Number of foreigners marrying Turks falls in 2008

TDN said only 12 marriages have taken place in the southern town of Marmaris in 2008, while this number was 88 in the first half of 2007.

British couples top the list of those who choose to celebrate one of the most important days of their lives in Marmaris, TDN added.

The office of the Marmaris Municipality reported that 513 Turkish citizens married foreign their partners in Marmaris between 2002 and 2008, the report said.

Marmaris is also a popular location for Turkish couples to be married. Since 2002, more than 100 Turkish couples held their wedding ceremonies in the office, TDN added.

Dutch, Finnish, Irish, Estonian and German couples follow British couples on the list of foreign couples tying the knot in Turkey.