My beach club near Bodrum

An idyllic, peaceful spot in a secluded bay ideal for both swimming and sun bathing with a pleasant sea breeze. Set in pretty landscaped gardens with terraces for sun-loungers and beach huts with comfortable scatter cushions for those who prefer the shade.

With a restaurant serving full English breakfasts, varied snack and evening meals plus a night club and bar.

My beach hizmet anlayışının temelınde kendinize ayırdığınız boş zamanın en iyi şekilde değerlendirilmesi yani leisure yatmaktadır. My beach Leisure olarak işimiz sizlere kendinizi iyi hissettirecek  çok farklı bir konseptte bir hayali yaşatabilmektir. Çok uluslu müşteri portföyümüzle beklentilerin  üstüne çıkıp yaratıcı düşüncelerimizle müsterilerimizi buluşturmaktayız. My Beach başarısının ardında yatan bu düşünce sayesinde gün geçtıkçe artan başarımızı şaşırtıcı hizmetler için farsat kollamamıza her zaman yeni  trendlere yön vermemiz yatmaktadır.

What's on the Menu?

Mezeler / Turkısh Mezes

Taze fasulye  - Fresh beans

Yaprak sarma- Stuffed vine-leaves

Patlıcan salata – Aubergine salad

Közde patlıcan- Barbecued aubergine

Acılı ezme- Bitter tasted salad

Semiz otu- Purslave

Börülce- Kidney bean

Haydari- Appatizer Named

Rus salata- Russian salad

Biber dolma- Capsicum

Midye dolma- staffed mussed

SICAKLAR- HOT APPETİZERS

 Karides güveç- Shrimp Hot-Pot

Karides tereyağda- Buttered Shrimps

Kalamar tava- Fried calamaris

Kalamar ızgara- Grilled calamaris

Sigara böğreği-  sigar shaped fries

ANA YEMEKLER / MAIN DISHES

ET ÇEŞİTLERİ / MEAT DISHES

Kuzu şiş- lamp shish kebab

Izgara bomfile- grilled sitilion with gravy

Köfte –meatballs

Biftek ızgara- Grilled steak with olive souce

Tavuk şiş- chicken shish

Et kavurma- meat roasted

Tavuk kavurma- chıcken roasted

Tavuk kanat- chıcken wings

Sinitzel- schnitzel

BALIK MENÜ / FISH DISHES

Çipura- Gilt-head bream

Kılıç- sword fish

Mercan- red sea bream

Dil balığı- sole fish

Barbunya- red mullet

Levrek ızgara- grilled sea bass

Levrek buğulama- steamed sea bass

Jumbo karides ızgara- Grilled jumbo shrimps

SALADS

Tavuk salata – chıcken salad

Ton balıklı salata- tunny fısh salad

Sezon salata- season salad

Çoban salata- shepherd salad

Turkish Music

The music of Turkey includes diverse elements ranging from Central Asian folk music and has many copies and references of Byzantine music, Greek music, Ottoman music, Persian music, Balkan music, as well as more modern European and American popular music influences. Turkey is a country on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, and is a crossroad of cultures from across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus and South and Central Asia.c

 Mustafa Yildizdogan - Turkiyem The meaning of the title is 'My Turkey'. This can be heard at nearly every Turkish gathering including weddings. It is a like the national anthem of Turkey.

The roots of traditional music in Turkey spans across centuries to a time when the Seljuk Turks colonised Anatolia and Persia in the 11th century and contains elements of both Turkic and pre-Turkic influences. Much of its modern popular music can trace its roots to the emergence in the early 1930s drive for Westernisation.

Ahmet SEZGİN - Çay Elinden Öteye
Translated, it means something like 'beyond Çayelin'. The place can be found in Rize, Turkey HERE.

With the assimilation of immigrants from various regions the diversity of musical genres and musical instrumentation also expanded. Turkey has also seen documented folk music and recorded popular music produced in the ethnic styles of Greek, Armenian, Music of Albania, Polish, Azeri and Jewish communities, among others.

 MFO - BODRUM BODRUM
Anyone who spends much time in Bodrum will have heard this song. Very famous, so good they named it twice!



Many Turkish cities and towns have vibrant local music scenes which, in turn, support a number of regional musical styles.Despite this however, western-style pop music lost popularity to arabesque in the late 70s and 80s, with even its greatest proponents Ajda Pekkan and Sezen Aksu falling in status. It became popular again by the beginning of the 1990s, as a result of an opening economy and society. With the support of Aksu, the resurging popularity of pop music gave rise to several international Turkish pop stars such as Tarkan and Sertab Erener. The late 1990s also saw an emergence of underground music producing alternative Turkish rock, electronica, hip-hop, rap and dance music in opposition to the mainstream corporate pop and arabesque genres, which many believe have become too commercial.

From Olives to Olive Oil in Turkey

First you need your Olive tree.
Then you need help from your family or friend with some long strong sticks.
The sticks are used to rattle the olives from the tree. The olives fall onto the tarpaulin.
The dangerous part is climbing the tree to get at the olives out of reach from the ground. Most accidents are from people falling. Getting hit by the falling olives can hurt especially when you get hit in the eye.
After all the olives have been collected, they need to be sifted from all the twigs and leaves which takes a long time.
Once all the olives have been put into sacks they can be taken to the local olive press. Milas has many of these and they can be seen spread all the way through Turkey.
This is what we produced from our single tree which could be about 60 years old.
Olives collected 190kg
Olive oil pressed from this 34 litres.
The press charged 20tl for their services. The other option would be to let them keep a percentage of the oil between 3 - 6%.
Fingers crossed for next year.

Milas Council tax payment 2012 update

If you follow these steps, you have a good chance of being able to pay your council tax online, tried and test by many Idealworld Bodrum property management clients.

Please note, you can pay via bank transfer. Paying via a Turkish bank in this case is advisable as chasing up payments may be difficult given the language barrier.
Bank transfers and credit card payments are official methods of payment which require no receipt. It is only cash payment that require a receipt.

Your online account will be updated to show your payment. This may take a week if paying by bank transfer, but paying online gives you an instant result.  When a payment is made by credit card you will get an online payment notification and also an email with the payment information.

First go to the website.

 http://www.milas.bel.tr/genel_bilgiler.php

There is an option to translate the site into English, but this is a scaled down version of the website, although it does have some local tourist information if you wish to view it. For now, we just need to select e - BELEDİYE. 

 A new window will open up with ENGLISH  TÜRKÇE. I suggest you select the ENGLISH option!

 

Another completely new window will open. You will see in the top left hand corner two boxes with USER ID and PASSWORD. Please enter the respective number as given to you by the council or your property management company and click ENTER. If you do not have these number you need to contact the Milas Tapu office.

You should see you name in the bottom left hand side of the screen.
Select DEBT ENQUIRY.

You should now see personal information held at the council office in the middle of the page.


To the right of the page is the information you will need if you are transferring payments using the bank transfer method.

I have highlighted 4 areas on the image. Select the payments you wish to make using the tick boxes. You can click the + sign and the section will open up to show more info. 

You will see the total payment change as you make you selection. If you would like to pay the total bill then tick the TOTAL DEBT BOX highlighted. The amount to pay will show up in the TOTAL PAYMENT box.

Once you are happy with your selection, just click ONLINE PAYMENT.

The Payment.
Type your full name, use a Turkish phone number (02521234569) as there is not enough room for the international code for the UK, and then your email address. This is where the receipt will be send to.
Then, using the virtual keyboard on the right, complete the card holder name as it appears on your card, the card number. This can be tricky as the number randomise after each selection for security reasons. Dial in the cards expiry date and using the virtual keyboard again for the last 3 digits of your security number on the back of the card.

That's it, press FINISH PAYMENT

The website will now process your information. A small window will open in the middle of the screen which asks you to wait while the payment is being verified. If all went well, a screen should open showing your payment information and receipt. A receipt will also be sent to your email address. The new account balance will now reflect your payment. If this does not happen, the chances are the website was unable to process your payment due to a fault, which happen sometimes or there was a problem verifying your credit card.  If this happens, try again later or let us know if you are a client. As the system is automated, it is not possible to pay twice. I have made many payments using this system without any problems.

If you do not have a username or password, please follow these guidelines:

If you are not an Idealworld client then you will need to claim your username and password from the council. This is the procedure (thanks to Brian Watts for this info):

info@milas.bel.tr
Subject: e-belediye Şifre
Email Body:

Tckimlik No: Turkish kimlik or foreign passport No
Ad: Name
Soyad: Surname
Baba Adı: Father's Name
Ana Adı: Main Title
Doğum Yeri: Place of birth
Doğum Tarihi: Date of birth
Adres: Address
Ev Tel: Home Phone (including international code)
Cep Tel: Mobile Phone (including international code)
Varsa Emlak Sicil No: Real Estate Registration No (you should be able to get this from  your Tapu).

GOOD LUCK

Linen supply in Bodrum

As part of our furniture packages we obviously supply linen. We also supply linen to our property management clients. From pillows, to pillow cases, to duvet covers and fitted sheets all supplied locally.


Our towels are produced from Turkish cotton and are delivered to us from Denizli. The bed sheet linen is produced in Turkey, then cut and sewn to size in Milas. All linen is in white.

These are the prices in January 2012. Prices will vary throughout the year.

• Pillow (700gr) - 18TL
• Pillow case - 12TL
• Flat sheet Single (130 x 220) - 30TL
• Flat sheet double (190 x 230) - 34TL
• Fitted sheet single (90 x 190) - 34TL
• Fitted sheet double (150 x 200) - 42TL
• Throw Single (150 x 240) in beige - 52TL
• Throw Single (210 x 250) in beige - 55TL
• Hand Towel - 14TL
• Bath Towel - 23TL

For properties outside our area there will be a delivery fee. Prices include K.D.V. (VAT). A minimum order may apply to non clients. Price subject to change without notification. Please contact us if you would like to make an order.

Happy New Year

New range of sofas for 2012

Idealworld Bodrum add new sofa range to their furniture packs in Turkey. 

If you require furniture and have an apartment or villa in the following areas, please contact us: Bodrum, Didim, Akbuk, Iasos, Fethiye,  Çaliş, (Calis), Gulluk and Tuzla (Bogazici). We have installed furniture packs at resorts like Horizon Sky, Flamingo Country Club, Tuzla Park, Royal Heights, Turquoise Homes, Sunset Bay, Seaview Residence, Sunset Apartments and Sunset Beach.