A pointy rise in land worth has consequently affected the costs of graves in Antalya, Turkey’s most sensational vacationer spot.
The hovering costs have triggered alarm for individuals who wish to purchase a household plot within the cemetery within the metropolis heart. To purchase a chunk of land for the lifeless, the price of TL 250,000 ($13,322.68) for twenty-four sq. meters (258 sq. ft) and TL 125,000 for 12 sq. meters is at present the typical, respectively.
Housing and land costs, which rose throughout the pandemic course of in Antalya, elevated much more with the gross sales to foreigners who got here to town throughout the Russia-Ukraine battle. In the city, a residence has grow to be eight instances dearer and land 5 instances dearer up to now three years.
The enhance in property worth in Antalya has additionally been mirrored within the costs of graves. In the Uncalı City Cemetery in Konyaaltı, a plot of 24 sq. meters within the household cemetery was TL 60,000 in 2020 however now prices TL 250,000; likewise, a 12-square-meter plot elevated from TL 30,000 to 125,000.
Antalya Metropolitan Municipality has determined to proceed with the costs for the household cemetery in 2023, as was decided final yr. The funeral, washing and burial companies are offered freed from cost by the municipality.
However, the worth of the marble for a tomb, which was TL 1,500 earlier final yr, rose to TL 7,000 this yr.
With the elevated expense, the variety of individuals preferring to pay with a bank card additionally rose, main some companies to promote the acceptance of the cost technique, which up to now was historically made in money. Representatives of corporations offering tomb development companies acknowledged that the worth of tombstones was 4 instances dearer than final yr because of the enhance in value and the rise within the worth of marble.
Though the municipality offers many funeral companies freed from cost, some households choose to make use of non-public corporations for his or her burial wants. In these circumstances, the “shroud money” finances has additionally elevated. The charges for companies similar to funeral transport, washing the physique and the shroud had been TL 4,750 a yr in the past however are actually TL 7,000. The worth of the shroud alone rose from TL 850 to TL 1,100 throughout the yr.
