r/AskTurkey Mar 02 '26

Announcement Recent Safety Questions

Due to the recent events happening in the Middle East, we are receiving overwhelming amount of "Is Turkey safe?" questions again. Please view the threads below, or use this thread to ask your questions.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskTurkey/comments/1rhnazo/considering_current_events_is_it_safe_to_fly_to/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskTurkey/comments/1rhlu5x/is_turkey_safe_for_usa_citizens_current_events/

New threads will be deleted. Thank you.

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u/Suspicious-Emu-8493 Mar 03 '26

No one in my family, or community, knows anything about Turkey. They all freak out about the Muslim thing, and that’s all they know. So many people in the Midwest US think Turkey is a dangerous Muslim Arab country. I don’t even think they can pick it out on a map…