Telecommuting experience in Turkey in 2020

Mosque next to Taksim metro station.  There are many in Istanbul
Mosque next to Taksim metro station. There are many in Istanbul

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It's already 2021, but at the end of 2020 we got on a plane and left Novosibirsk. I will tell you why, how much it costs and how it is to work in Istanbul. This time, not in video format, but in a more familiar article.





What for

I am Vadim, product manager at 2GIS. And my girlfriend Alice is also the head of the designers. Lockdown changed our lives, and our beloved 2GIS, like many others, became a remote-first company. And if you don't come to the office, it doesn't matter where you work from - only there was good internet and conditions for making calls. 





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Travel by ship - 28 rubles, food in the canteen for two - 500 rubles, beautiful houses - free
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Typical room, typical me on the balcony at 7 am, typical view from the hotel entrance
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This is a soulful apartment on Beyoğlu, which we found for 100,000 rubles per month
Beyoğlu, 100 000₽

( Moda, Şişli, Beyoğlu — )  80—100 000₽  . , .





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Typical Turkish breakfast, delicious simits for 20 rubles and a cat - proof that it is impossible to die of hunger here
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    , ,  Getir  Yemeksepeti. .  800—1 200₽  . 2—3 .





Fishermen, imposing grandfathers making tea and ready-to-eat shawarma against the backdrop of the Bosphorus
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Yıldız Park has a pond and a beautiful 300-year-old oak tree, and we visited Maçka so often that the local cat began to recognize us and come to sleep on his knees.
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Istanbul is a great city to ride out the winter while working remotely. The cost of tickets and accommodation is roughly comparable to Sochi, and everything else is better and cheaper.





Food, culture, service, infrastructure, civilization are incomparably cooler and more interesting. With basic English and Russian, all doors open here, and the assortment of shopping centers will discourage the desire to buy some clothes in Russia.





More in real time on my  instagram (wow, damn advertising here, a nightmare!).

After the first two posts, I already doubt the advisability of sharing something in the blog here, but suddenly the article will go more).





Stay Heavy \ m /








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