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Part of the reason that some resorts are quieter is because it is Ramazan now (Aug 1st for a month). Turkish people tend not to take their holidays during that time and prefer to be at home. I was passing a bus station in a resort just before it started and the buses going off to Ankara, Izmir and Istanbul were full of people going home. The Seker Bayram (Sugar festival) will mark the end of Ramazan at the end of the month and then everywhere will be very busy again with a 3 day holiday full of celebrations.
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JMK wrote:
Part of the reason that some resorts are quieter is because it is Ramazan now (Aug 1st for a month). Turkish people tend not to take their holidays during that time and prefer to be at home. I was passing a bus station in a resort just before it started and the buses going off to Ankara, Izmir and Istanbul were full of people going home. The Seker Bayram (Sugar festival) will mark the end of Ramazan at the end of the month and then everywhere will be very busy again with a 3 day holiday


jmk i think you miss-understood me when referring to icmeler being half empty
by the lack of tourists around nothing to do with local people around resort.
hope this clarifys it. :)
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Yes I understood. Turkish people can be tourists too. They come to the resorts for their holidays just the same as foreigners. Many come from Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara and other big cities. Some of them have holiday homes by the coast and others stay in hotels just as foreigners do, they are not locals in these areas. Anyway as I said loads have gone home for Ramazan but they will be back to the resorts for their holidays once the suagr festival begins.
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Good report, thanks for posting, that rate is looking very healthy at the minute :tup
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