Brian
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cost of livingCan i ask what the general prices in Turkey are like, compared with the likes of other popular holiday places such as the Canaries or Greece?.
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Tango Bunny
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On the whole we found eating ot much cheaper than spain...Some souveniers were cheaper and some not so.The markets are dead cheap for clothes/shoes/lace/towels/bed linnen/handbags
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sancho proudfoot
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It's a couple of years since I was last in Turkey, and it was then generally cheaper - eating out, drinks etc were very cheap. You needed to haggle hard for the clothing towels etc, though.
I do gather that since they revalued the lira to the new lira prices have started to rise somewhat.
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Brian
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Thankyou for your responses.
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Tango Bunny
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arn't they Euro now then
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sancho proudfoot
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No not yet - officially anyway, although many places do take the Euro. the revalued the Lira by knocking all the 000,000s off - so that the old "2,500,000 lire to the £1" became £2.50 to the £1.
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Geddy
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Its still cheaper than Spain, but prices are rising each year, more importantly, its much, much better than Spain.
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shorty
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I spend about half in Turkey of what I spend in majorca, even with the price rises.
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Robert123
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It was my first time there last year, whilst I would not say it is cheap it was not expensive either (cheaper than Spain any how)
I am back there this year, the exchange rate is better than last year (it was low) and from reports its a lot quieter than last year (Bird Flu World Cup, belt tightening at home etc) so I expect it will be even better value, eating out is very good far better than Spain for choice and quality
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ola12387
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I was there in September and I found it very cheap and Turkey is a fab place I will be returning at some point.
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Robert123
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I am hearing on HT that it so much quieter this year and what with the better exchange rate, it is even better value than last year, can't wait!
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