How much would e.g. an iPhone 14 be in percentage terms of typical middle class income in Turkey? Just to give us an idea of typical electronics that we often take for granted.
Cheapest iPhone 14 (not pro) is 30999 TL. Minimum wage is 5500 TL in Turkey. %48 of workforce in Turkey earns Minimum wage. A junior software engineer mostly earns between 10-30k TL. A teacher earns around 8-9K. But there is too much variation, inequality so numbers may be way off.
If it's 30999 TL there seems to be additional tax added by Turkey. I think that phone is supposed to be cheaper, like maybe half of that. How does this happen - import taxes on foreign goods?
Very likely, Brazil has the same issue. An iPhone 14 is R$ 7599, basically double the US$ 799 price tag.
Phones and cars are bad conversion examples. They are illegal to import and you wont be able to register either.
They are not definitely illegal to import. There are just fees you have to pay.