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Hi Murat,
it's a little more difficult to buy a scope on a budget that has large aperture, and that also allows you to dabble in photography if you decide to go down that path. I think the other guys have nailed it in this thread. Go for the biggest dob that you can afford, remembering that you need to be able to move it out under the stars when you want to use it. If its too heavy for you, or needs two people to set up, you might find this to be a limiting factor to observing.
I have a 14" Orion XX14i on wheels with leveling bolts for visual. I wheel it out of my observatory when I want to use it and level it up. When I want to do some photography, I use my 10" SCT (again on wheels with leveling bolts). It's possible to get yourself a larger / heavier scope if you don't mind doing a few minor mods to make sure its still nice and easy to set up.
I must say that one of the good points about the Orion XX series dobs is that they have an object locator built in. You just do a two star alignment at the start of the night and then use the hand controller to locate the objects that you're interested in. Whilst this may take the joy of star hopping away, you'll certainly see a lot more of the sky on any given night.
Don't forget to set some money aside for some eyepieces if you don't have any / many and perhaps a red dot finder.
Best of luck with your decision.
Dean
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