Is Turkey getting expensive

[saoirse]

Couldnt fault Eren Spot and Bekir is a very nice fella to deal with.

[c1]

buying chinese products will turn out to be the undoing of a lot of western economies. cheap products made in a country that doesn't reconise copywrite and is not democratic, that creates more pollution per product produced,will harm us all, that is why they are buying up influence in usa and euro zone, while there market closed to outside produce.UK government happy to export jobs for far east, better I say to build factories in eastern europe or turkey,build a modern universal rail link throughout euro zone and link it to future players. of subject slightly but wait and see the financial influence china has that will effect curentcy and inflation in next five years.

[tinkerman]

so is Turkey getting expensive or not?

[stoop]

Yes if you live there and not really if you just go on your hols there.

That's my opinion amnyway.

[Scunner]

Amnyway?

As pointed out earlier, community charge and mortgage payments can equate to up to 30% of income. Immediately shedding those two is money in the bank.

Sure, things are more expensive but that's inflation for you, it tends to make things more expensive.

Cars are expensive, fuel is expensive (both compared with the UK) but most other things are cheaper. Our water bill, far from being on par with the UK was 17 of your Turkish Lirasi's last time.

Eat lots of vegetables, fruit and use lokanta's rather than seafront restaurants (the food is way better anyway), don't drink imported spirits in bars, use the dolmus and what the hell else can you spend your money on.

So that's it, it's more expensive than it was, but if you forget the Ferrari, the harbour side meals out and the Johnny Walker, and enjoy the free sun and hospitality, there really isn't much to throw your money at.

[Elsa Padfield]

I agree.  It's certainly more expensive than it was but you don't have to eat at the expensive restaurants; we don't very often and use the fantastic Locanta next to Migros quite often.  If we want a drink, we wait till we get home.  The fresh fruit and veg is absolutely fantastic; just what a farmers market should be instead of the inflated prices that our's seem to charge! Noticed that the dolmus prices have gone up at New Year though.  Most things are still cheaper than here though (except the petrol which is very expensive!.

[chewyturk]

Supermarkets - expensive wrt UK (apart from fruit and veg)
Cars - Ridiculously expensive (purchase, tax and petrol)
Electrical items - More expensive
Clothes - More expensive
Restaurants - About same as UK
Bars - Efes cheap, John Smiths and Guinness OMG

Weather and people - Priceless !!!!!!

[Diverbaz 1]

Isn't it the way of life you buy into here, not how cheap it is to live here. I did not come to Turkey to "make a profit", so, as long as I can afford it I will stay, if the cost is so much that I can no longer afford it, it will be back to blighty and live off the state and tax payers (of which I am still one, without the benefits) and send the wife out to work:D .

Baz

[tinkerman]

go on then

[Linda1953]

Milk has gone up................maybe time to buy a cow?