press rank #158 · ~$900/mo

Can you live unwatched in Turkey?

Cheap and cash-friendly, but press freedom and internet filtering are severe.

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The privacy scorecard

State surveillance2/5
Facial recognition2/5
No national ID2/5
Data-protection law2/5
Encryption2/5
VPN freedom3/5
Democracy2/5
Free expression1/5
Cash still works5/5
Financial privacy3/5
Crypto freedom3/5
Easy to stay4/5
Off-grid living4/5
10 cameras / 1,000 people press rank #158 ~$900/mo national average

Childhood vaccines: recommended, never required

Turkey has a full free schedule and no statute behind it, which the courts confirmed in 2015.

If you skip them: Nothing. The Constitutional Court ruled that without a law there is no obligation.

Exemptions: Not needed.

Source: Georgetown AMP EID, survey of national legislation, 2024

Legal & financial exposure

Facts about the law, not a privacy score: whether each one helps or hurts depends on what you are trying to do.

Does not report your account balances abroad

Extradition treaty with the US

5 of 7 signals are unverified for this country: not shown, rather than guessed.

32 real places in Turkey

Facial recognition, Bitcoin friendliness and cost vary by city even inside the same country.

Istanbul

~$1,150/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 3/5

Ankara

~$950/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 3/5

Bursa

~$850/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 3/5

Izmir (Alsancak)

~$1,150/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 3/5

Adana

~$1,050/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 3/5

Gaziantep

~$1,050/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 3/5

Konya

~$1,100/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 3/5

Antalya (Kaleiçi)

~$1,150/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 3/5

Antalya

~$950/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 3/5

Diyarbakir

~$750/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 3/5

Eskişehir

~$850/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 3/5

Van

~$750/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 3/5

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Country-level estimates for orientation, not legal advice. Surveillance law changes fast: verify anything you would act on.