A couple's holiday romance turned into a serious long-distance relationship - and they have spent the last five years 2,500 miles apart.<br /><br />Demi Lamb, 20, met her partner Bayram Kara, 23, on a yacht in Marmaris, Turkey whilst on a family holiday in 2018.<br /><br />Despite being shy, yacht crewman Bayram plucked up the courage to introduce himself to Demi.<br /><br />After exchanging details, the pair kept in regular communication after Demi returned home to Edinburgh and haven't stopped talking since.<br /><br />Deciding to become an official item just two years ago, Demi flew out in February to meet Bayram again in Turkey - five years after meeting him.<br /><br />Demi has since gone on to visit Bayram a further five times and spends her time off from university visiting her lover in Turkey.<br /><br />The couple hope to settle down in Turkey and one day own their own yacht after Demi graduates from her fashion marketing degree in 2025.<br /><br />Demi, a student and wellbeing lead activities lead coordinator at a care home from Edinburgh, said: "He'll tell you that I caught his eye. <br /><br />"We spoke for maybe 10 minutes, I was very quiet and he was extremely shy. <br /><br />"He approached me with a nudge from another crew member, when he asked my name, how I was, my age, and how the night was going, before he pulled his phone out to use Google translate as he knew very little English.<br /><br />"At this point, I only knew how to say hello in Turkish!<br /><br />"We exchanged social media and then two weeks after I got home he messaged and we just had constant back and forth."<br /><br />The 2,500 mile distance between them meant Bayram and Demi were constantly on the phone to each other.<br /><br />She said: "When we first started speaking, because I was so young, I didn't know what was going to come of the situation and it was just a 'friends' situation for about three years and only two years ago we decided to take it to the next level.<br /><br />"It was really difficult though and what helped massively was communication. <br /><br />"We were on the phone 12 hours a day and falling asleep on FaceTime.<br /><br />"There are a lot of apps that you're able to track locations etc so if we haven't answered we're able to know each other are safe and that helped a lot when he had to do national service which meant seven months with no contact."
