I don’t know why anyone would want to visit that craphole anyway. Dangerous muzzie area.
I don’t know why, but liberals have to talk up any Muslim country. It’s the Rick Steves Kumbaya cultural enhancement syndrome. I just had a very liberal friend visit there, and he made it sound great. Loved it a lot more than Greece, which I suppose isn’t saying that much.
Turkey is the kind of place in a travel sweepstakes where first prize is a trip there for one week and second prize is a trip there for two weeks.
I've actually been to Turkey 3 times. Each time a disappointment. Bad food. Unfriendly locals. A bit dodgy and seedy.
Istanbul is interesting to see... once. Nothing to return to.
Food is bad.
Service is bad.
Increasingly Islamicized.
Traveling between Istanbul and Ankara looks like Iraq - nobody on the streets, ladies wearing black abbayas and no visible signs of life except 5 times daily screaming from Mosques and minarets.
Skip Turkey.