Istanbul Turkey - Looks Like A Great Place To Live

[pumpjack]

just browsing and doing a little dreaming too...i have just returned from sofia and sunny beach / bourgas and i liked them all , nightlife, drinks,food etc was all good , price of airbnb and guesthouses & car rental were very affordable. scenery was great as was the beaches.

i have also been looking into going to istanbul for a month , it states on numereo website that istanbul is 43% less expensive than bourgas to eat out !!! see here -

( https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Bulgaria&country2=Turkey&;city1=Burgas&city2=Istanbul&tracking=getDispatchComparison ) though on tripadvisor forum other people say it is expensive ????

so, lets hear it from anyone who has been there and lived it...like to hear cost of monthly rentals, things to do , car hire, gyms, nightlife, food, etc etc etc

thanks for any info

[Old_Geezer]

Well their economy has hit issues of late. Wasn't particularly strong anyway, then Trump happened. So thus the good exchange rate. I've visited Turkey, pleasant enough, but not a location I'd like to reside in. Volatile part of the globe, around there.

[pumpjack]

hmmmm doesnt seem t be popular , not here anyway.

its still on the bucketlist

[237SJ]

I`ve been there a few times but it was a long time ago. I liked it and there is a lot of history there and things to see. From what I understand (from friend's husband who is a pilot for Turkish) that it is more built up now than I remember. I keep meaning to go to visit but never get around to it. I'm not sure I would want to go for a month though.