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Tell me about Turkey (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Roweie@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone

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Any DNs out there or have lived there for more than a year that also lived in SEA?

Tell me about the cost of living compared to Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines...etc. What about visas? And the food? Healthcare? People?...

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[–] dreamskij@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Turkey has a runaway inflation problem, and is also experiencing massive currency devaluation (the two are linked, I guess)

So in the end for a foreigner the prices could be relatively stable... and Istanbul was never cheap, for instance.

Food - it really depends on what you do. Do you eat a lot outside? Cheap street food gets boring fast - how many tajines can you eat in morocco before u crave something else? How many tacos in mexico? Unsurprisingly, the same will be true if you live eating kebabs.

If you do cook for yourself... a quick online search reveals that chicken breast is around 4 euros per kg, common veggies are less than .5 euros per kg, fruit not much expensive than that.

Healthcare: turkey is a medical tourism destination (esp dental, hair transplant, cosmetic surgery). There will be 1st world level services, at 1st world level prices.

More in general: I would not live in the central highlands, but large cities on the coast (with some expat presence) should be fine. Istanbul is one of my favorite cities, I googled it recently and remember you could book on airbnb cute aparments for 1 month for 600 eur or so (that would be near Kadıköy, on the Anatolian side, one of my favourite parts of the city)