What are the average residential running costs in Turkey?
* Council tax – 50 per annum * Electricity 10p per unit (average bill for a full-time resident is around 25 a month) * Water 50p for 1000 litres (average bill 5 a month) * Gas 15 per bottle (no mains gas here!) this lasts about 3 months depending on usage * Telephone 4 monthly charge plus 2p a unit (average bill 25 a month) * ADSL Internet connection from 14 a month * Digiturk satellite TV package from 10 a month * Depending on site there could be site maintenance fee * Annual property tax – 0.1% of the declared purchase price so the bill for a 80,000 villa would be 80
