I will give a few examples:
Turks who run a charity and both paid a good wage to provide free translation - interpreting - advice service - they illegally charge about £75 an hour to accompany clients on visits to doctors and council - both of these services provide their own FREE interpreting services - they also charge for form filing and answering letters - all of which they are already paid to do
Many Turks are happy to translate for Kurds and charge £50 or sometimes much more just to read a letter
Some Turks are paid for by cheating colleges that will provide you with a certificate in English without one even attending a lesson - the Turks mix with Kurds and persuade them to pay these fraud colleges THOUSANDS of pounds
The legal advice services work on much the same way - Turks persuade Kurds to use the legal advisor they work for and receive a percentage of the money - often Kurds do not realise that the advisor is not an actual solicitor - these advisers will charge £1,000 or more to fill in forms
Helping my friends who intend to open several kebab shops and fast food takeaways - I am coming across even more scams - Turks do building work cash in hand as a friend when their work is shoddy and would NEVER pass close inspection - and costs as much if not more than qualified experienced builders
One friend was persuaded to buy several roof support joists/girders that he did not need - I told him there were already joists up there or the building would have fallen down years ago - he did not listen and it cost him several thousand pounds to discover I was right
I have watched Turkish builders working - often they speak NO English and have no real idea what they are doing and get paid very little money but there Turkish employer makes a fortune
I have seen work done and charged at £100,000 that in my mind is almost falling to bits and worth only £30,000 if that
Several friends who have paid over £60,000 for work worth halt that
NOW that my interest has been reawakened - the friends I am helping MUST provide me with at least 3 detailed quotes for everything they want done
One of my friends wanted to register a company but the TURK he asked for help told him it would cost £500 - I agree that someone who helps another person has a right to charge for that help but:
£485 profit is too much
The true cost of basic company registration in England is ONLY £15
These helpful Turks not only help Northern - Kurds they use their contacts within the Kurdish population to offer their overpriced services to the Southern Kurds as well
I will be looking into the Turkish building industry very closely in future - but hope NEVER to use any of them
