A dorm is not a flat
A public or university dorm and a private dorm are separate options; one price is not transferred to the other. If food, utilities, or another item is included in the dorm fee, do not add it again.
In a shared flat, a household rent total and a per-person rent are different things. Only a total household amount is divided by people; a source amount already stated per person is not divided again.
Family living is not automatically free
If you want housing to be zero at home, enter that explicitly as a personal assumption. Living with family does not automatically make food, transport, contributions, or other costs zero.
An empty field is not zero. Do not read a subtotal with missing items as a complete budget.
Separate starting payments
A deposit is a potentially refundable starting payment, not a monthly living cost or a consumed expense. Moving costs are also shown separately in starting cash needs.
This keeps period living costs from hiding the cash you need when moving in.
Historical reference
İstanbul’da Öğrenci Yaşam Maliyeti Araştırması 2024/2025
İstanbul Planlama Ajansı
- Geographic scope
- Istanbul
- Currency
- TRY / ₺
- Data period
- 2024/25 · June 2024
- Published
- Not specified
- Accessed
- Oct 28, 2026
- Last source check
- Oct 28, 2026
Source rechecked
Scope conditions: İPA’s June 2024 Istanbul study compares a private dorm with a 120 m² 3+1 flat shared by three people. The flat rent of 9,036 TL is per person and must not be divided again. In the private dorm, internet, water, electricity, and gas are included in housing; the 250 TL bill is phone only. The flat’s 1,046 TL bill includes phone, internet, energy, and water.
Source quality describes how clearly a source states its scope and date. It does not guarantee that a price is current or independently verified; read the assumptions separately.: This is a historical 2024/25 reference: a June 2024 price does not become a 2026 price merely because it was accessed in 2026. Annual clothing (5,165 TL) and technology (4,853 TL) values are divided by 12; reported rounding may differ, and the reported total is not forced to match the components.
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Cost of Living
ODTÜ Uluslararası Öğrenci Ofisi
- Geographic scope
- Ankara
- Currency
- TRY / ₺
- Data period
- 2026
- Published
- Not specified
- Accessed
- Oct 28, 2026
- Last source check
- Oct 28, 2026
Source rechecked
Scope conditions: The Ankara 2026 scope covers university and private dorm prices per person; a three-person flat rent of 35,000–60,000 TL is a household total. Transport is 400–600 TL per student per month. Phone is 400–800 TL and phone only, not all utilities; other missing bills are your own input.
Source quality describes how clearly a source states its scope and date. It does not guarantee that a price is current or independently verified; read the assumptions separately.: The full publication details are unknown. The midpoint is a mathematical midpoint, not a market average. The basic 8,000–15,000 TL summary excludes accommodation and must not be double-counted with its components; the original range and assumptions are not one average.
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