Turkey is a great place to buy jewellery and gold is a particular favourite amongst locals and tourists alike. To the people of Turkey gold represents an investment, a gift of lifelong significance or a way of making a family occasion special. For visitors to Turkey gold is much more than a souvenir, it's a memento of their holiday that will increase in value, both material and sentimental, as well as providing a lasting reminder of your trip. Visitors to Turkey are often nervous about purchasing gold and I am happy to be able to point you in the right direction and enable you to buy in confidence.
Mustafa (Oz) and his family have created an environment where you can relax and take your time without feeling pressured to buy. His shop, 100 metres past the PTT on the right hand side of Hisaronu high street, sells gold, diamonds and gold watches and you'll find something to suit almost all pockets here. In addition to sales, the workshop behind the shop does excellent repair work and can alter pieces to fit quickly and professionally. Even if you don't make a purchase you'll be made to feel very welcome and probably end up chatting with the owner or his staff. If you do take the plunge its reassuring to know that you're getting value for money. The testimonials (accompanied by insurance valuations) on display at the back of the shop make interesting reading.
My family and I have all purchased gold from OZ and have had it valued on return to UK, I can assure anybody the value was way above that of the purchase price from OZ Gold
Practicalities: Ozgold takes all major credit cards and will exchange currency and cash traveller's cheques with no commission.
Where to find OZ
From the PTT walk down the street with the Activities Unlimited office on your left.
OzGold is on your right about 75 yards down. The signs on the street aren't large.
Tel/Fax: +90 (252) 616 7435
Mustafa will go out of his way to help in any way that he can, during our last holiday while we were speaking he was arranging a taxi pickup from the airport for an old customer and during our many visits, many old customer's were dropping in for Apple Tea and a cool down.
kevsykes@(removethis)blueyonder.co.uk
Sunday, July 08, 2001