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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
by 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 agoElectronics & 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 agoGot 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.