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Istanbul, Solo travel
I was in Istanbul for over a month. It's was a little bit expensive, compared to my last year trip, but totally worth it. Amazing food, nice people that are always trying to help if you need something. Definitely my soul place.
Posted: October 16, 2025Istanbul, Solo travel
I started the trip by meeting a guy someone I met in couch surfing recommended me. He walked me to my booked hostel and talked to the guy in his language, I went to my shared room where I met a girl who was staying there for some time, a fellow latina and there were a lot of empty beds. I then went to ask to extend my stay a couple of days and the giy said they didnt have capacity, when my fellow latina asked though, they did have space. This seemed suspicious to me as the one I have met insisted that I should stay with him and meet hia friends. The next bad expefience was going out with thw latina girl and suddenly everything changed for me there, she was showing a lot of skin and men went crazy and talked to us in spanish, some of them grabbed me trying to pull me to the back of their shops..horrible. I was not showing much skin, but since I was with someone who was and we were speaking spanish I got tagged as a hooker?
Posted: October 14, 2025Experienced: June, 2018Turkey, Solo travel
It was ok. People are too pick me, but im talking mostly about men, they do not understand sometimes that you're a regular tourist and just interrupt by being to polite. After all they are ok when you want to bargain when buying something, then they are very okay.
Posted: October 5, 2025Antalya, Family travel
It was a beautiful experience I decided to live here its super family friendly its safe aloot in the morning but at night I chose safe areas like downtown and konyaalti i love the beach food the people its a perfect city i love it here and recommend anyone to come visit it
Posted: October 4, 2025
Natali
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Kemer, Couple travel
Hi! I want to tell you about my travel experience in Kemer because it is a tourist spot and from their first site there is nothing to do there, but if you have a little imagination, you always can find something. I would recommend visiting some great nature sports like totally go to the Goynuk canyon. I really loved one the bays (tarihi likya yolu Beydağları Sahili Milli Parkı, Tekirova, 07995) but you only get there by car. Also I would recommend to visit Phasselis (by bus from the center). The perfect time to go it’s May or September because the temperature is not that high but you already can swim and also there’s not as many people. choose local places to eat. The perfect sport is near the mosque - Atatürk Bulvarı, Merkez, 121. Sk. No:7, 07990 Kemer/Antalya, Турция overall i felt safe because it’s tourist town but you will get cat called from shops a lot and in bars you will get a lot of unwanted attention
Posted: September 27, 2025How safe is Turkey for women?
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Ankara
Deserted places can be scary late at night. But Turkish people are generally very helpful. You can ask people around you for help in any situation. Since it's the capital, there are police in most places.
Posted: October 17, 2025
Ecem
Ankara
Ankara is the capital of Turkey. For that, it is very crowded and it has it’s complicated nature bc of the crowd. There are too many different kind of people cuz it’s a big city and has many opportunities. But I have never felt disturbing or unsafe.
Posted: October 14, 2025Bornova
Bornova is the best place for students especially if you go to Küçükpark there are bunch of places to eat/drink cheaper. The bus system works generally to 00.45 or even later and the metro station closes at 00.30, the metros work every hour.
Posted: October 9, 2025Üsküdar
Those living in the surrounding area/neighborhood are family and religious people. I can return home alone late at night. Parks and social areas are better than most of the city. It's a central location for transportation. There are also ample commercial opportunities. It's easy to reach any need.
Posted: October 7, 2025Eskisehir
one of the safest cities in turkiye for travelers, because it's a student friendly city, the population is mostly young people. The population is friendly to students and young people. They're generally open minded. I wouldn't call turkiye safe overall but eskisehir might be the safest option.
Posted: October 6, 2025Safety in Turkey
