What are some the best cities to live in Turkey? Pro's/Con's

50POSTS

6 years ago

Hello,

I'm new to Turkey and I'm looking places with the best overall standard of living for expats (i.e. schools, housing prices, cost of living , infrastructure, family life, etc.)聽 Here are a list of some cities I've heard about:

1. Gaziantep
2. Bursa
3. Diyarbakir
4. Ankara ( Spent most of my time here so far)
5. Sakarya
6. Izmir
7. Antayla
8.聽 Istanbul

Any information that you can provide for me will be a great help.
Thank you so much in advance.

See also

Working in 罢眉谤办颈测别 as a digital nomad - Guide
The best place to live near water for expats in turkey 馃榾 - 15 Replies
ON-LINE PHARMACY !!!????? - 3 Replies
Living cost in Ankara - 3 Replies
Regarding cost of living - 1 Reply
Looking for foreign friends in Ankara - 30 Replies
I teach English for all levels - 2 Replies

Hayri Irdal Member

3POSTS

6 years ago

Hi Mustafah,

Nice list. Here is my opinions about the cities.

I live in ankara but i was born in Antalya. Antalya is a touristic city and there are a lot of foreigners settled in Antalya also. Most of the things in Antalya is arranged for foreginers so easy to live. You can find schools, courses and any other things well. But Antalya University is good at medical school but other diciplines such as business school, economics etc. are not good enough. Prices are low. For example ypu can find a fairy well house with 3 rooms about 1000 Turkish Liras.

Istanbul you know is like another country. Nothing to say. Perfect city, but expensive.

I visit 陌zmir several times but heard lots of nice things about living in 陌zmir. Not so expensive. Easy to live as a foreigner.

Here is my sort of the city list for your question.

1. Antalya
2. 陌zmir
3. 陌stanbul
4. Ankara

1 member reacted to this post