Anonymous wrote:With everything going on in Syria with ISIS and the fact that turkey has trouble controlling its border (and turkey is THE gateway for folks to enter Syria to join ISIS), why are you going to turkey??? Serious question.
Istanbul is generally okay. I have a number of contacts in Turkey who report that things are becoming more volatile, but that's in other parts of the country. Just be alert to your surroundings. Especially in places like Taksim Square, you'd be very surprised at how quickly a calm situation becomes "complicated."