed too. I am at school in Switzerland and preparing my thesis on how to save you and show you as an example for your sister town Kas to act cautiously from the beginning.
I have fit your wishes in ten thousand words, tell me about your problems, your wishes.
We can make it*
I HOPE YOU WILL STAY AS YOU ARE,
A.Duygu Saylam

URGENT HELP NEEDED…

Türkbükü smells terribly. Find a very fast solution, at least a temporary one until the end of this season. It is now impossible to eat at restaurants and quays on the shore of Türkbükü. We have already given up swimming in the sea. All the kids catch diseases and every time a kid gets sick, the local doctors say that they got viruses from the sea and they should not go in the sea. It is no joke anymore. All those investments will be wasted. Türkbükü is getting more desolate everyday if you have noticed. Those who come for the fisrt time do not know these facts, but when they have their first dinner here, they realize what is going on, unfortunately they are already here. As far as I know, there is supposed to be 100 meters for the benefit of the public in sea and shores, but if you go to Türkbükü you see the arrogance of one of the hotels. To enlarge the bar of the hotel, they cut the road with canvas; you are right, people have to walk in the sea. WHERE ARE THE AUTHORITIES? WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?

SEMA ÇELEBI

Emir,
I want to thank you first for drawing attention to such an issue. I totally agree with your thoughts and ideas. I think the ones that pollute the sea are mainly the restaurants, the hotels and the yachts. Yachts must never be allowed to stay overnight in the bay. The bilge water of these yachts is probably dumped at night. I also have serious doubts about how far the sewage of the hotels is dumped. The sewage pipes must be checked urgently and the hotels who do not comply must be punished with serious monetary fines or closing down for the season. Everybody waits for a solution for the sewage pipe, which bursts up near Ship Ahoy every year. Although having meals on the quay in an elegant atmosphere is pleasant, I think where the rubbish of these restaurants go must be checked by the authorities and those who do not comply with the rules must be punished by such heavy fines like closing down for the season. Thank you for caring for one of the most beautiful bays in the world.

Sermet Sevil

Hello,

My name is Yalçın Yılmazkaya. I was in Göltürkbükü last week. I, too witnessed the pollution the fast change cause. Since I am 45 years old, I am one of those who witnessed the pollution and loss of Sea Marmara. I think it is better to come up with solutions instead of looking for who is guilty... Our problem is to consider what we should do in big projects and act without setting goals and without measuring our efforts on the way towards the goal. If you divide your job into small pieces, it will be easier to achieve. I am one of those who believe that the times in which expecting everything from the state and the local authorities is over. I have also learned that no one does anything without expecting anything in return.

I am in favor of small victories instead of fighting windmills. These small victories have two benefits: 1. If success is marketed good, support for new projects (monetary and political) can be gained easier. 2. Those who succeed feel stronger and more capable for a new project.

I have found out that there are 3000 touring boats in Bodrum. Each boat is charged only 360 Million TL hawser rent. The daily revenue of a boat is 500 - 800 USD! Yet they have problems about the services they receive. Moreover, there is not a system to dump the bilge water in the port. The boats are willing to pay more money for the services they receive. (Provided they get good service) Here is a problem for you, which is not too difficult to solve (an opportunity). We may be able to prevent the marina’s pollution to a certain degree. What do you think?

Sincerely,

Yalçın Yılmazkaya

Hi to everyone,
I have been following the Göltürkbükü site with joy like you do since the day it was presented to the virtual milieu. No wonder, since the creator of the site is my friend.I have witnessed how the site got stronger and stronger every day. I wanted to contribute because I believe in the purpose and content of the site and in its help to the Turkish tourism and also such an activity will create a unity between people.

SİMLA TÜRKER

Dear Emir, We returned İstanbul today with you... from Bodrum.. on the same plane .. and I entered into your fabolous pages in full speed...Congratulations... It's superb... I congratulate your creativeness for creating such a milieu... I read and followed it with great plasure... and I will continue to.. Bravo... Regards....sincerely
Akın Öngör..

AS A RESIDENT OF GÖLTÜRKBÜKÜ I CONGRATULATE THE DEAR EDITOR OF GÖLTÜRKBÜKÜ WEB SITE FOR PRESENTING THE VISION OF OUR TOWN TO THE WHOLE WORLD AND WISH THE CONTINUATION OF HIS SUCCESS.

ALDOĞAN BÜYÜKÖZTEKİN

DEAR EMİR,
A GREAT WORK INDEED, WE ARE PROUD OF YOU.
THANKS
WE HAVE SOME SMALL REQUESTS,
THIS SITE HAS TO HAVE AN ENGLISH VERSION TOO. YOU MAY BE WORKING ON IT BUT I THOUGHT I SHOULD MAKE A SMARTY COMMENT LIKE IPEK WOULD DO. THE REASON IS WHOEVER I FORWARD IT ABROAD SENDS IT BACK TO ME SAYING THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING. ..... I HOPE WE WILL WITNESS THE BEST AND POSITIVE RESULTS OF YOUR WORK IN OUR TOWN. TAKE IT EASY.
SINCERELY
IPEK OZDOGU

I have been following Göltürkbükü.com with enthusiasm since the beginningJJJ I have especially been waiting for the English version impatiently. I would like to forward it to my friends, business partners and acquaintances abroad as soon as possible. I am pleased to see that this beautiful corner of our country has been presented in a joyful manner.
Sincerely

İDİL TARZİ
It gives me an indisputable peace, although I feel pity to be in the office, to have access to the warm feelings we have been missing, on this site first thanks to our best friend Emir. I am sure those who visit the site will bombard THY with flight reservationsJ)
Like anything else your success and sincerity are reflected on the site as well...Congratulations and thanks!
Let's contribute to the site, let's tell them about what's missing and about the new things, and more importantly let's advertise in the site.
I wish a peaceful and joyful summer to all.
Serra Cerrahoğlu,

Extremely successful and to the point. Congratulations.
I forwarded it to many people. It would be useful to have a section on the preservation of the nature of golturkbuku, precautions against the dumping of boats to the bay and security strips for speed boats and jet skis. I can't remember if you already have such a section.
sincerely,
murat altan

Good job from luckyeye... I will put the banner in my marketing site...
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sincerely
Altuğ İnci

Extremely well designed site, good job. Maybe you can include the other locations in the district to enrich the site,
it can be useful..
Atilla Başer

Dear Emir,
I've just found the chance to analyze the site; it is very good, pleasurable and informative. I have already start looking forward to summer !!!
Mehmet Bayraktar

I really liked your site!
Being a big Bodrum fan, you made me miss summer!
Before I leave for Bodrum this summer, I will check out your site again and visit the suggested places!
thanks,
Begum Erdemli

I LIKED IT A LOT,, THANKS TO YOU. IF YOU WANT TO RENEW THE PICTURES, LET ME KNOW..I WOULD LIKE TO HELP .. FOR INSTANCE OUR SHIP A HOY COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER PİCTURED...WE GET THE TASTE FROM JUST A LOOK BUT WHAT ABOUT SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER BEEN THERE?????
Bige Tınaztepe

We are one of the people who know and live in Gölköy for 18 years.
We congratulate you for your effort on the Web site.
Being one of the people who know that region well, I think that your web site, especially the content and pictures have not matured yet on some aspects. My heart wishes that natural, local and authentic values of the area are introduced more than the daily and popular information .
I believe issues on sea and noise pollution affecting the beautiful shores enormously for the profit expectations of some people must be focused on attentively and effectively on this site.
Authentic beauties of Göltürkbükü coming from the past must be preserved to be transferred to future; they must not be knocked down, corrupted and polluted any more.
Regards.
Bülent Yüksel

Thank you for your site. A good effort. It would be useful to share our realistic ideas about the service industry here for their own improvement.
Çetin Sağıroğlu

A good site... You made me miss it.
Sincerely,
Ender USLU
Show Radio
General Broadcasting Director

A super job. You have opened the window of Golturkbuku to the world. With the help of Sahir as well, let's introduce your site to as many effective foreigners as possible. I will forward it to the people on my list.
Sincerely,
Husamettin Beyazıt.

Dear Emir we liked your site a lot. It is prepared with care, congratulation.
We wish the continuation of your success, kisses.
Ayşen- Isik Aylan

A nice and useful site .. thanks to you.. summer is approaching. I think you should have contemporary news on the main page like what is happening, what will happen..
See you later
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