safe to go to turkey?

Pollycat

Deleted_User wrote: »

Why would anyone in their right mind want to holiday in Turkey ?
It's a loathsome country with ugly misogynistic men preening and leering and hassling tourists in equal measure.

In your opinion, that is......:cool:

picardygirl

Deleted_User wrote: »

Why would anyone in their right mind want to holiday in Turkey ?
It's a loathsome country with ugly misogynistic men preening and leering and hassling tourists in equal measure.
Do Greece instead - far nicer country with civilised people and better food.

Each to their own at all that!!!!!

We are going Turkey next week and cant wait

Nothing wrong with Greece or anywhere else, apart from that awful euro that means buying a fizzy drink costs you a small fortune.

OP the only thing the riots are doing in Turkey (with regards to tourists) is making our pound go further, the lira is very good at the moment.

gibson123

Deleted_User wrote: »

Why would anyone in their right mind want to holiday in Turkey ?
It's a loathsome country with ugly misogynistic men preening and leering and hassling tourists in equal measure.
Do Greece instead - far nicer country with civilised people and better food.

This is of course an attempt to wind us up, but may I point out to those not familiar with the area, that Greece and Turkey are very similar, however Turkey has better beaches, better archaeology. less crime against tourists, more friendly people and is cheaper. Greece is wonderful as well of course and you can get ham in Greece.
:cool::cool::cool:

mountainofdebt

Well its up to the OP but until the foreign office tell tourists otherwise, Turkey is considered safe and no insurance company will pay out because the traveller didn't fancy it.

As the saying goes - you pays your money blah blah blah e

[Deleted User]

Pollycat wrote: »

In your opinion, that is......:cool:

More journalists are imprisoned without trial in Turkey than anywhere else in the world.
Hundreds of demonstrators in the current wave of protests are also being incarcerated without charge.
Life is cheap in Turkey and human rights are even cheaper.
By all means enjoy your two weeks on a beach in Bodrum but remember you're contributing to a political system which treats its citizens worse than you would treat your dog.
Just saying.

gibson123

Deleted_User wrote: »

More journalists are imprisoned without trial in Turkey than anywhere else in the world.
Hundreds of demonstrators in the current wave of protests are also being incarcerated without charge.
Life is cheap in Turkey and human rights are even cheaper.
By all means enjoy your two weeks on a beach in Bodrum but remember you're contributing to a political system which treats its citizens worse than you would treat your dog.
Just saying.

What has politics got to do with a holiday thread! OP yes it is safe.

[Deleted User]

gibson123 wrote: »

What has politics got to do with a holiday thread!

The thread is about whether it is safe to go to Turkey in view of the political demonstrations.
Political ? As in politics ?
Of course it is safe to visit Turkey but it's still a loathsome place that treats its citizens with contempt.

balletshoes

..... so in reply to the OP - you agree its safe to visit Turkey .

Goldiegirl

Deleted_User wrote: »

The thread is about whether it is safe to go to Turkey in view of the political demonstrations.
Political ? As in politics ?
Of course it is safe to visit Turkey but it's still a loathsome place that treats its citizens with contempt.

If I restricted my travel to places where I agreed 100% with the government, I wouldn't go anywhere.

I wouldn't even live in UK either.

~Chameleon~

balletshoes wrote: »

I'm personally quite happy with this kind of attitude - because the prices of flights and accommodation to Turkey from the UK has dropped considerably for July/August, and we may be able to go this year in the school holidays for about half the price I thought we'd have to pay .

Not to mention being out of the Euro zone

Perhaps best to keep schtum