sendler2112 wrote:How is the political climate there? The last I heard from our around the world on a PCX rider, he was about to enter Turkey on the way to Iran.
I wouldn't go to Iran or anywhere close to the border with Iran/Syria/Iraq, where I went 80% of people on the streets looked mostly British/German/Russian, also met a few Americans, Belgians and French. I felt very safe on the Turkish riviera, definitely did blend in. Down there you have 20thousand Brits living permanently in the Fethiye area, lots of Russians and 70thousand Germans in Antalya and the region.
Turkey has some very nice and cosmopolitan areas, main street Hisaronu has more light than the high street in Cancun! The more you go east or into the contryside e.g. borders to Syria/Iran/Iraq the more rural and unsafe the region is though, I was warned by a Turkish friend not to go there. The beforementioned border area is very heavily patrolled due to the recent situation with the Syrians and due to the Kurdish question and might be military no go areas (Turkey got the 2nd largest Armed Forces within the NATO right after the US!). Turkey itself is very moderate, with very strong central (democratically elected) government and separation of religion and state.
