How much for six months residency please

[JohnF]

Its around 600tl for the year but more if you pay a translator to help you.

Funnily enough, it's still cheaper than a few years ago (taking exchange rates into account).  In the days when it was two odd lira to the pound a yearly RP was about £200 or thereabouts, and the blue book about another £50.  I think I paid about 1,100tl for my first two year RP in Istanbul.

Then the prices went up, and up, and up.  Here's a blast from the past   

I've just had this email from the Honorary British Consulate in Fethiye.

Thank you for your e-mail of 06 January. We are unable to find a Turkish government website where the new prices are available either.
 
However we inquired with the passport office in Fethiye about the new prices of residence permit which shown below.
 
1 year GBP   370,00
2 year GBP   730,00
3 year GBP 1090,00
4 year GBP 1450,00
5 year GBP 1810,00
Residency permit book is TL 138,00
 
For more information about the new prices and increase please visit the passport office in Fethiye.
 
Kind regards,
Ahmet Dorduncu
Pro Consul
British Honorary Consulate
Ataturk Caddesi
Likya is Merkezi
Kat:2 No: 202
48300 Fethiye Mugla
Tel : + 90 252 614 63 02
Fax: + 90 252 614 83 94
e-mail : bhcfethiye@superonline.com
Web  :  The British Embassy in Turkey UK in Turkey

So, using an exchange rate of 2.4 TL / £

1 year = 888 TL
2 year = 1,752 TL
3 year = 2,616 TL
4 year = 3,480 TL
5 year = 4,344 TL

To calculate the costs of a permit for any periods not covered above it's £40 for the first month and £30 for each subsequent month, However, for UK citizens payment must be made in Turkish Lira at the published exchange rate on the day of application.

So, at 2.30 TL / £ it'll cost 851 TL for a 1 year permit, but at 2.70 TL / £, it'll be 999 TL.

Bear in mind that health insurance, whilst not mandatory in those days, was on top of the above. 

JF

[kayakebab]

I dont mind the cost. Still worth every tl to me.
Its the additional notary costs.
Last year the passport, then the rental agreement and now having to get landlord tapu..
All extra money and hassle.

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[JohnF]

I dont mind the cost. Still worth every tl to me.

I wasn't having a go at you, honest  

Meis every three months anyone?

JF

[BernieTeyze]

I'm paying £1500, residency n health insurance, and it's only for a flipping year but for 2 of us. That's everything. Hopefully the health insurance will go down. Looks like I will be walking there n back to the bakery every morning.

[Karennina]

Thanks all the recidency cost itself is not too bad I suppose but the health insurance on top is...
I dont think we are going to bother, when Derek retires next year we will have our 90 days and then get cheap package deals to anywhere that looks good and is cheap...the way I see it is its Turkeys loss as we would be there spending money in the country...
Gosh 40 friends you must be popular Linda! ( joking I am lol) seriously that is loads that have left...
Bernie did you mean £1500 gbp or tl you are paying all in?

[BernieTeyze]

I,m paying a lump sum for both of us. Existing medical condition health insurance,English and Turkish copies of rental agreement.and whatever else is needed.

[JohnF]

Jeez, you both had heart transplants?

Just shy of 3,000tl a skull sounds a lot (bearing in mind some costs are shared) - without going into personal stuff, how much is your health insurance, and who is it with?

JF


Edit: actually, forget I asked - health insurance costs are personal.

[kayakebab]

I know John..
Karen, friends as in people we saw once every week or 2 at various activities rather than dinner guests  
It is an awful lot. Some back to UK, a few to Bulgaria, 2 to Spain, 2 to Gozo, 2 to Tenerife, and 3 more back to UK in a few weeks time.
The biggest reasons are the 120 day restriction and the health insurance cost.
Bernie not sure how old you are but the health insurance jumps up when you turn 60.



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[BernieTeyze]

The costs are with solicitors fees. They sort it all. 2 people. Probably do pay more, but for us the trouble free services are worth it. I think when it comes down to it I, ve probably had that much in free legal advice from them while I, ve been in uk.

[JohnF]

It is an awful lot. Some back to UK, a few to Bulgaria, 2 to Spain, 2 to Gozo, 2 to Tenerife, and 3 more back to UK in a few weeks time.
The biggest reasons are the 120 day restriction and the health insurance cost.

Istanbul is no different.  A lot of folks who have been there for years and I kinda looked upon as being in with the bricks have bailed over the past year or so.  Its likely that over the next few months more are off to pastures new as well - for those that have based themselves in Istanbul (a lot of folk do this) but work across the middle east and in the Baltic countries the 120 day rule is a killer.

There is a certain irony with a couple I know who work in Africa but based themselves in Istanbul - they lived in Cihanger, fairly close to Taksim and moved as they didn't like working and living in war zones.  They moved to Nice in January...

The costs are with solicitors fees. They sort it all. 2 people.

This might sound like a silly question, but why do you need a solicitor?

JF