Turkey Without the Trimmings: Working a Holiday Resort – My Story

…a fantastic read, makes you feel like you’re experiencing the eye-opening, shocking and hilarious moments along with the author… (K. Stoddart) Who would have thought when going through Dalaman airport on my first holiday to Turkey in 1997 that three years later I would be getting marched out of there by armed guards after spending five days in a Turkish jail and getting deported. That’s me, Paul Slaney, your typical British, stereotypical holidaymaker who went on a family holiday to Marmaris, fell in love with a Turkish lady and six months later gave up everything in the UK and went back to Turkey, not as a holidaymaker, but as a resort worker. On the surface, Turkey is a beautiful laid-back country where nothing is too much trouble for its tourists. However, under the surface lies a Pandora’s box which people rarely see unless of course, they work there. Holidaying in Turkey and working there are totally different things, and I was not only going to open that box, I was going to jump into it feet first. Join me while I take you through my rollercoaster journey where I struggled with many things, including Turkish life and culture. As I take you through my years working in a Turkish holiday resort, you too can take a look inside Pandora’s box. Fortunately, you don’t need to open it; I did that for you. So, rest easy, you don’t have to make the mistakes I made, particularly those made in the first couple of years… – ASIN: 1800947321 | ISBN13: 9781800947320 | ISBN-13: 978-1800947320