There were no more Russians in the hotel besides us. There are only Europeans around. And when one day the Turks, asking where we flew from, loudly exclaimed: “Russia!” The whole pool turned on us. It was funny but awkward. Although I want to note that foreign tourists reacted normally to us. Everyone asks: “Have you got something more expensive?”, “What are your salaries?” — and that’s it. They did not raise any political topics. We, too. And just in case, we do not recommend to anyone.
We met Russians who moved to Turkey because of work. Mostly they are IT people. They are employed by international companies, but because of the sanctions they were forced to move to continue to work with firms. These organizations even help them rent housing, which, by the way, according to their observation, is becoming more expensive. This, they say, is due to the fact that many Russians have moved to Turkey.
And everything is fine in Turkey. But you need to understand that now everything is much more expensive here than before. In general, everything is complicated with currency: you need to go here only with cashed dollars. Where you get them in Russia is another question. But the cards of Russian banks do not work here, buying dollars is a dubious pleasure: the exchange rate is different everywhere – from 70 to 130 rubles. On the first day of rest in Turkey, we imperceptibly spent 25 thousand rubles. The only salvation that the visitors suggested to us was the Golden Crown application. It helps to transfer money to yourself and buy local currency profitably.
