This is a 100 Lira bill. At today's exchange rate, this makes around $12 and there are a lot of things that you can buy with this piece of paper. But living in Istanbul is not as cheap as many people assume, so today I'm going to find out what a hundred liras can get me. And I always ask myself the question, does it really make such a big difference to buy my food at a local bazaar versus a supermarket in a shopping mall. So let's find out! My first target is one of the biggest and most vibrant local markets in Istanbul, the Salah Pazaro, which means Tuesday market but it actually takes place on Tuesdays as well as Fridays. Like most bazaars, it's extremely packed and has a very rushed atmosphere. But shopping here is a unique experience for itself. What's board level? Look, there are three people here. Three people are here. Where is the NERDA? The NERDA? The organic one. The organic one? It's a very nice restaurant. Yes. Where is the NERDA? Where is it? It's Yaloba. The organic one? The organic one? Maybe YouTube video, you have your rules. YouTube video, YouTube video. Yeah. We got one kilo of tomatoes for six liras. No, it's not six. Oh, yes. We got this kilo of carrots for 250. Van boulevard. Only ki-kueh, only ki-leto. How much do you pay? I pay for liras. Sebsule, NERDA and Gili-O. What about them? They are all over the place. What about them? We are farm farm and Adda. Farm farm and Adda. I mean, organic. Where is the organic one? It's very good. This is the best place to get a really good bite. This place to get a really good bar gain. And I could spend hours here. They even had an area where you could just sit down, relax, and eat goslem or a Turkish dinner kebab. We have a lot of people here. But it's a little bit. It's a little bit. It's a little bit. It's a little bit. It's 29. It's 30. How we can cook it? You buy something and I don't know how to cook it. I don't know, just put it in the oven. Alright, let's buy some funny socks. Mehaba, Hunakada. They are all over the place. All over the place. Look! It's Germany. It's Germany. What a bulimian. What? Poshu? These are cool. Are formal. Wow, yeah. I don't speak. I swear, do you know how much the origin of all of this? No, not the origin of all of this. So much. They're all 10 times. But did you see these ones? It's Germany. Can I get some? It's a little bit. It's for the food. Okay. Where are they? Germany. These are also the same socks. They're all very nice and clean. We're going to have a nice evening. We're going to have a nice evening. I have a good friend. We're going to have a nice evening. We're going to have a nice evening. We're going to have a nice evening. I'm going to have a nice evening. I love you, honey. What's happening to this bread? They're eating some dry food. Corn. Corn. Is that organic? It's organic. It's very good. You want to buy some new Adidas? No, because it's fake. It's fake. No, really? Yeah. It's originals. Finally, find something originals. Azar was insane. It was huge. You could basically buy everything there from food to cartoons, furniture, toys and basically everything. We got quite a lot for a hundred liras, but let's actually check out this supermarket. It's also a very, very big one. And I'm curious what we can get for a hundred liras here. It wasn't allowed to film in the supermarket, but I tried to buy the exact same things that I bought at the bazaar. I think these are really cute. There are nine liras. There are all kinds of supermarkets in Turkey. I went to a shopping mall that has a very big one with lots of products and fresh options when it comes to vegetables, fruits and fish. Buying all these things in the supermarket didn't take as much time as at the bazaar because I knew exactly where everything was. And also I didn't have to ask for the price or wait for the change every single time. I'm done. I spent a hundred liras in the supermarket. So let's go home and check what we got. The final conclusion. Without talking too much, the bazaar definitely won. There were only a few things that were actually cheaper or the same price in the supermarket. And that's the tomatoes and the cauliflower. But the prices at the bazaar do get lower when the akşam fiat l'are gets announced. The akşam fiat l'are ne zaman bashtlion. So I'm pretty sure that the bazaar will always get you better bargain than the supermarket. The advantage of shopping in a supermarket is having a greater choice of products because you can find everything from all over the world in a very small area, the supermarket. For example, I bought a sweet potato and an organic juice at the supermarket which simply isn't available at the bazaar. On the other side, shopping on a bazaar can be quite exhausting because people are yelling. Baza is blocking the way with her shopping cart. And social distancing is almost impossible. But the bazaar is the place where you can actually experience the life. You can talk to the vendors and the farmers and you can actually ask them, hey, where is this food coming from? Where are you growing your vegetables? And it's much easier to get an understanding of what happened to the food before you actually buy it. Which is more anonymous in a supermarket and there you don't really have knowledge where the food is coming from. And I think this is extremely important because we all know that the inside matters, not the shiny outside. At the end of the day, the difference between supermarket and bazaar wasn't really big. But I think it's more important to be aware of where we are spending our money on instead of just looking at the cheapest option for us. There are three main problems in the supermarket. First of all, the plastic use and environmental pollution, second of all, farmers and small vendors get pushed away by big chains and big suppliers in the supermarket. And I think this is extremely problematic. And third of all, food is full of chemicals. You don't really know where it's coming from. They add preservatives, additives and all these bad things that are very, very unhealthy for your body. Of course, it's also happening at the bazaar. They also have a lot of plastic. They also use chemicals on their products. But I think at the bazaar, you still have the chance, at least, to get in touch with the people that are selling food and know where it's coming from. And they are all the supermarket, small expensive. Yes, there's the option to go to the bazaar. There is the option to buy a sweet potatoes and organic juices at the supermarket. Just make sure that you think about the options that you have. I hope you liked the video and you got a better understanding of where you can get more food for your 100 liras.