"Swedish resident asks to be buried in Turkey
Since she was so touched by her Turkish neighbors’ kindness and efforts to console her after her husband’s death, a Swedish citizen has requested in her will that she be buried in Side, a town in Antalya’s Manavgat district.
Mayvor Ström, a 68-year-old retired Swedish nurse who first visited Side 13 years ago and bought a house there two years after her first visit, has adopted Turkey as her second homeland. Emphasizing that she has spent six months of every year since 1996 in Turkey, Ström said her Turkish neighbors in Side helped console her pain when she lost her husband four years ago. Despite having been born in Sweden and saying that she carries Turkey in her heart, Ström said she didn’t want to live in Sweden because she is fascinated by Turkish helpfulness and hospitality"
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