Advice on Turkey move?

Hi Nicole,

It's difficult to say whether this would be a good move for you personally, as everyone has different circumstances, but it would certainly be an adventure - for an overview of life there, see our page on Moving to Turkey.

As far as quality of life goes, your salary would definitely influence your lifestyle. To get an idea, you should convert your salary from USD into YTL, and then draw up a rough budget of expenses. You can use the table at the bottom of our page on Cost of Living, as well as info from websites such as Numbeo and Expatistan, to fill the budget out with the relevant costs. This should give you an idea of how much wiggle room you'll have in terms of your salary.

As far as what the people are like, our page on Culture Shock in Turkey outlines some of the cultural issues you might encounter there.

When would you be moving there? Would your company be arranging your visa or would this be something you'd need to sort out yourself?

M

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Thank you for your replies, I would just like to know on average what the cost of the EIC costs for turkey, Istanbul. please your assistance will be appreciated.

Hi, Nicole I fell in love with Istanbul when I moved there, hope you do too:)) I would assume the salary you have a mentioned is pretty good and definitely you won't find yourself starving, unless you have acquired a taste for luxuries. Now, basing on my own experience in Istanbul - I had to change some 5 flats in less than half a year, finding a suitable accomodation might be an issue (well, if you are ready to give away up to half of your monthly income for an apartment, then it's easy. If you are looking for a nice apartment at reasonable prices, it could take quite some time

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