I'm in Turkey What Should I Buy?

I just purchased an annual 2tb Google one storage for $17.36 what else can I save on?
I have a Turkish mobile number and access to a bank card.

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  • +11

    Gift cards. Then sell them here

    • +1

      Which ones?

      • +4

        Netflix

    • Are the gift cards used only for sign up or you have to keep using them forever?

  • +57

    Turkish Delight

    • +82

      Over there they just call them "Delights"

      • +2

        So what do they eat on Christmas?

      • +1

        They are actually called loqum not delights.

  • +1

    Gold jewellery

    • +1

      I think they're cheaper (cheapest?) in India

      • +1

        Oh! Turkish designs tend to have more modern offerings although I suppose if you knew what you wanted, you could get it custom made in India.

      • Dubai I think

    • -1

      pretty sure something like gold will be more expensive in a high inflation country as traders need to protect their investment.

  • +6

    Chicken

  • +6

    hashish

  • +41

    Ice cream, if you can get the guy to give it before you depart.

  • +2

    you realize you can buy that from Australia?

    • Yes

  • +2

    Chicken

  • +8

    Baklava

    • -1

      Maybe OP can get a Turkish Coffee maker, one of those new automatic electronic ones. Should go great with a slice of Backlover

      • +3

        I'm also into backloving.

        • +1

          A backlover, not a backfighter.

  • +8

    Bread

  • +23

    Hair transplant

    • ^ This or shark teeth?

      • +8

        Shark tooth transplant.

        • +1

          Hair transplant on a shark ?

    • +1

      Yes if I was there, hair transplant would be on my list

  • +20

    Turkeys

    • When I was last there, my tour guide said, and I quote:

      "We are Türkiye, we have nothing to do with that bird… and that bird has nothing to do with us!"

      (PS - the best guide I've had anywhere in the world)

  • +4

    Australian wine. prolly cheaper there
    and fosters!

  • +5

    Buy turkish lira , Erdogan just hiked rates by 6.5% , from 8.5% to 15% overnight.

    • +17

      Makes RBA look like n00bz.

      • +5

        interesting?

        • +10

          Interesting, if you’re a sociopath.

          • -4

            @Randolph Duke: People taking out loans through the "fractional" reserve banking system are inherently stealing wealth from others. It would thus in a sense be poetic justice.

            It's far more sociopathic to want the next generation to suffer more because of your own decision to participate in such a scheme.

            I'm also not saying this would make the world fairer, it would just be different groups of people getting screwed than normal.

            I see from the downvotes on my original comment, there are 5 self-serving people with large mortgages that think their wellbeing is more important than my mate's who is currently priced out of the market.

            • @ssfps:

              People taking out loans through the "fractional" reserve banking system …

              What does it even mean? What kind of loans that normal people can get are categorised as "fractional"? All loans?

              • @leiiv: Basically all bank loans are. I'm not sure if personal loans or other small type bank loans differ, my guess would be no. As other people have pointed out to me on ozb, 'fractional reserve' is a bit of a misnomer in Australia, as for the last couple decades we've had no set reserve limit (but there are apparently other regulations to hold some assets).

                If you're asking "what it means" in a more general sense, here is an ELI5 explanation: when John sells his house for $500k and Jimmy takes out a $400k loan to buy it, John can go pay for services with money that didn't exist a few days prior, while Jimmy "returns" that money to the bank over 30 years, plus interest (which is basically a permanent inflation). So the currency has been devalued by $400k, meaning anybody saving up to buy a property has their savings now worth just a little bit less, John is happy he got in earlier, Jimmy is kind of happy so long as rates stay low, so he's only getting a bit screwed by the bankers, and their kids are all the more screwed because the currency is worth less and wages don't track inflation, and the young adults trying to save for a car, or scooter, or bond, is poorer.

                • @ssfps: Is your assertion banks just “invent” funds for loans?

                  • @Randolph Duke: That's how the modern global banking scheme works, yes.

                    Because banks hold in reserve less than the amount of their deposit liabilities, and because the deposit liabilities are considered money in their own right (see commercial bank money), fractional-reserve banking permits the money supply to grow beyond the amount of the underlying base money originally created by the central bank. In most countries, the central bank (or other monetary policy authority) regulates bank-credit creation, imposing reserve requirements and capital adequacy ratios. This helps ensure that banks remain solvent and have enough funds to meet demand for withdrawals, and can be used to influence the process of money creation in the banking system. However, rather than directly controlling the money supply, central banks usually pursue an interest-rate target to control bank issuance of credit and the rate of inflation.

            • @ssfps: Putting thousands out of housing and on to the sheets, and collapsing the economy is not interesting. You are extremely naive if you think only mortgage holders would be affected. The next generation will be the first one losing their jobs in your dream scenario.

              • @Randolph Duke:

                1. I didn't say it was my dream scenario
                2. I didn't assert only mortgage holders would be affected.
                3. You call me naive without seeming to understand the ramification of the status quo yourself, or the people who lose-out by keeping things stable in your dream scenario.
                • @ssfps: I fully understand how difficult it is for young people to enter the housing market, considering my first house was ~50km's out from a major CBD, and things have only gotten more difficult since. Burning down the economy so young people can afford house seems counter intuitive when they won't have a job to get a mortgage to begin with. Tackling the housing affordability crisis is complex, and more needs to be done from government - simply raising interest rates is not the answer.

    • from my reading that kinda didn't have the effect they were hoping as economists were pushing for a 25% rate.

  • +29

    Air tickets to Australia.

  • +4

    Teeth

  • +5

    Gözleme

  • +6

    A new hair line.

  • Chick pea confectionery/snacks. So many variations.

  • +5

    Buy a duck.

  • +6

    Turkey Government bonds

    • +1

      Common in street markets, double as toilet paper

  • +2

    Turkish Delights. You won't find anything similar in Australia.

    And enjoy the Efes.

  • Buy pure Menthol flakes from Big Bazaar. God send in winter haha

  • +6

    Turkish tea glass set?
    Rug?

    • +5

      Sure.

      The rugs are great.

      But be careful not to get scammed.

      The proper flying ones are hand made and the best of these are the Abracadabra branded ones (who
      also make the lamps).

  • +1

    Sand coffee, saffron, a nice rug?

  • -2

    Ak47’s?

    • No, I think you get them from some of their neighbours…

  • +5

    belly dancer

  • +1

    Buy helicopters for hands.

  • +9

    a kebab, what we have here isnt a real one

  • +5

    bayraktar drones

    • turns out they weren't all they were initially hyped to be … depending on who you believe, I don't think Ukraine even have many left

      "In the early months of the Russia-Ukraine war, Bayraktar TB2 drones were hailed as Ukraine's savior.
      However, a year later, nearly all of them are believed to have been shot down by Russian forces.
      The remaining killer drones are now reduced to reconnaissance duties, an expert said."

  • +3

    The granulated apple tea!

    • Amazing.

  • +3

    Kebab

  • +3

    just gobble gobble what you can

  • +5

    Simit and Turkish Kebabs, not the Lebanese ones sold in Oz

  • +1

    cigarettes

  • +2

    A hair transplant, some new teeth and probably a nose job.

  • +2

    Buy a "Genuine Fake Rolex". Believe it or not that's how they are advertised in the fle markets over there.

    • +3

      At least they are honest

      • of course, wouldn't want one of those fake fake Rolex's - those are nasty!

  • +2

    doner kebab bro

  • +2

    turkey

    • The country, not the bird(?)

  • Turkish bread

  • +1

    A Christmas Turkey

  • +1

    Turkey + Cranberry = Sandwich

  • +5

    Crab juice

    • There are so many types, can you be more specific?

      • +5

        Khav Kalash!!

        • +1

          hehehe … books.

        • Ah I have found my people

  • +1

    switchblade and airsoft gun, just dont bring them back

  • +2

    don't buy ice cream on the street. I don't trust those guys

  • poultry.

  • +1

    Hair implants

  • Get your teeth done. And any aesthetics like hair nose if needed.

  • +3

    Turkeys

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