Hi,

I am quite curious to find out what are the types of houses people live in, in Istanbul and throughout Turkey. It may seem like a stupid question to some.

I asked this question because I live in a city where land is limited. We all live in high-rise buildings/apartments (with 3 - 5 rooms) and only the richer ones gets to stay in landed property. (that is a house on its own, single of double or even three storey high).

Perhaps you may want to break down by very rich family and average income family. What type of houses they live in.

What about families who live in a 6 storey building (in Istanbul), with different siblings on different levels? Is this considered average income family?

in general Turkish people live in rather large houses. the avarage beeing 80 square meters. you will probaby end up in a fine house dont worry. just you have to pick the neighborhood wisely.

The majority in cities lives in apartment flats. I have come to London from Ankara and in many ways these two cities are exactly the opposite.

Hi,

Is it normal that a family stays on various storey in a flat in istanbul? Does it mean that own the whole building?

It is not common that a familiy owns a whole apartment building. Usually they give you one or two flats if you exchange your one floor house.

If you make own a house and sign a deal with building companies they knock it down and build and apartment and give you a flat and some money. This is usually how all those apartment buildings are build.

Most families don't live in their own flats but they pay rent. Because our government doesn't collect income tax the rich get richer and the poor poorer. There are people who have many flats and there are people who but 5 bread a day since this is the cheapest thing they can eat.