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Hospitality, history and a hotline to the sun.

Check your Midnight Express stereotypes at the door - this is a rapidly modernising country with one foot in Europe and one in the Middle East. It's not all oriental splendour, mystery, intrigue and whirling dervishes but it is a spicy maelstrom of history knocking up... Read the overview
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Climate

Overview

The Aegean and Mediterranean coasts have mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers. In İstanbul, summer temperatures average around 28-30°C (82-86°F); the winters are chilly but usually above freezing, with moderate rain and perhaps a dusting of snow. The Anatolian plateau is hotter in summer and very cold in winter. The Black Sea coast is mild and rainy in summer, and chilly and rainy in winter. Mountainous eastern Turkey is very cold and snowy in winter and only pleasantly warm in high summer. The southeast is dry and mild in winter and very hot in summer, with temperatures above 45° C (113° F) not unusual.

Communication

Dial Code: 90

Currency

NameTurkish Lira
SymbolYTL
CodeTRL
Unitlira

Typical prices

ItemAmount
small bottle of water
YTL 0.25
loaf of bread
YTL 0.20
small bottle of beer
YTL 1.00
100km by bus
YTL 3.00-3.60
Short dolmuş trip
YTL 0.65
Turkish Daily News
YTL 1.00
litre of petrol
YTL 1.25
souvenir t-shirt
YTL 7.00
Street snack - durum döner
YTL 1.00

Typical accomodation Costs

Low End Mid Range High End Deluxe
€ 8-20€ 20-50€ 50-100€ 100+

Typical meal costs

Low End Mid Range High End Deluxe
€ 3-6€ 6-12€ 12-20€ 20+

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