You make it sound like you don't need to save anything--just pack up and move to Turkey if you have no money. I've already looked into retirement and before you can go anywhere or do anything after retirement you MUST have the money. Going where the cost of living is lower is fine but if you don't have the money to start with, what good is it? If you run out of money in Turkey, what do you do?
Overseas, you MUST keep enough savings on hand so that if you must return to your home country, you can do it. Anything could happen in Costa Rica or Belize or Thailand or the Philippines or Turkey--military junta, Islamic purge, earthquake, hurricane, flood.
If you can't retire in your home country because you didn't save, then you can't retire anywhere else--because you didn't save. And god help you if you then get sick. Medical costs might be cheaper but that doesn't mean they won't suck your savings away if you don't have much to start with.
Anyone who thinks I don't know what I'm talking about, should ignore me and follow your advice and see how far it takes them.
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