Everyday Life Costs & Prices in Ankara

We get lots of questions about life expenses in Ankara and Turkey. Here below, we tried to give you specific information about everyday life costs.

Buying an Apartment

It changes zone by zone. Çankaya is the most expensive district in Ankara with 2.750TL/m2 price as you can see on the map above. (Gölbaşı also looks expensive but it's not. Gölbaşı center is economical but there are luxury villas inreasing price unit)

Dikmen is the cheapest neighborhood in Çankaya. Cheapest 3 bedroom apartment 10-20 aged would be $75.000

Mamak, Altındağ, Pursaklar, Keçiören, Yenimahalle are B- and C, D segment settlements.

Cheaper new apartments can be found especially in Altındağ where most of Middle Eastern population settled which is close to schools which give Arabic education. Prices start from $55.000

Rents

It depends on location.

-Some neighbors are close to universities and prices are high. Landlords rent their home furnished for higher prices but furnishing quality is very low.

-Some places are close to subway and public transportation, it makes rents higher.

-Some places are very close to Ankara's popular socio-cultural neighborhoods. Rents are higher.

-Some places known being quiet and secure. A and B segments live there. Rents are higher.

-Some places have them all. Close to university, malls, cafes, subway and rents are higher.

Finding a proper apartment for rent which makes you happy is highly difficult if your budget is limited. Some of you might think that rents are cheap in Ankara, Turkey but it is absolutely not, unless you are not living in Çankaya. Every single foreigner (except Syrians and other Middle Eastern expats) lives in Çankaya.

We will give you detailed information if you need rental apartment.

Supermarket costs

This is the webpage of the biggest supermarket chain in Turkey named Migros. Check all the prices.

Public Transportation

Adult: 2.75 Private Bus, 2.50 Public Bus and Subway, 1 TL Public Transportation Transfer, Dolmuş (Small Bus) 2.75

Student: 1.75 for private & public bus and subway

Haircut;

Men: 20TL

Women; Starts from 30TL, blow dry starts from 15 TL

*Note: Prices could be cheaper or much more expensive according to neighborhood and the brand of hair saloon.

Dry Cleaner;

Shirt: 7 TL

Trousers: 8 TL

Skirt: 8 TL

Suit: 20 TL

Coat: 20 TL

*Note: Prices could be cheaper or much more expensive according to neighborhood and the brand of hair saloon.

School Tuitions For Kids;

Private schools are very expensive in Turkey either internationals or Turkish ones.

Minimum annual fees start from 20.000TL at the unnamed schools. Well-known brands are much more expensive

Salary

Minimum wage is 1.404 TL which is around $360. Lots of uneducated works for this price. Newly graduates starts around 2.000 TL.

Basic civil servant salaries starts from 2.500. University graduate officer's around 3.500 TL. Specialists are around 4.500TL

Private sector average salaries are between 2.500-3.200 TL.

Flight Ticket Prices

It is absolutely depends on how early you get your ticket. You find a ticket from Ankara to İstanbul for 60 TL which is as same as bus ticket price and bus goes there in 7 hours. But if you buy same ticket same day with your flight or one day earlier; it could be over 200 TL

Here are flight companies. Check on your own;

https://p.turkishairlines.com/

https://www.flypgs.com/en

https://www.anadolujet.com/en https://www.onurair.com/tr/

https://www.atlasglb.com/en

Fast Food Prices

Whopper (Burger King): 18,75 TL

Big Mac (Mc Donalds): 19, 50 TL

Subway: 22,90 TL (30cm Sandvich)

Papa John's Pizza: 34,99 TL (2 medium pizza + 1lt coca cola)

Döner: 18 TL Sandvich, 24 TL on the place with garniture

Pide: Starts from 18 TL

Lahmacun: 9 TL (1 piece)

KFC Bucket: 38 TL for 2 person

Internet Prices

A good contract, not that slow, not that expensive is around 60 TL

Mobile Sim Card

Packages changes. It is up to what is important to you most. Internet, message or talking. Average packages are 40TL, more internet 60 TL, if you want everything packages start from 80 TL

Türk Telekom: is the cheapest

Vodafone: average prices.

Turkcell: highest quality and highest prices

Bills

Electricity: 3 person approximately 100 TL in a month

Water: 3 person approximately 100 TL in a month

Natural Gas: Up to 500-600 TL in winter for 3 bedroom apartment. In summer it gets around around 40 TL which for only cooker.

Books

A good book price start from 20 TL. It could be a few lira less when you buy online.

Cinema

Movie tickets starts from 16 TL. More expensive at weekends. If it is 3D they charge you classes for 4-5 TL

Laptops, Mobile Phones, other electronic devices