Live, Work & Travel in Turkey

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Top Sites
Genctur - A local Turkish based organisation offering volunteer work on workcamps.

MyMerhaba - A comprehensive website for visitors and residents in Turkey. Covers the usual moving issues, news and is very strong on cultural events.

Employment
Employers, Agencies & Placement Services

Anglo Nannies - Nannies placed in Istanbul.

Atalay Language Academy - English and German language jobs in Antalya.

Avalon - Recruit sales agents across Turkey to sell funeral plans to expat residents.

Berlitz Language Centre - Branch of the international language school in Turkey.

Best English - English language school in Ankara.

British International School - Interviews held in February in London. Application form on site.

Calista Resorts - Luxury resort in Belek that has been spotted advertising for animators. No info available on website.

Club Resort Select Maris - A five star resort in Marmaris seen advertising for teachers to teach their staff English, catering staff, entertainers and dive instructors. Website is mostly in German and is pretty useless for our purposes except for the contact details.

Dialogue Language Schools - Jobs often available in these Istanbul English language schools. German courses too. Website is in Turkish but phone numbers are given. They also organise au pair, work and travel and semester programmes, presumably for Turks.

Doga Schools - Istanbul English language schools.

English Centre - English language school in Istanbul.

English Time - Large number of EFL jobs in ten schools in Istanbul and one in Ankara.

Eyuboglu - Experienced English teachers recruited. Application form on website.

Goldtrail Holidays - A specialist tour operator to Turkey since 1996. There isn't any job informtion on their website but I know a couple of English guys that lived in Didim found employment as transfer reps over the summer.

Holidays4U - Transfer reps employed during the summer. Recruitment undertaken from November to January with an online application form on their website.

International Cultural Exchange Programmes - Au pairs placed in Turkey. Earn US$200 per month for a three to 12 month stay. Other programmes available such as studying or teaching in Turkey and internships.

Istanbul Language Centre - Advertises in the UK for English language teachers. Interviews held in UK.

Kent English - English language school. No employment details on website.

Lycian Adventures - Offer outdoor sports and guiding services in southern Turkey. Though they do not have any employment information on their website, Lycian Adventures employ a small number of French and English fluent guides between April and November. Applicants must be proficient in two of the following activities: sea kayaking, mountain biking, canyoning and trekking.

Mavi Dalis - Diving school in Turkey that have indicated in the past that they are looking for summer assistants from April to September.

Prep2GO - Istanbul language school seen advertising for teachers. Site is in Turkish.

Savile Tours - British based tour operator with a small number of vacancies in Turkey each year. No employment information on website.

Seahorse Residences - Commission based property sales staff recruited.

Turco-British Association - EFL jobs available.

Employment Resources
Advice & Useful Sites for Finding Work

Learn 4 Good - Mostly teaching jobs but there were also vacancies offered for translators, dive instructors animators and entertainers when we looked.

Turkeyjoblink.com - General recruitment website. Mostly EFL jobs available.

Gap Year & Voluntary Work
Unpaid Positions & Adventure

Bugday Association for Supporting Ecological Living - A WWOOF group member with a small but growing number of organic farms requiring volunteer workers.

Concordia - International volunteer projects in Turkey for UK residents. The projects last two to four weeks and include nature conservation, renovation, construction, archaeology, social work, youth work and teaching. 

Ecovolunteer Program - Wildlife conservation projects worldwide to aid creatures such as monk seals in Turkey.

EKAD - An inexpensive volunteer programme in Belek, the second largest known sea turtle nesting area in the Mediterranean, that covers food, accommodation, transportation expenses within the project and from and to the airport. Volunteers are needed for between 15 days and three and a half months, and duties include monitoring sea turtle populations, determining and minimising the negative impacts on nests and hatchlings, providing tourists and the local people with information about sea turtles, creating a public awareness about the conservation of sea turtles, and encouraging contributions to the conservation studies.

Genctur - A local Turkish based organisation offering volunteer work on workcamps.

GSM Youth Services Centre - Volunteer workcamps.

International Voluntary Service - The UK branch of Service Civil International. Offers volunteer workcamps in Turkey.

Service Civil International - Volunteer workcamps.

United Nations Exchange - Global organisation that sends short term volunteers to projects in Turkey.

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