arima

Turkey is a great and safe country! everyone should see Turkey

Trophywife007

<<lmhornet on Mar 16, 13 at 7:07am

"Turkey is safe. The worst thing I experienced is being scammed by a taxi but it's my own fault for not being more aware."

Blame the victim? Comments like this are absurd and borderline sick.>>

Imhornet, it was a statement of self-evaluation which is how many people reflect and learn from experience in order to avoid negative consequences in the future. Why is that "absurd and borderline sick?"

PeaceOut

We also plan to visit Istanbul this fall. I hope safety is not a concern there, anymore than other cities.

BTW, DD went to college in Baltimore, and there were several scary incidents: her freshman year, a young man was stabbed in the heart in his frat house by an intruder (DD had just left the party). The drug dealings and shady characters outside her apartment building were constant. She once got into the wrong neighborhood very close to her campus, and taxis would not even pick her up. Her car was vandalized by someone who poured paint remover all down one side of it. I'm just sayin'.

lmhornet

"<<lmhornet on Mar 16, 13 at 7:07am

"Turkey is safe. The worst thing I experienced is being scammed by a taxi but it's my own fault for not being more aware."

Blame the victim? Comments like this are absurd and borderline sick.>>

Imhornet, it was a statement of self-evaluation which is how many people reflect and learn from experience in order to avoid negative consequences in the future. Why is that "absurd and borderline sick?"

The fact that you would have to ask is almost as sick as the original comment.

BeniciaChris

We were in Tukey a little over 6 years ago. Friends of ours from England were to join us from England. At that time there were some bombings & the English friends didn't join us. My husband & I stayed in Istanbul-Cappadocia-Yalova & drove down to Kusadasi with neary a problem. The people were kind & friendly. The press just trys to sell news. We have shootings in the Bay Ara of California. Travel & enjoy life and different experiences. I'm glad I do.

KTtravel

I am the type to be quite cautious but I felt very safe when we visited Turkey two years ago. In fact, I felt much safer there than in some parts of San Francisco!

Adoc86

@PeaceOut - The experiences of your DD in Baltimore don't surprise me! My family lives in a very safe suburb of Baltimore though and I don't have a tendency of hanging around the city too often. When you live in an area you learn what parts to avoid, ya know? They are worried about Turkey because we are unfamiliar with it, its a foreign country so if there is a problem its not always so easy to get home, and overall they just worry about terrorist attacks and the ongoing problems with Syria. Although Turkey isn't on the State Dept Warning list, there are US warnings about traveling to the country and that Americans are targeted in the area.

My future father-in-law visited us this past weekend and again brought up that he wished we weren't going there. I ensured him that we would be safe and not be wandering off the beaten path, but nothing seems to settle their worries. Oh well.

fmpden

Imhornet -

.....The fact that you would have to ask is almost as sick as the original comment......

Now that makes two of us who think your original statement and the above one are just plain absurd comments. If you are making a point - maybe it is just a blunt end, it will sail pass a lot of people.

thursdaysd

Three. Guess lmhornet is called hornet for a reason.

5alive

Four. Is this a past poster with a new name? At any rate, clearly someone wishing to stir up a hornet's nest.

lmhornet

Yes, I guess the Jews were stupid because they got murdered by the Nazis. They should have known better and emigrated to Antarctic. The people in the World Trade center were idiots and should have know better and gotten a job in the subway. The child who is killed by the drunk driver should have known better than to try to cross the street. People who are victimized by other people have no one but themselves to blame

tower

hornet...will you ever learn that it's not just WHAT you say, but how you say it? I guess mean and nasty are your things and always have been. People on these forums are long ago onto you, Mr. Bitter. I vote for you as the unhappiest conntrarian on Fodors, by far. Give it a rest!

thursdaysd

Stu:

"He only does it to annoy,
Because he knows it teases."

Lewis Carroll, defining "troll" about 100 years early.

tower

>>>Lewis Carroll, defining "troll" about 100 years early.<<<

KW: Alice in Wonderland strikes a blow to trolling!

What's bothersome to me is that Aduchamp who has contributed mightily over the years, get's bounced off the forum (twice) and venomous creeps like hornet go merrily long. Go figure.

baladeuse

Well said, Tower.

Zee21

Turkey is a safe city, just be aware of yourself and your belongings like you would in any city in the world. I was there with a friend, so we were two women alone in the city and it was fine.

The first time my dad travelled to Istanbul he got pickpocketed, the city is known for that. So just be alert and have a wonderful time!

MarnieWDC

Here's my take on it:You all are missing the parental factor! Parents will worry even if they themselves have visited Turkey...like Adoc86's father. It's part of the parenting protocol I resented it from my parents, and I dole some of it out to my adult kids....that's parental anxiety. I am trying to modulate it !!!

I grew up in Baltimore and live in WDC...yeah, crime and guns and stuff. I spend every winter in Argentina - mostly Buenos Aires - lots of worried cautions by those who have never been there, although care and respecting safety protocols is important.

I am so looking forward to my visit to Turkey this coming Fall. I expect to read about the scams and dicey neighborhoods and so, like the Boyscouts, be prepared. Stuff (and worse) happens wherever - but from everything I have read and heard, Turkey and Istanbul are reasonably safe to visit - the vitality of the city beacons !

nextholiday

Turkey could not be a safer country to travel. If you are only doing Istanbul & the major attractions in the West, you will be fine. I have travelled this country up to 15 times all over, through the East as well as a SINGLE female traveller & have not 1 story to tell of anything bad happening. Of course in any big City have your wits about you, but that goes for even my home town in Australia! Really you have nothing to worry about coming here. I truly feel very secure & safe, even in Istanbul! Relax & enjoy it!