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Hello there everyone so i recently moved to mersin from the U. A. E about 6 months ago because of my dads occupation as a trader and as a young 18 year old i just cant seem to find anything to do ive pretty much spent all this time inside or the occasional visit to forum or marina but surely there must be more to do here right?

Hello! urgently looking for a school in Mersin or its surroundings with teaching in English, for children 8, 12, 13 years. Need basic subjects chemistry, biology, physics, history in English. It is desirable that the school had an international status (international baccalaureate). The cost of training does not matter. I would be grateful for any information.

We spent almost two weeks looking round apartments trying to find something we liked within our price range. We thought we had found a suitable place on Tuesday only for it to be sold before I could get the money transferred. Still at last we have found and paid for an apartment, going back to Antalya next week to sort out the removal of furniture and stuff from stepsons apartment to the new place, also have to get the shipping company in the UK to send our stuff over.

Hello all! Does anyone know a palce where I can learn Turkish here? Any language centers? I don't want any online classes to be honest. I appreciate your help!

Hello everyone, I am wondering if you are interested in making regular meets up in Mersin for all interested expats here ??

We no longer have our Mersin apartment having moved out three weeks ago. My wife is staying with her sons in the small Istanbul flat we bought for them. I have returned to England and my wife is applying for a UK spouse visa, the three week priority visa service is no longer available so it will take two to three months for her to get the visa. Our intention once she has the visa is to sell the Istanbul flat and buy another in or near Antalya as her sons can find work there more easily. I over stayed my Turkish residence permit by a couple of days but have been told this will not be a problem as I was not medically fit to travel: I had had influenza followed by secondary bacterial pneumonia and pleurisy that required a four day hospital stay during which I had various antibiotics and lots of tests done. The visa consultant booked my wife's visa interview for Friday 27 October but gave me the paperwork to take to England to post to the Sheffield visa centre as she said the post from Turkey is very slow and unreliable. The tenant who was renting a room in my Bristol house has decided to join her parents in France so I will have to find another tenant soon. Hopefully my wife's visa will not take too long to be approved and she can join me in England in the new year.

Mersin has now 14 private fully licensed Arabic school where Arabic is the main teaching language for kids from kindergarten until high school. These schools teach Arabic, English and Turkish and mainly they serve Syrian students and other Arab students. These schools were set up by Syrian businessmen who moved to Turkey because of the civil war raging in Syria nowadays, they started new life in Mersin and with it new schools, shops , restaurants and other related businesses. * Pictures are from Success Way private school in Mezitli / Mersin

Hello everyone. I know a very nice Turkish estate agent who is very helpful in finding furnished or unfurnished flats in Mersin, unfortunately, he does not speak English but he speaks Arabic and of course Turkiish and I can help in translation. please PM me if you need any help. Saed

Hello I know there is a lot of topics talking about almost the same thing but i prefer to create a new one to get in touch with the member and maybe I take a better advice. Actually I'm planning to move to Turkey next month, and my company will open a new office in Turkey for Software Developers, at the beginning we will be a 3 persons, we don't care too much about the local business for the beginning but after a year maybe we will start to work with Turkish customers. The main question what is the better place for us, our salaries from 900$ to 1300$, including the apartment rent, we need a place the cheap but also comes with good options as schools, hospitals ...etc. we are now thinking in 2 main cities: 1. Izmir 2. Mersin could you please share with me some advises and please take in consideration our salaries Thank you in advance.

Hi, I'm French, I will come to live to Içel probably at July, my husband work there now. I'm seeking informations to find job, and to make links. I'will get a Master degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology (in Jun), I'm thinking to work as french teacher, or nanny for foreigners' families (I've experiences as Nanny). I can talk French of course, English and I'm improving my Turkish. I know Spanish but I didn't practice for a moment. What do you think about my project, have you ideas or advise. I'will enjoy to meet English or French people at my coming. Thanks, Ster.

Hi,Sorry for the duplicate post... Anyone knows a good medicine Doctor (pediatric) or hospital in Mersin that speaks English? Is there an allergy specialists there? My daughter has asthma and she's getting better there but just in case I need a good Dr to go to in case of any emergency. Please help... Sam...

Hi there, i was searching about a job opportunity and i came upon the site. I see a lot of you generally complaining about not being able to find any english speaking people here in Mersin. I am a Turkish national, born and brought up in Mersin. It'd be a good chance for me to socialize and practice some speaking skills whilst helping you out. So if there's anything i can help you with, just ask. See you around. Emrah