More News From Turkey

So, over the past couple of weeks, the Turkish Government in all their Wisdom, had decided to obtain more money in the Economic Crisis. Their answer?

  Charge a forced and mandated Government Insurance to all foreigners who will be staying longer than one consecutive year in Turkey, whether working, going to school, not working... Whatever the reason for staying longer than one year, you must pay the government for Mandatory Government Health Care. If you do not pay you will be fined an out rageous amount of money, and the rates of said insurance a month goes wayyyy up.

If you think about it, this is brilliant. I say to Reciyyip Erdoğan ... KUDOS! I will tell you why. We in USA need this. We in America love LOVE people visiting, but, this will get rid of everyone that wants to stay illegally in the USA.

 The downside?

The laws right now are ambiguous and no one knows where to pay and who to pay and the price of said insurance is a rumor. Three webpages I have been to said the cost is £2,000 a year, meaning  £166.66 a month and  that if you do not pay it will have a fine of £2000 plus an additional £200 a month for a year. However, the Turkish webpage that The Long Rock was on said that it was 50 TL a month and if you do not pay it was 200TL a month and a fine of 2,000TL. There were two webpages that said that all those from the UK or UK Territories, Netherlands and France, Ukraine and Russia were responible and one webpage said it was only UK Passport holders while The Long Rock said that it was ALL foreigners or anyone with out a Turkish Citizenship, or not married to a Turkish Citizen.

 Apparently there are many Foreigners that come to Turkey, illegally work, get sick or injured, and rely on the Social Government to care for their health care problems. Many people retire and come to live in Turkey.

Turkey is saying Welcome, but we are not paying for your insurance if you are not a Citizen! Way to go, Turkey! I like that a lot. I am not being sarcastic. I like that when you live in a country you are not allowed the same Rights as though you are a Citizen of that country! (Sound Familiar!) I like the idea a lot. Now... Just how to pay...

  We will see as it unfolds. I have a Legal Residence Card, from here. So we will see what happens and I will be sure to update...