One salary for rent, one salary for life

In Türkiye, the gap between rents and employees' incomes has turned housing into an increasingly heavy economic burden. Rental costs, which can reach 83 percent of the total income of a two-person household in Istanbul, reveal the cost of living in big cities. The standard of living of employees with the same income is now determined by whether they become homeowners or when they become tenants.

How well you live in a city is no longer determined solely by how much you earn. How much of your salary goes to rent, what you have left at the end of the month, and how much of your income is required to own a house are just as important as your earnings.