EuroMeet 2012 - Istanbul

Checked my passport today and it's valid just long enough that I can travel to turkey. Lucky me.

Have you all checked your passports and visa regulations for your country?
 
Hallo Tom (post 203). There is a requirement that the passport is valid for three months after the expected date of leaving Turkey. If this is not the case the border control might not let you in the country.... This is presumably to avoid legal complications for the tourist if they have to delay departure, for example after a road accident or something like that.

The full travel advice for UK citizens is here.
 
MartinP said:
Hallo Tom (post 203). There is a requirement that the passport is valid for three months after the expected date of leaving Turkey. If this is not the case the border control might not let you in the country.... This is presumably to avoid legal complications for the tourist if they have to delay departure, for example after a road accident or something like that.
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As a German citizen I'm allowed to stay 90 days without visa. Therefor the passport has to be valid at least 90 days. Mine is valid until sept. so everything is ok but I have to have a new one as soon as possible.
 
tom.w.bn said:
As a German citizen I'm allowed to stay 90 days without visa.
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I was there last month, and all EU citizens (and a couple of other nationalities) actually do have to buy a visa at the port of entry. Istanbul airport in my case. Costs €15 euros. To be bought and paid for before you pass the passport control.
 
migtex said:
Hi Gang!

Change of plans.
We (me and Gina) will be going to Istanbul!
Lost my job! So, we got the agenda free and I think we better enjoy the opportunity to be among friends before the money runs out and I start the big gear sale.

Arriving on the 11 and leaving on the 18.

Hope to see you guys and gals!
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see the good in the bad, and see you soon!
 
I still can't decide what gear to take ... M-mount kit, Nikon RF kit, Nikon SLR kit, or mix two different kits. Who'd a thought choosing would be so stressful :bang: 😀
 
jippiejee said:
I was there last month, and all EU citizens (and a couple of other nationalities) actually do have to buy a visa at the port of entry. Istanbul airport in my case. Costs €15 euros. To be bought and paid for before you pass the passport control.
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Are you sure? I never paid for any visa (except my recently acquired residency permit) and I did my fair share of entries and exits. Did you try to pass the control and they sent you to the visa desk or you just stopped there before going for the control?
 
jonmanjiro said:
I still can't decide what gear to take ... M-mount kit, Nikon RF kit, Nikon SLR kit, or mix two different kits. Who'd a thought choosing would be so stressful :bang: 😀
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hi Jon, just to help you.. LOL
we will take LTM Nikkors (for the bessa R2) and Nikon S/S2 or a S and RS2 and a D700 with.. damn couldn't decide yet on the lens...😀
 
morback said:
Did you try to pass the control and they sent you to the visa desk or you just stopped there before going for the control?
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I was sent back from the passport control to the visa desk actually, because I never bought a visa to Turkey before either. There were large signs up with tens of flags of countries that needed to buy visas. Including, I think, all EU countries. With my Dutch passport I never had to buy a visa before, but it looks like it's policy now. Cash cow mostly.
 
jippiejee said:
I was sent back from the passport control to the visa desk actually, because I never bought a visa to Turkey before either. There were large signs up with tens of flags of countries that needed to buy visas. Including, I think, all EU countries. With my Dutch passport I never had to buy a visa before, but it looks like it's policy now. Cash cow mostly.
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That's the norm now. In some Africa countries even in Transit you need to pay the VISA...
 
No visa countries: Germany Andorra Bolivia Bosnia Brazil Czech Republic Ecuador El Salvador Finland France Morocco Croatia Georgia Honduras Guatemala Iran Israel Sweden Switzerland Italy Iceland Japan South Korea. Lichtenstein Luxembourg Macedonia Malaysia Monaco, San Marino, Singapore Nicaragua Syria Chile, Trinidad Tobago Tunisia Uruguay Vatican New Zealand.

Martin, I was on the eye of the cyclone in Beyoğlu, too bad I have a coat not a swim suit.
 
Hey all,

I will give a little advice to all. Even the tour will mostly be by walking, there should be some points we will take vehicles. So I suggest you guys to buy Istanbul Card once you see a sell spot.

It is an RFID card which you can put money on it, then you can use it on trains, buses, subway and ferry. As far as I recall there is a deposit (10 TL?). It can be used for multiple people. So if you travel together, one card will be enough.

Additional 20 TL will be enough I think for two days. And I am not sure but, you may take the rest of your money back when you return the card. But don't count on me (because I am mostly a car person).

http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com/go/Istanbul/Transport/istanbulkart.html
 
unfortunately cant join EuroMeet, but those who go, and like history, its still good time to pump your players full of travel listening 🙂

One of personal favorites: http://12byzantinerulers.com/

then when wandering to gigantic halls of Hagia Sofia, press "Play", not before 😉
 
jbielikowski said:
Martin, I was on the eye of the cyclone in Beyoğlu, too bad I have a coat not a swim suit.
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I was at home watching the rain fall on the Marmaris with a cup of hot chocolate in my hands 😀 Well ok, there was no hot chocolate, but there could have been! 😛

p.s.: I got acros in 35mm as well...
 
morback said:
I was at home watching the rain fall on the Marmaris with a cup of hot chocolate in my hands 😀 Well ok, there was no hot chocolate, but there could have been! 😛

p.s.: I got acros in 35mm as well...
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Dunno how ıt happened but yesterday I get caught second tıme, walking down from Şişhane to Karaköy and then in Kadıköy.

I have only GA645i wıth me and fılm ıs runnıng out slower than I planned. 😉 But Summicron and Summilux are so tempting to take them home, I'm not sure if I cant afford any of them...
 
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