It depends on the quality of furniture you have whether it's worth shipping it over. If it's good quality then ship it over.If it's cheap and cheerful it's not worth bringing over.
We shipped our stuff over here because we couldn't match the quality or choice in Turkey and it was, for us, the right decision. Container, taxes, bungs and door to door delivery in 2007 was about £4000.
If you want to make it a permanent export then you will need a residence permit, if not then you can end up having to pay extra taxes on an annual basis for a temporary export and under that premise you must take everything you imported back with you if and when you leave, even if it's broken.
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