Turkey Wrap-up
Turkey is definitely one of the most interesting countries I have ever been to and for anyone who is thinking about going in the future, I would suggest taking more than two weeks as I found that too little time. I could have easily spent an additional two weeks, spending a little more time to explore each of the places I went, plus adding in a couple more including Eastern Turkey.
Part of the reason I had such a great trip was the Turkish people I met who must be some of the most friendly and helpful people on Earth. Part of that helpfulness and overt friendliness seemed to come from a desire to learn and to make their country better by learning.
As far a prices go things were a tad bit more expensive than I thought they would be in someplaces and less in others. What was really strange though was that the Turks have not really figured out how to prices things across the board, for example a large bottle of water could cost anywhere from .35 to 3 YTL, but often in the most remote places where they could have gotten away with the highest prices it was cheapest. Somehow they don't seem to grasp the concept on people's desire to buy things and how that changes when prices do.
Another thing that was interesting about prices was that the same product (a nights accommodation or a tour of Cappadocia, for example) without any regard for the quality level of the product. This enourages (or at least should) consumers to shop around and be distrustful.
Turkey is not really the Middle East, but it is not really Europe either. The main reason that its not Europe, however, has a lot more to do with the development of the country being too slow (for example, you still see donkey karts plodding along on Interstate highways.) I think Turkey can fairly be called Middle Eastern despite being hard to define what it is.
Part of the reason I had such a great trip was the Turkish people I met who must be some of the most friendly and helpful people on Earth. Part of that helpfulness and overt friendliness seemed to come from a desire to learn and to make their country better by learning.
As far a prices go things were a tad bit more expensive than I thought they would be in someplaces and less in others. What was really strange though was that the Turks have not really figured out how to prices things across the board, for example a large bottle of water could cost anywhere from .35 to 3 YTL, but often in the most remote places where they could have gotten away with the highest prices it was cheapest. Somehow they don't seem to grasp the concept on people's desire to buy things and how that changes when prices do.
Another thing that was interesting about prices was that the same product (a nights accommodation or a tour of Cappadocia, for example) without any regard for the quality level of the product. This enourages (or at least should) consumers to shop around and be distrustful.
Turkey is not really the Middle East, but it is not really Europe either. The main reason that its not Europe, however, has a lot more to do with the development of the country being too slow (for example, you still see donkey karts plodding along on Interstate highways.) I think Turkey can fairly be called Middle Eastern despite being hard to define what it is.
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