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🇹🇷 Turkey vs 🇮🇶 Iraq
Data-backed snapshot for immigrants planning a move. Verify visa rules and costs on official government sites before you decide.
Publisher: MigrantIQ EditorialUpdated regularly4 min readVerify official sources
| Topic | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 🇮🇶 Iraq |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly living estimate (rent + groceries + transport) | TRY 673 | IQD 411 |
| Cost of living index (signal) | 39.2 | 28.4 |
| Quality of life index (signal) | 6.8 | — |
| Typical net monthly salary (signal) | 4,222 | 3,364 |
| 1BR rent city centre (signal) | 426 | 234 |
| Top marginal income tax % (signal) | 40 | 15 |
| Unemployment rate % | 12.4 | 15.3 |
| Healthcare (summary) | Universal/Insurance | Universal/Beveridge |
| Language test often required | Varies / not always | Varies / not always |
| Dual citizenship (signal) | Check rules | Check rules |
| Currency | TRY | IQD |
| Population (profile) | 84,119,531 | 38,872,655 |
| Life expectancy (profile) | total population: 76.7 years male: 74.4 years female: 79.2 years | 71.14 |
| GDP per capita (profile) | $20,500.00 (USD) | $15,500.00 (USD) |
| Unemployment (profile) | 12.4% | 15.3% |
| Climate (profile) | The climate varies a great deal across Turkey. Precipitation is highest on the Black Sea, where, in Rize, an average of 98 inches of rain… | mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers; northern mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkish borders expe… |
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- - Comparison rows are directional country-level signals, not personal advice.
- - Profile topic rows appear when country profile data has been imported for that destination.
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Sources & Official Links
- Turkey official source
Göç İdaresi Başkanlığı (Presidency of Migration Management)
- Iraq official source
Ministry of Foreign Affairs — Visa Services Iraq
- MigrantIQ country data
Living-cost signals from the country record; optional rows from imported profile topics (CountryReports).
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