The inflation and air quality mentioned below are valid points. The former seems to be a global phenomenon relative to each country and what it costs to start with. In all cases Turkey despite rent going up is still very affordable when you can pay for groceries for two under $200 and all utils under $100 - great work guys.
Agree great videos on Turkey 🇹🇷. We are looking at less touristy place to retire also. It would be great to show some less traveled or not so over populated locations from expats. Thanks 🙏
Thanks for watching, a place of interest we saw was Akyaka. It’s a smaller city on the coast with mostly Turkish Tourists from what I understand. I did some video there that I may incorporate into a future video. Not sure about real estate there.
My wife and I toured various areas of Turkey looking for an area to retire. We both liked Antalya and could see a lot of potential there. Though we did find it very hot in summer I can imagine 8+ months per year its very comfortable. Unfortunately with inflation we may change to areas such as Izmir where less tourists have relocated to. If you have any other suggestions where it's still not been so inflated I would love to know. Thank you for the time and work you put into your videos.
Thanks for watching, I can concur about eight months due to heat. I’d look into the air quality in Izmir, poor air quality is a major issue for many areas of Turkey. We plan to talk about this soon. Coastal areas seem to be pretty good for the most part. A smaller place of interest we found is Akyaka. We didn’t do a deep dive into the real estate there and we didn’t encounter any expats living there. It’s a tourist place in the summer but we believe they are from Turkey mostly.
@@WarrenJulieTravel great point about air quality. I was thinking surrounding areas especially just north of Izmir along the coast or the wine regions between Izmir and Cesmi. There's so many beautiful areas in Turkey. I look forward to seeing more of your research from Turkey. I really liked the inland areas near Fethiye and Bodrum (too expensive) but a month in Turkey wasn't nearly enough! If only Alanya were cooler and closer to Antalya!
I lived in Turkey for 3 years and yes I loved how cheap everything was. Now living in Canada I really miss those days. Its just so stressful never being able to get ahead like I was in Turkey. Sometimes I really dream of selling our house here and getting a Villa in Marmaris or Bodrum. I just don't know how my children would do their schooling. Private School can also be very expensive. Maybe Online Schooling could work.
We live in Italy,we would love to move in Turkey...Our child is 4 years old and will start school in a year and half.We are thinking how to handle with his education there as well ...
We are contemplating moving, we have 3 kids but like in the U.K. I am hoping our kids adapt over time. We are looking at private schools (I have got some costs and working out to be about $3K per kid per annum) or online home schooling, or just putting the younger ones into Turkish schooling so they can adapt. Kids are resilient. Plus they can always go back when they get older.
Thanks Warren and Julie, and must appreciation to Benhood & Shirin for sharing all the inspiring insights. Might you be able to offer any guesses as to what may happen with housing costs in the near future?
Health insurance companies do not have agreements with all private hospitals. You need to ask the place where you got private health insurance. Health activation process is carried out if an application is made to the nearest social security provincial directorate or social security (SGK) center with a residence permit (residence permit), temporary citizenship number and a declaration and commitment document stating that there is no social security in the country of citizenship. Then you can get service from hospitals, most services are free. If you do not have a chronic disease or are not retired, a small fee is charged from the pharmacy for the prescribed medications.
The increase in housing in dollar terms was astounding... I would've imagined that the USD exchange rate would inflate at almost the same as the local inflation rate
Hi in the last minute of the video the text starting with "rent increaases due to russian"......$850 - $1150. Am i correct in thinking your saying that 850-1150 is more likely what you will have to spend and not the $560 quoted a minute before?
For June 2024, you can still find a rental apartment for 400-500 dollars in Antalya. with a little research and bargaining. You need at least this much for your other expenses. A monthly income of $1000 is enough to cover all expenses for one person, but it cannot support a family! I am a Turkish retiree and I also work at a job. I have an income of around 1000 dollars, although it decreases a little every month, and I am having a hard time now and I thought about going to Argentina, but this year Argentina got worse! I will tell you: If you do not have an income of more than 1000 dollars and the rental expenses in your country are not higher than in Turkey, I would not recommend you to settle here. But if you have the opportunity to buy an apartment starting from 80-90,000 dollars, I can recommend it. Then a family can live relatively comfortably on an income of $1,000 or just under.!
Greeting from AZ, i will b e relocating to Turkeye this summer and will be looking for a small, quite coastal town to settle in. Would love to connect with someone that can help with long term visa and a long term rentals. Thanks. Jay
I just came across your channel.Can you explain how you travel with your dogs? What are the requirements from country to country and how do you adapt ? Also how do you feed your dogs with all of the changes? thanks.
We love our dogs and address things in several videos, this one has a lot of information. We have a new one on pets releasing on ILTV on January 25th. I’ll provide a link on our website and Facebook group when we have it. Meanwhile I hope this answers your questions. International Travel with Pets - We Travel the World Fulltime with Our Two Dogs. (Expats & Nomads) ruclips.net/video/pYVd9h8Pg_0/видео.html
I failed to mention we travel with our car we call Abby. Julie makes dog food and we supplement with kibble, which at times is hard to find. We buy a couple big bags at a time.
@@WarrenJulieTravel Thanks for the link and taking the time to answer my questions. I've seen a lot of travel videos but yours was the first I've seen where people traveled with their dogs from country to country.I scanned through to see if you had a video specifically on travel with dogs but couldn't find one so I am really looking forward to your video on the 25th. Thank you for sharing your adventures! Wishing you many blessings in the new year!
Can anyone confirm what type of Turkish visa/ documentation is needed in moving to Turkey for Canadian citizen? How to get medical coverage with long term stay visa? Can anyone stay long term in turkey renting or must have to buy a residential property to have long term visa and medical benefits??
OK --- Am I to understand (?) the posted $850 -- $1150 ''including rent'' - to be the needed budget in 2023 going into the 3rd quarter of the year for Antalya retirement ? Speaking the language is always a huge help for negotiations. > Ecudor remains a favorable consideration as well as Colombia & Cambodia if finances are especially important ? If speaking English is a priority as well as finances - the Philippines might be desirable or Malaysia. --?-- Check them all out.
Very helpful video, enjoyed from Toronto Canada, can you confirm current rent for 1 bed 1 bath kitchen independent unit in Antalya....much much appreciated.....
The house location explain a lot of things : any ground flore house can cause some discomfort... and that may have caused her sickness as well. Take a look here: ruclips.net/video/W1i112EQ_9c/видео.html&ab_channel=OlgaPro.Goingplaces .
It's possible, we're talking about almost 11.000 Turkish lira per month (rent excluded), and as I mentionned in the video, we cook not all the time but at least 4 times a week, so given all that so far we've been living with a good quality, but it all depends on your life style for sure.
@@WarrenJulieTravel Your thumbnail is clickbait. Mentioning 2023 and $559 is misleading, and it takes nearly 10 mins to find out this isn't possible in 2023 due to inflation.
So the Americans newcomers in 2023 are making Turkeys filfthy rich paying 800 USD for those rentals. From 187 USD a month to 800 USD a month is an increase of 428%. Waaaaaooooooo.
It is not Americans driving prices, Russians are, since the war started rent prices tripled in every country they can travel,( Georgia, Armenia, cyprus ect).
If you want to live like a poor lower middle class then that’s fine. But people want to retire comfortably with a decent lifestyle and budget. That’s a really bad advice and unrealistic .
Fully agree and I'm in Alanya... bloody perfect 😉 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇸 I play 🎾 with my friends from Western Europe and Scandinavia. Sit outside cafes with them, discussing politics, sport bla de bla. They all speak English, most do in that part of the world; for decades. I cycle everywhere, on a fantastic boulevard, beachfrontage infrastructure. I was a British English language consultant in Kyiv one year; and Odessa three. In Ukraine. I left Odessa, ten months before vladolf putler invaded (a hunch) My mother was from Britanny by the way 😂 🇫🇷 My dad from Berlin....me...I'm from Kensington and Chelsea in London originally; but no English in my ancestry; as I researched it 😂 Live in Alanya region 🇹🇷, of the beautiful Med Sea climate nowadays. 320 sunny days a year; and heavenly for an 'Englishman' 😂 Dec averaged 22c and Jan 21c. About 4 days ☔ each month. Feb/Mar not cold either....a little more in fact 23c. Again 4 days ☔ collectively. April was 25c plus and 4 days ☔ May a little hotter at 29c 1 day rain...Coronation 👑 day. ☺ June no rain and averaged 34c. July off the scale and no ☔ August continued the 🔥 No ☔ Today is 1st September 2023 and it's 39c ☀ slightly cooler 🤔 As you are aware, there's been a heatwave for almost 10 weeks here. Some days by 4pm it's been 56c. I'm acclimatised at 37c but anything hotter and I'm not. I've adapted to this heatwave, and go to the beach at 6am, returning at 10am, before it rises considerably. Even at 6am it's 31c for the last 4 weeks. Doesn't fall under that at night either. Med Sea is like a jacuzzi 😂 (Aircon controlled means I sleep soundly). Media in 🇬🇧 say 23c is 😂 a "scorcher" In UK. I live here because of Brexit. (Another hunch 😂 ) Prices very low for us....cigarettes £1.35 single pack of 20. (I don't smoke, it's a good gauge for prices though) My monthly rent overlooking the Med Sea is 350 euros. Winter contract. My electric and water bill last month, combined was £28 Without aircon it's less. That's like late 1960s UK prices. 🤔 (Gas heating unnecessary, haven't got it anyway) You can work out the cost of everything else; just based on what I've written. But it's about two thirds less, of what I'd pay in UK; and Europe. British tourists recently told me that. Fresh produce is the norm, at incredibly low prices, at farmers bazaars. I'm 15 mins walk from here 👍 All year round it's pretty much the same. This video about Nov 2022. My dad worked on the Ford Ghia all models. A German engineer. We lived in Tampa Bay 🇺🇸 for three years, when I was a junior, before being transferred back to London. Sold my place; because you can't take it 👉 💷 with you. Brits are obsessed about how much their property is worth, live frugally, die; and fail to take advantage of that equity. In UK, I'd had enough of being dictated to; by minority groups. It's much more relaxing; after having left. Finally, the dreary weather in UK DOES affect thinking. Also personal appearance, with most UK people possessing dark circles; under their eyes. (Lack of sunlight) you don't notice it until you leave. Not so where I've been; and am currently. Sorry I dragged on, but you have more options here, 👉 🇹🇷 in this region. No rain since 6th of May....think about that 🤔 ruclips.net/video/4V-cGAl6bxM/видео.html
The inflation and air quality mentioned below are valid points. The former seems to be a global phenomenon relative to each country and what it costs to start with. In all cases Turkey despite rent going up is still very affordable when you can pay for groceries for two under $200 and all utils under $100 - great work guys.
Thanks we appreciate your comments, glad you liked the video 😊
@@WarrenJulieTravelwhat's the cost of living for a single person?
It usually starts with rent. Then everything follows. So Turkey isn't attractive any more
Good info thanks
That’s for commenting 😊
Thanks a lot Warren, the video is great 👍
We’re glad you liked it 😊
Agree great videos on Turkey 🇹🇷. We are looking at less touristy place to retire also. It would be great to show some less traveled or not so over populated locations from expats. Thanks 🙏
Thanks for watching, a place of interest we saw was Akyaka. It’s a smaller city on the coast with mostly Turkish Tourists from what I understand. I did some video there that I may incorporate into a future video. Not sure about real estate there.
My wife and I toured various areas of Turkey looking for an area to retire. We both liked Antalya and could see a lot of potential there. Though we did find it very hot in summer I can imagine 8+ months per year its very comfortable. Unfortunately with inflation we may change to areas such as Izmir where less tourists have relocated to. If you have any other suggestions where it's still not been so inflated I would love to know. Thank you for the time and work you put into your videos.
Thanks for watching, I can concur about eight months due to heat. I’d look into the air quality in Izmir, poor air quality is a major issue for many areas of Turkey. We plan to talk about this soon. Coastal areas seem to be pretty good for the most part. A smaller place of interest we found is Akyaka. We didn’t do a deep dive into the real estate there and we didn’t encounter any expats living there. It’s a tourist place in the summer but we believe they are from Turkey mostly.
@@WarrenJulieTravel great point about air quality. I was thinking surrounding areas especially just north of Izmir along the coast or the wine regions between Izmir and Cesmi. There's so many beautiful areas in Turkey. I look forward to seeing more of your research from Turkey. I really liked the inland areas near Fethiye and Bodrum (too expensive) but a month in Turkey wasn't nearly enough! If only Alanya were cooler and closer to Antalya!
Lovely video I've never been turkey friends recommend oldenez
Thank you for this video
Thank you for watching:)
Wow ! it fantastic . Thank you .
Don't believe everything you hear. This is bs....
Thank you for watching 😊
You are welcomed everyday to your hometown!!
Thank you 😊
Very helpful information
Glad it was helpful!
Great video. Thank you 😊 🙏
Thanks for watching:)
I lived in Turkey for 3 years and yes I loved how cheap everything was. Now living in Canada I really miss those days. Its just so stressful never being able to get ahead like I was in Turkey. Sometimes I really dream of selling our house here and getting a Villa in Marmaris or Bodrum. I just don't know how my children would do their schooling. Private School can also be very expensive. Maybe Online Schooling could work.
The cost of living in Canada can be a real stressor, I wish you luck in achieving your dream.
We live in Italy,we would love to move in Turkey...Our child is 4 years old and will start school in a year and half.We are thinking how to handle with his education there as well ...
We are contemplating moving, we have 3 kids but like in the U.K. I am hoping our kids adapt over time. We are looking at private schools (I have got some costs and working out to be about $3K per kid per annum) or online home schooling, or just putting the younger ones into Turkish schooling so they can adapt.
Kids are resilient. Plus they can always go back when they get older.
@@ivanivan61what's wrong with italy?
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What beautiful couple, I hope they are happy
They are very happy people and a truly lovely couple.
Very nice love ❤️ your video
Thank you 🤗
Antalya is a beautiful place --- to be able to live there so cheaply is amazing!
We agree!
Thanks Warren and Julie, and must appreciation to Benhood & Shirin for sharing all the inspiring insights. Might you be able to offer any guesses as to what may happen with housing costs in the near future?
We feel the prices may potentially decrease when the war ends. For now, there's much more demand than supply.
I'm American and have traveled to Iran, the people, culture, and food are amazing!
We would love to visit Iran someday.
Very good
Thanks for watching:)
Nice video
Thanks
Health insurance companies do not have agreements with all private hospitals. You need to ask the place where you got private health insurance. Health activation process is carried out if an application is made to the nearest social security provincial directorate or social security (SGK) center with a residence permit (residence permit), temporary citizenship number and a declaration and commitment document stating that there is no social security in the country of citizenship. Then you can get service from hospitals, most services are free. If you do not have a chronic disease or are not retired, a small fee is charged from the pharmacy for the prescribed medications.
Very nice home!!!
Thank you!
The increase in housing in dollar terms was astounding... I would've imagined that the USD exchange rate would inflate at almost the same as the local inflation rate
Inflation is definitely everywhere.
559 USD/month!? That was a year ago. While prices have gone up and up and the dollar has barely moved an inch, Turkey is now insanely expensive.
from what ive seen the cost of everything including housing has skyrocketed. has that changed or are there pockets of cheap places still?
There are less expensive places outside the normal goto areas.
Hi in the last minute of the video the text starting with "rent increaases due to russian"......$850 - $1150.
Am i correct in thinking your saying that 850-1150 is more likely what you will have to spend and not the $560 quoted a minute before?
This couple were able to negotiate the rent. They speak the language. It is possible to find lower cost rentals, but it takes negotiation.
For June 2024, you can still find a rental apartment for 400-500 dollars in Antalya. with a little research and bargaining. You need at least this much for your other expenses. A monthly income of $1000 is enough to cover all expenses for one person, but it cannot support a family!
I am a Turkish retiree and I also work at a job. I have an income of around 1000 dollars, although it decreases a little every month, and I am having a hard time now and I thought about going to Argentina, but this year Argentina got worse!
I will tell you: If you do not have an income of more than 1000 dollars and the rental expenses in your country are not higher than in Turkey, I would not recommend you to settle here. But if you have the opportunity to buy an apartment starting from 80-90,000 dollars, I can recommend it. Then a family can live relatively comfortably on an income of $1,000 or just under.!
Greeting from AZ, i will b e relocating to Turkeye this summer and will be looking for a small, quite coastal town to settle in. Would love to connect with someone that can help with long term visa and a long term rentals. Thanks. Jay
Best of luck! We can recommend Selma. For a more quiet town perhaps Akyaka. It's touristy, but on a smaller scale.
I just came across your channel.Can you explain how you travel with your dogs? What are the requirements from country to country and how do you adapt ? Also how do you feed your dogs with all of the changes? thanks.
We love our dogs and address things in several videos, this one has a lot of information. We have a new one on pets releasing on ILTV on January 25th. I’ll provide a link on our website and Facebook group when we have it.
Meanwhile I hope this answers your questions. International Travel with Pets - We Travel the World Fulltime with Our Two Dogs. (Expats & Nomads)
ruclips.net/video/pYVd9h8Pg_0/видео.html
I failed to mention we travel with our car we call Abby. Julie makes dog food and we supplement with kibble, which at times is hard to find. We buy a couple big bags at a time.
@@WarrenJulieTravel Thanks for the link and taking the time to answer my questions. I've seen a lot of travel videos but yours was the first I've seen where people traveled with their dogs from country to country.I scanned through to see if you had a video specifically on travel with dogs but couldn't find one so I am really looking forward to your video on the 25th. Thank you for sharing your adventures! Wishing you many blessings in the new year!
Now ,can you live in antalya with 35 k tl ?
Despite inflation, you can still live in Antalya very inexpensively compared to many places.
@@WarrenJulieTravel thanks
Can anyone confirm what type of Turkish visa/ documentation is needed in moving to Turkey for Canadian citizen? How to get medical coverage with long term stay visa? Can anyone stay long term in turkey renting or must have to buy a residential property to have long term visa and medical benefits??
Do they pay taxes for nomad work?
They pay what they must.
Where are the couple from?
Iran
They are very kind people.
OK --- Am I to understand (?) the posted $850 -- $1150 ''including rent'' - to be the needed budget in 2023 going into the 3rd quarter of the year for Antalya retirement ? Speaking the language is always a huge help for negotiations. > Ecudor remains a favorable consideration as well as Colombia & Cambodia if finances are especially important ? If speaking English is a priority as well as finances - the Philippines might be desirable or Malaysia. --?-- Check them all out.
Thanks for the suggestions. Speaking the language was a huge benefit for them.
Very helpful video, enjoyed from Toronto Canada, can you confirm current rent for 1 bed 1 bath kitchen independent unit in Antalya....much much appreciated.....
Unfortunately we cannot as we are not currently in Antalya and inflation has caused price increases and less vacancies.
How much was rent roughly? lets say for a 1 bedroom apartment/house
Depends on many factors.
The house location explain a lot of things :
any ground flore house can cause some discomfort... and that may have caused her sickness as well.
Take a look here:
ruclips.net/video/W1i112EQ_9c/видео.html&ab_channel=OlgaPro.Goingplaces
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Interesting information.
can u live on £700 a month including rent.?
With recent inflation, I think that would be difficult. It was possible, but sadly things have changed for the worse.
@@WarrenJulieTravel ok. Thanks.
What is the average rent price for a 2 plus 1.
Or is it better to buy one instead of renting
I doubt you can live on that in Antalya. Impossible. Kind of misleading to people watching.
It's possible, we're talking about almost 11.000 Turkish lira per month (rent excluded), and as I mentionned in the video, we cook not all the time but at least 4 times a week, so given all that so far we've been living with a good quality, but it all depends on your life style for sure.
Not at all misleading, it depends on what’s you like to do, and how you shop and eat.
I think you need to bypass "gringo prices" by having a turk negotiate rent with the owner to get best pricing if that's possible.
Are you accusing them of lying?
@@WarrenJulieTravel Your thumbnail is clickbait. Mentioning 2023 and $559 is misleading, and it takes nearly 10 mins to find out this isn't possible in 2023 due to inflation.
Penny pinching
They are not penny pinching. They live a very quality lifestyle and are happy.
So the Americans newcomers in 2023 are making Turkeys filfthy rich paying 800 USD for those rentals. From 187 USD a month to 800 USD a month is an increase of 428%. Waaaaaooooooo.
It is not Americans driving prices, Russians are, since the war started rent prices tripled in every country they can travel,( Georgia, Armenia, cyprus ect).
Its an entry floor, no matter the location people prefer to live upstairs ( flood or pipe problem )
If you want to live like a poor lower middle class then that’s fine. But people want to retire comfortably with a decent lifestyle and budget. That’s a really bad advice and unrealistic .
Firstly, this is not advice. This is a beautiful couple’s life story. Secondly, this couple is not retired.
Fully agree and I'm in Alanya... bloody perfect 😉
🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇸
I play 🎾 with my friends from Western Europe and Scandinavia.
Sit outside cafes with them, discussing politics, sport bla de bla.
They all speak English, most do in that part of the world; for decades.
I cycle everywhere, on a fantastic boulevard, beachfrontage infrastructure.
I was a British English language consultant in Kyiv one year; and Odessa three.
In Ukraine.
I left Odessa, ten months before vladolf putler invaded (a hunch)
My mother was from Britanny by the way 😂 🇫🇷
My dad from Berlin....me...I'm from Kensington and Chelsea in London originally; but no English in my ancestry; as I researched it 😂
Live in Alanya region 🇹🇷, of the beautiful Med Sea climate nowadays.
320 sunny days a year; and heavenly for an 'Englishman' 😂
Dec averaged 22c and Jan 21c. About 4 days ☔ each month.
Feb/Mar not cold either....a little more in fact 23c. Again 4 days ☔ collectively.
April was 25c plus and 4 days ☔
May a little hotter at 29c 1 day rain...Coronation 👑 day. ☺
June no rain and averaged 34c.
July off the scale and no ☔
August continued the 🔥 No ☔
Today is 1st September 2023 and it's 39c ☀ slightly cooler 🤔
As you are aware, there's been a heatwave for almost 10 weeks here.
Some days by 4pm it's been 56c.
I'm acclimatised at 37c but anything hotter and I'm not.
I've adapted to this heatwave, and go to the beach at 6am, returning at 10am, before it rises considerably.
Even at 6am it's 31c for the last 4 weeks.
Doesn't fall under that at night either.
Med Sea is like a jacuzzi 😂
(Aircon controlled means I sleep soundly).
Media in 🇬🇧 say 23c is 😂 a "scorcher" In UK.
I live here because of Brexit. (Another hunch 😂 )
Prices very low for us....cigarettes £1.35 single pack of 20.
(I don't smoke, it's a good gauge for prices though)
My monthly rent overlooking the Med Sea is 350 euros.
Winter contract.
My electric and water bill last month, combined was £28
Without aircon it's less.
That's like late 1960s UK prices. 🤔
(Gas heating unnecessary, haven't got it anyway)
You can work out the cost of everything else; just based on what I've written.
But it's about two thirds less, of what I'd pay in UK; and Europe.
British tourists recently told me that.
Fresh produce is the norm, at incredibly low prices, at farmers bazaars.
I'm 15 mins walk from here 👍
All year round it's pretty much the same.
This video about Nov 2022.
My dad worked on the Ford Ghia all models.
A German engineer.
We lived in Tampa Bay 🇺🇸 for three years, when I was a junior, before being transferred back to London.
Sold my place; because you can't take it 👉 💷 with you.
Brits are obsessed about how much their property is worth, live frugally, die; and fail to take advantage of that equity.
In UK, I'd had enough of being dictated to; by minority groups.
It's much more relaxing; after having left.
Finally, the dreary weather in UK DOES affect thinking.
Also personal appearance, with most UK people possessing dark circles; under their eyes.
(Lack of sunlight) you don't notice it until you leave.
Not so where I've been; and am currently.
Sorry I dragged on, but you have more options here, 👉 🇹🇷 in this region.
No rain since 6th of May....think about that 🤔
ruclips.net/video/4V-cGAl6bxM/видео.html
Sounds you living the dream the uk is very expensive just working to pay bills just curious what pricing for a nice villa 500000 euros roughly