• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Is Turkey a safe country to visit?

Page 2 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
Originally posted by: MisterCornell
If by safe you mean being kidnapped, driven to Iraq, and then ending up on a video while someone chanting "Allahu Akbar" saws your head off, then yes.
Click to expand...

<Sarcasm> Right. Because all Muslim people are obviously in an alliance with Iraqi rebels to kill every American they can get their hands on.</Sarcasm>

:disgust:

People like you are why I block P&N.
 
Originally posted by: isasir
I was considering doing a Contiki tour to Greece and Turkey. I always assumed that Turkey wasn't really the safest of places to visit, but I guess if they're offering tours there, surely it's not TOO bad, is it?
Click to expand...

Only one answer Not For Americans
 
Turkey is one of the best places I've visited and given the chance I'd go back. Granted it's been about 10 years since I was there. Greece on the other hand is nice during the day but at night it's best not to be out alone in dark places. In case you're wondering, I've been to Ankara Turkey and Rhodes Greece.

Speed
 
Originally posted by: speed01
Turkey is one of the best places I've visited and given the chance I'd go back. Granted it's been about 10 years since I was there. Greece on the other hand is nice during the day but at night it's best not to be out alone in dark places. In case you're wondering, I've been to Ankara Turkey and Rhodes Greece.

Speed
Click to expand...

I've been all over Greece (both mainland and islands) and never felt unsafe at night. Maybe you were just in a shadier section of town?

I suppose since I'm Greek (and also look Greek and know the language fairly well), I'm probably more comfortable there, but I see no reason for anyone to feel afraid in that country.

Military guys carrying Uzis around Athens and Salonika is kinda intimidating though. :Q
 
Lonely Planet travel guide -- Check your Midnight Express stereotypes at the door - this is a rapidly modernising country with one foot in Europe and one in the Middle East.
Warning

Turkey is generally safe, but domestic and regional tensions result in occasional waves of low-level violence, particularly bombings. Such bomb attacks are often aimed at targets that represents Western interests, such as banks and consulates.

So far, travellers have not been specifically targeted by terrorists and suicide bombers. However, there is always the danger that travellers will find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. The best defence is to maintain a modest profile and be aware of current events.
Click to expand...
You can replace the word Turkey with USA in the paragraph above, because the US does get the occasional bombings, shootings, kidnappings, and detains by the police.

"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door," he used to say. "You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to. -- Tolkien
 
Originally posted by: Fritzo
Only other countires I would even CONSIDER visiting are:

1) Britian
2) Germany
3) Japan
4) Anywhere in Australia
5) Spain
6) France (on a dare)
7) Canada, but Canada sucks

Why? Because you have 99% less chance of becoming beheaded in these places.
Click to expand...
Wow, how ignorant and close-minded of you to even list countries you'd only "consider" visting. BTW, if you haven't been with the program, the beheadings are occuring in the Middle East. It's so typical of Americans to feel safe in their own country when the world has so much more to offer. And France on a dare? Oh please ...
 
My parents did Greece and Turkey, my parents did not feel safe in Turkey. When they first got to Turkey, they got off the ferry and the people who ran the ferry kept all of their passports, which did not make them comfortable at all. Not to mention you have to pay to use the washroom. (lame) 😛
 
Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
Originally posted by: speed01
Turkey is one of the best places I've visited and given the chance I'd go back. Granted it's been about 10 years since I was there. Greece on the other hand is nice during the day but at night it's best not to be out alone in dark places. In case you're wondering, I've been to Ankara Turkey and Rhodes Greece.

Speed
Click to expand...

I've been all over Greece (both mainland and islands) and never felt unsafe at night. Maybe you were just in a shadier section of town?

I suppose since I'm Greek (and also look Greek and know the language fairly well), I'm probably more comfortable there, but I see no reason for anyone to feel afraid in that country.

Military guys carrying Uzis around Athens and Salonika is kinda intimidating though. :Q
Click to expand...

I was in Greece last October and felt completely safe. The had done a heck of a job fixing stuff up in the country for the Olympics.

As for the police, one cop startled me because he was standing out of sight in a darkened doorway holding a HK MP5. LOL.

Cab rides (especially Athens) in Greece are fun too. Traffic laws must be merely suggestions.
 
Originally posted by: K1052
Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
Originally posted by: speed01
Turkey is one of the best places I've visited and given the chance I'd go back. Granted it's been about 10 years since I was there. Greece on the other hand is nice during the day but at night it's best not to be out alone in dark places. In case you're wondering, I've been to Ankara Turkey and Rhodes Greece.

Speed
Click to expand...

I've been all over Greece (both mainland and islands) and never felt unsafe at night. Maybe you were just in a shadier section of town?

I suppose since I'm Greek (and also look Greek and know the language fairly well), I'm probably more comfortable there, but I see no reason for anyone to feel afraid in that country.

Military guys carrying Uzis around Athens and Salonika is kinda intimidating though. :Q
Click to expand...

I was in Greece last October and felt completely safe. The had done a heck of a job fixing stuff up in the country for the Olympics.

As for the police, one cop startled me because he was standing out of sight in a darkened doorway holding a HK MP5. LOL.

Cab rides (especially Athens) in Greece are fun too. Traffic laws must be merely suggestions.
Click to expand...

Yeah, they really cleaned the place up for the Olympics. Cab drivers used to be pretty shady and tried to take advantage of tourists all the time (leaving the meter off or driving in circles claiming to be "lost"), but they had a huge crackdown on stuff like that. Public transit has come a long way too.

Greek driving is the best. 😀 Its just one huge mass of controlled insanity.

I drove a rental Fiat Punto while I was over there. My Mazda felt like a Porsche when I got back to the states. 😉
 
Originally posted by: Encryptic
Rent Midnight Express and get back to me on that, mmmmkay? 😉
Click to expand...

Even Oliver Stone and Alan Parker apologized for their misrepresentation of Turkey so please leave your sterotypes at the door or stuff them up your ass so they can be used more appropriately :roll:
 
Originally posted by: isasir
Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
can you "blend in with the herd" well?
Click to expand...

Well I'm brown...
Click to expand...

If by brown you mean black, get ready to be asked if you are a professional basketball player 😛 Seriously, I had American friends in Turkey (both white and black) and they got asked if they were into any professional sports all the time. Turkish people are generally less built than American people 🙂

As TheLonelyPhoenix already said, Turkish people are anti-American for the government only, not for American citizens... just don't wear a tshirt that says "I love you Mr. Bush" 😉
 
Originally posted by: Fritzo
Only other countires I would even CONSIDER visiting are:

1) Britian
2) Germany
3) Japan
4) Anywhere in Australia
5) Spain
6) France (on a dare)
7) Canada, but Canada sucks

Why? Because you have 99% less chance of becoming beheaded in these places.
Click to expand...

Find me an article proving that somene got beheaded in Greece or Turkey...
 
Originally posted by: cobalt
Not if you're Greek!
Click to expand...

I'm Turkish and some of my closest friends are Greek 🙂

Greeks & Turks: friends4ever
rose.gif
 
Originally posted by: isasir
Originally posted by: K1052
Originally posted by: Aimster
Turkey is a safe country to visit.

Just don't wear anything that says Greece on it 🙂
Click to expand...

Or vice versa.
Click to expand...

What about my American flag t-shirt to both countries?
Click to expand...

Leave that at home... Turks will know that you're not a Turk or European by the way you dress... 🙂 I know you want to be as comfortable as possible but don't make any plans to pickup chicks with jeans & white sneakers 😛 you gotta dress nice 😉
 
Originally posted by: speed01
Turkey is one of the best places I've visited and given the chance I'd go back. Granted it's been about 10 years since I was there. Greece on the other hand is nice during the day but at night it's best not to be out alone in dark places. In case you're wondering, I've been to Ankara Turkey and Rhodes Greece.

Speed
Click to expand...

Nah, I've been to Rhodes multiple times... I felt much safer than being in NYC or D.C. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: CraigRT
My parents did Greece and Turkey, my parents did not feel safe in Turkey. When they first got to Turkey, they got off the ferry and the people who ran the ferry kept all of their passports, which did not make them comfortable at all. Not to mention you have to pay to use the washroom. (lame) 😛
Click to expand...

Well, did your parents stay overnight in Turkey? If not, that's standard procedure... if they were to go to Greece from Turkey, Greece would have done the same thing unless they were staying overnight 🙂 just making sure that they're tourists indeed, not drug smugglers 🙂
 
Originally posted by: The Boss
Originally posted by: Fritzo
Only other countires I would even CONSIDER visiting are:

1) Britian
2) Germany
3) Japan
4) Anywhere in Australia
5) Spain
6) France (on a dare)
7) Canada, but Canada sucks

Why? Because you have 99% less chance of becoming beheaded in these places.
Click to expand...

Find me an article proving that somene got beheaded in Greece or Turkey...
Click to expand...

Don't even bother, man. He's a flaming moron and didn't need more than one post to prove it.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top