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?..
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?..
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)