Istanbul: the vibe
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The verdict
Mixed · 62Commenters love the hospitality, food and beauty of Istanbul, but rising prices, weak English and stressful daily life temper the enthusiasm for long-term living.
- hospitality
- food
- service culture
- beauty
- friendly people
- rising prices
- housing costs
- few English speakers
- stressful life
- bureaucracy and visas
- Visitors adore Istanbul, but long-term living feels harder than a holiday.
- Rent is cheap relative to purchase prices, so buying rarely pays off.
- Digital nomad visa access is limited for many nationalities.
- Learning Turkish is hard but makes daily life noticeably easier.
- Real estate purchases abroad carry serious risks; choose agents carefully.
Read from 8 videos, 40 comments and 0 posts on 2026-11-07; the summary is written by a language model and can misread sarcasm.
Live Like a King in Istanbul: Luxury Living in Turkey 🇹🇷
Nomad Capitalist · 446K views · 2024
What viewers said
“I've met people from Turkey in several countries, they're very elegant, well spoken, fine manners and very cool folks to talk too, great intelectual and puntual. Greetings from Colombia.”
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““Turkey is a service culture” - perfectly said. Never had a bad experience in Istanbul with service.”
♥ 666 likes
“I have an Aunt from Turkey. The love and attention she shows to us as visiting family and the elegance in the way she does things says so much about the culture she grew up in. Respect.”
♥ 426 likes
“I'm married to a Turk and I love the country, people, food, amazing, by the way I'm from Colombia.. :)”
♥ 229 likes
“I am half Turkish and often visit the country. I feel terrible when I leave because wherever in the world I go to, I know I will never have service as good as in Türkiye. Some Asian countries come very close but they are robotic. Turkish ho”
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“We stayed in the old city about 2 blocks from the Hagia Sophia and it was one of the best experiences that I've ever had. As an Australian staying in a Muslim country (that we tried to invade) we were a bit apprehensible at first, but the l”
♥ 221 likes
“I will never stop falling in love with Istanbul! Insanely beautiful city that vigorously attacks all of your senses.”
♥ 239 likes
“Amazing city, amazing people and great cultures. The turks are the best hosts.”
♥ 81 likes
“This series is a great idea, and I especially appreciate that you point out "living like a king" isn't about gaudiness, showing off excessive wealth, or being the loudest or most annoying person in the room. Your representation of both Ista”
♥ 131 likes
“Turkish food is amazing, the people are great too. Such an underrated countr, I'm pretty picky on where I would want to live, but Turkey has the perfect blend of Middle Eastern with European that seems to take the best of both worlds”
♥ 132 likes
Found with a YouTube search for the city and “digital nomad”, fetched 2026-11-07; titles, descriptions and comments belong to their authors and link to the originals.