Is it safe to have a vacation in Turkey (specifiaclly Istanbul) right now if you are an American?

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edoardo_visconti

What is this ? With all these americans asking if Greece or Turkey are safe for them? Do they live in the most safe country of the world so they get scared and insecure about their safety in other countries which happen to be touristic as well?

MORTİCİA

ıt şs safer then your country , dont worry.

Leonarda

Excuse me, why are we the black sheep greeks and turks in this site?Why always asking if our countries are safe/Of course they are safe, deliquency there is everywhere dear.
I can tell you one thing..
They say Naples is dangerous.I went for Christmass..I can assure you that nothing happened to me, i went also in the dangerous destricts where there is deliquency as they say, in the day time, and i havent seen something wrong.
Certainly, you dont have to provock, it means, that you dont have to go out full of gold, or with the bag opened, but be sure my friend, this is everywhere..
So, dont be anxious, and enjoy your holidays.They also say"When you leave for travel with the fera, something will happen to you''.
Personally i wish you to enjoy it, bedcause Istanbul is a great city, people very warm .Visit the monuments, and eat sultanahmet kofte, and kazandibi in Nisantasi...

Tanju

Hi,

My Turkish Friends said, that is right.
American or French I mean also all Armenian, there is no problem.
Safety and you can see any problem.

When you came to Istanbul, I recommended to trip for Beylerbeyi, and drink tea and if you like fish, try grilled fish with watching the Bosphorus ...

Regards

hanibal

No matter where you from.
If you come to Turkey you would be our guest.
İstanbul is much safer than big apple:)
Have a nice holiday.

Totally Blunt

We put Americans in black cauldrons and boil them on open fires. Then we eat them, of course. As for me, I am on diet. I don't prefer the obese ones. If you're skinny, you're always welcome.

Irmak

Of corz.

♪♪ vivet ♪♪

I am surprised about the attitude of American people, that outside their country they are not safe. their MME is trying to show them that 'there is no place like home' and to keep $$$ in their pockets.
if you look at statistics, the crime in your country is much higher than in our region.
you will enjoy the hospitality of the people, the sites, the great food and music.
you will be safe and respected, even walking around all alone

welcome

p.s. try to eat local food, which is great. forget pizza hut and mcdonald's.

genç türk

There are some places that you should avoid at night, just like any place in the states. Beware of dolapdere, tepebasi, backstreets of taksim. As a general rule, stay with the crowd. Don't hesitate to call other people for help if you think there are people that pose a threat to you.Otherwise you'll be safer than most places in the states and europe. Enjoy!

Trotsky vs Kerensky- НекIо!

haha why should you have a problem because you're American anyway? I mean not that you'll have a problem if you were from Zimbabwe. I've been to U.S for 5 years and during my time there I missed my country so much. I can assure you it's safer than U.S.

Have fun and don't worry:)

kulla

dont worry.turks are very cheerful,peaceful people.Enjoy yourself.

Missy

safer than america

Rob C

Istanbul is a huge city with a specific tourist area. Just like London or NYC it has its safe places and its unsafe places. It is known to have a human trafficing problem (girls from Ukraine and Moldova) but that stays mostly in the non-tourist parts of the city. In the main tourist areas (Taksim to Sultanahmet) pick pocketing and rip-offs are likely your biggest problem. Although I do know of people who have had a knife pulled on them, never heard of anyone getting seriously injured.

____

Of course it's safe !!

I agree with Leonarda, I am tired always hearing same questions.

Istanbul is safer than New York;Miami or Los Angeles.

The only thing you have to be carefull to pickpockets in the crowd, as in every country in the world. Even in Paris Champs Elysées, even in Rio de Janeiro Copacabana Beach, even in Holy city Jerusalem there are robbers, you know.
And in Turkey we don't have the dangerous gangs you have in US ( black gangs,etc...)

Don't worry, and welcome to Istanbul !

luckyman

if you askin this kind of question on the net and believe the answer than you d send your daughter with a drug dealer at nite and think he is an angel
yesinler senin sorunu
bir Turkiye güvenli mi tartışması başlatmak istiyosun görüyorum.
senın gibiler evden cıkar boka basar duşer sonra Turkıye guvenlı degil der.Aman gelme !yeter ulan bu kadar bu kadar misafirperverlige de enayilik derler

Charmed

Don't worry it's even safer than your own country.

tikilady

I've lived in Turkey for over 2 years and I'm an American, so I can accurately say that you don't really have anything to worry about. Sure, if you walked around with a big "I love George W. Bush" t-shirt, you might have some problems-- but I'm fairly certain that would be applicable anywhere!!

Turkey gets a bad rep from the press, so a lot of Americans are surprised when they see how different Turkey is from what they've seen in the news or read about in guidebooks. Istanbul is a huge city, so you need to be smart and not find yourself in bad areas flashing a lot of cash, but that's just common sense. There are a million things to see and do in Istanbul, so of course you should go! Enjoy it. It's different and amazing and you'll be fine.

nelaq

Since you're asking your question for Americans, I think it's beyond general safety. You're asking the behaviours of Turkish people to Americans.

It's perfectly OK. Americans as all of the other tourists are very much loved in Turkey.

expatturk

As an American living in Sultanahmet, Istanbul, I can vouch for the positive attitude of Turkish people in general toward Americans. Of course, the Turks tend to think that we are richer than we actually are, but that's because of how we are portrayed in TV series and in movies (who of us live like that anyway?) and because tourists are very often have a bit of extra money that allows them to travel in the first places.

Safety here is a matter of common sense, just as it is anywhere else.

Sparkles

I traveled to Turkey as a stop on a Greecian Cruise last summer, they were very receptive to american travelers, and from the impression I got, they are hurting for tourism in general - so much that I believe the income they make from travelers overtakes any international unrest. Hope this was helpful!

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