[tired&retired]

Time to vacation in Turkey. I went there in May and July this year. What a bargain. Even Turkish Air is a cheap flight across the pond.

[tired&retired]

Turkey (Ottoman Empire) sided with Germany and fought against the USA in WWI.

Turkey signed a Mutual Aid Pact with France and Britain in 1939 but backed out when Germany invaded France.

In June 1941, after neighboring Bulgaria joined the Axis and allowed Germany to move troops through to invade Yugoslavia and Greece, Turkey signed a non-aggression pact with Germany.

Turkey was an important producer of chromite, which is a key ingredient in the manufacture of stainless steel. Turkey remained neutral so they could sell chromite to both Germany and the allies during the war. Turkey halted its sales to Germany in April 1944 and broke off relations in August.

Turkey declared war on the Axis powers in February 1945 when they saw which way the war was going.

Bottom line.... DON’T TRUST A TURKEY

[arthurus]

I would love to see İstanbul again. A Turkish woman I know says my old neighborhood now is subsumed under the American Hospital that used to stand on the other side of our back wall in Nışantaş in 1954 and the pastoral valley I used to explore wıth my sister three blocks from the house is all high rises now. I found it on Google and it's true.

[Truth29]

"Time to vacation in Turkey. I went there in May and July this year. What a bargain. Even Turkish Air is a cheap flight across the pond."

Turkey has said it will take reprisal action against the US. I would worry the Turks would start arresting Americans and holding them on any pretext as bargaining chips against the US.

[gdc61]

Thanks i’ll pass ... not going to contribute to their economy nor place myself in undo jeopardy. I was there in the 80’s and it smelled. I sure its only gotten worse .