What is the pay like? Whats the cost of living? Will I be able to save money while Im there?
Pay is not wonderful, but enough to live reasonably well on. About the maximum you can hope for is about 700 per month (after tax) in a good private university, going down to about half that for a small language school. A lot depends on your lifestyle — basically if you spend most of your cash on having a good unhealthy time, your wages will go a long way. Alcohol, cigarettes and eating out are much cheaper than in Britain or the USA. On the other hand, if you are into nest-building, Turkey is not so good – electrical goods are generally more expensive (except for computers, which have got cheaper), and even clothes, which used to be dirt cheap, are getting up to Western prices. As for saving money, only the most stingy teachers manage it, since the exchange rate is poor and inflation is high.
