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Turkish person. We’ve founded a startup in November, local and global developments making me a bit worried. Since then everything is almost 2-3x expensive. Most

by CSDude 4y ago

Turkish person. We’ve founded a startup in November, local and global developments making me a bit worried. Since then everything is almost 2-3x expensive. Most visible and absurd thing to see is that People drive their cars noticably slowly so that they consume less. People dont go out as they used to. Driving in summer vacation and spending a few days would cost a signifcant sum. Even if earning foreign currency, everything feels very expensive.

SXX 4y ago
I'm not Turkish, but I fled here from Russia due to a war. And rent certainly got super expensive in Antalya due to number of people like me, not inflation. I noticed that only some prices are so badly expensive for person earning USD and it's mostly electronics. Though Turkey has 35% tax when buying from Amazon so yeah it's due to taxation and local regulation. Can you please share some examples of what's got specifically expensive in last couple of years?
- CSDude 4y ago
  Electronics & cars is nothing new, it was always like that. But this year, all kind of food and basic necessities has become more expensive.
  - SXX 4y ago
    Got it. I guess it's just me comparing food prices in Turkey to Russia and United Kindom. At this moment food in Turkey have mostly the same price as in Russia before the war, but still mucu cheaper compared to London. Fruits and vegetables I mostly buy on local markets and they're damn cheap considering that $1 == 16.5 Lira: tomatoes 5-10TL, cucumbers 2-8TL, Strawberry 10-15TL, oranges 2-4TL, apples 7-8TL, etc. Meat and sunflower oil kind of a pricey. Yeah at this point I get it's kind a pointless to list any kind of prices as they do in fact change with inflation. I understand that for most of people outside of IT it's very unlikely to have salary higher than $800 in Turkey, but over 3+ months I live here prices stay mostly the same in USD.
moneywoes 4y ago
How have salaries changed?

by CSDude 4y ago

SXX 4y ago

I'm not Turkish, but I fled here from Russia due to a war. And rent certainly got super expensive in Antalya due to number of people like me, not inflation. I noticed that only some prices are so badly expensive for person earning USD and it's mostly electronics. Though Turkey has 35% tax when buying from Amazon so yeah it's due to taxation and local regulation. Can you please share some examples of what's got specifically expensive in last couple of years?

CSDude 4y ago
Electronics & cars is nothing new, it was always like that. But this year, all kind of food and basic necessities has become more expensive.
- SXX 4y ago
  Got it. I guess it's just me comparing food prices in Turkey to Russia and United Kindom. At this moment food in Turkey have mostly the same price as in Russia before the war, but still mucu cheaper compared to London. Fruits and vegetables I mostly buy on local markets and they're damn cheap considering that $1 == 16.5 Lira: tomatoes 5-10TL, cucumbers 2-8TL, Strawberry 10-15TL, oranges 2-4TL, apples 7-8TL, etc. Meat and sunflower oil kind of a pricey. Yeah at this point I get it's kind a pointless to list any kind of prices as they do in fact change with inflation. I understand that for most of people outside of IT it's very unlikely to have salary higher than $800 in Turkey, but over 3+ months I live here prices stay mostly the same in USD.

moneywoes 4y ago

How have salaries changed?