Money
You should bring a mixture of types of cash. Use Travellers Cheques for safety, but bring some Turkish Lira and your local currency. European currency and dollars are much in demand here (due to the instability of the Lira), you can use them for big ticket items such as jewellery and carpets etc., you could probably get a better bargain using these currencies. However use Turkish Lira for drinks, food and all other small items. There are ATMs everywhere but usually they will not allow you to use credit cards such as Visa and Mastercard to obtain cash, so bring a debit card with you. Credit cards are widely accepted.
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