Cost of living.

Eating out in Turkey can be incredibly inexpensive - so much so that for some people it is cheaper than cooking. To eat cheaply and well go to restaurants frequented by local people or go to those serving local Turkish food. Even in the main resorts it is possible to eat out for about £15 GBP a head – and this is considered expensive by the locals.

In terms of alcohol, imported spirits, wines and beers are expensive, but then that doesn’t matter because Turkey has fantastic local beer (efes) and wine and it even produces its own versions of popular spirits – if you ask for a local spirit you can be paying up to a third of the price of a named brand.