Is Turkey getting expensive

[chewyturk]

quote:Originally posted by Linda1953

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

Already married :D

Only joking....

[Gorgeous_bird]

 :omaybe not for much longer:D

[Linda1953]

:DGet more sense out of a cow.............but make sure its a good looking one!  

[wickwilly]

And thats where the wellies come in handy and they are cheaper here in Turkey:D:D

[davewalsh]

Yes of course it's getting more expensive. One day it will be the same as the U.K. In fact fo many things, it's more expensive than now.

Look at Spain 20 years ago. A veritable third world country. Look at it now ( and yes, I know there are poor parts of Spain but I live in the East End and there's poverty there you didn't think could exist in the U.K.)

You can't expect people in other countries  to subsidise your life style for ever so make the most of the next five-ten-twenty years, and then, move to up and coming Afghanistan

[sonic008]

Originally posted by Colwyn

Current inflation levels (Consumer Price Index)

UK = 2.1%    Turkey = 8.4%

So, overall, prices are going up four times faster in Turkey.

Where do you get 2.1%??? Cost of living here in UK is up 11.5% !!!!( daily expressMay1st)mortgages up 9.5; gas 18.5; electric 18.8 ; water , with our rain,3.7; home insurance 4.1 council tax 4.00....the only thing under 3% here is the poxy pay rises!!!!

[Steve (redding43)]

quote:Originally posted by sonic008

Originally posted by Colwyn

Current inflation levels (Consumer Price Index)

UK = 2.1%    Turkey = 8.4%

So, overall, prices are going up four times faster in Turkey.

Where do you get 2.1%??? Cost of living here in UK is up 11.5% !!!!( daily expressMay1st)mortgages up 9.5; gas 18.5; electric 18.8 ; water , with our rain,3.7; home insurance 4.1 council tax 4.00....the only thing under 3% here is the poxy pay rises!!!!

Perhaps because that Post was several months ago?  

[stoop]

2.5% is the current (March) official UK rate on Consumer Prices but as sonic says the REAL rate is around 11.5%.

The problem with the UK is that the figures are distorted by the lower cost of electrical goods/clothes etc - food and fuel is much higher and these are the things we need to survive. I can't eat my TV or my clothes.

Stoop

[c1]

stoop on the case, the basics of life, food, electic, rates and income tax are all above governments twisted figures, not sure about 11.5% I would guess around 5-6%. the effect on idividuals depends on life style,  borrowings etc. at least in Turkey bank rate keeps ahead of inflation rate unlike uk, local rates in turkey .1% costs us just over £120 a year in turkey while in uk £2200 a year, with councils now fining people for slightly overfilling a bins which only gets emptied ever other week.

[carlan]

Hi all,
can anyone tell me the cost of fuel in Turkey at the moment please? ta very much:D