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	Create New Topic   My Posts   My forum buddies   Invite friends   Private messages Russian brides > Main Forum > Anyone had a recent "Turkey" experience? Author Post Mini Cooper Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/15/2009 7:44:36 PM   I’m off on another trip to Ukraine... leaving in 10 days. This time I’ll be picking up my girlfriend in Zaporozhye and then travelling on to Belete, Turkey to spend a week at the all-inclusive Spice Hotel and Spa on the Mediterranean. I’m worried because Turkey is 98.6 % Sunni Muslim. I did not want to go there (because of the Muslims) but when we were in Yalta three months ago I had promised her we would go some place warm on our next meeting. She wanted to see Turkey so off we go. My question: Does anyone have any recent experience travelling to Turkey and if so how do they (Turks, Muslims) perceive Americans? Are there any safety issues to be concerned about? baron555 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/15/2009 8:04:07 PM   Why not go to Sochi or Sevastopol? Mini Cooper Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/15/2009 8:12:27 PM   Went to Crimea in March... for me it was not all it was cracked up to be, somewhat trashy place. We elected to go to a new (built 2007) resort this time with a private beach. ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/15/2009 8:48:49 PM   Sorry, Mini Cooper. I don't know much about Turkey except by watching the old movie, "The Midnight Express." Texasdude Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/16/2009 1:01:19 AM   A recent poll of Turks showed that they hate Americans more than any other nationality. It was a poll similar to those that showed Americans hate the French more than anyone else. My girlfriend sent me photos of her recent trip to Turkey. It did not seem so great, all the beaches were rocky. I am not familiar with Spice Hotel, perhaps it is better. durak Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/16/2009 1:18:04 AM   rb, I haven't been to Turkey. It is a very popular vacation spot for people from Russia and Ukraine. But a lot of people visit the popular tourists areas from many countries, including the U.S. http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1046.html is the U.S. State Dept's country info page for Turkey. As far as I am aware, there have not (yet) been attacks there that specifically targeted Americans. As a matter of course, when I travel I try not to call attention to myself as American, but rather to blend in (as well as I can) and keep a low profile. ben2006 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/16/2009 9:55:45 AM   If your staying at a resort chances are you won't meet many turks. But you will find the turks very welcoming of your american dollars. I'd be more worried if I was you of finding the resort full of Brits. Rag'n'Bull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/16/2009 10:18:45 AM   Was in Antalya twice last year, on business. Typically touristy, hotel and restaurant staff are polite, Russians and other FSU nationalities wherever one goes because of relaxed visa requirement, beer tastes like shite but so does American Budweiser :), bl00dy hot during July/August, just a typical European holiday resort country. Hotel beer prices are often rip-off prices, and it tastes like shite, and the shops in immediate vicinity of hotels do not stock alcohol obviously in cahoots with the hotels! Kirkland Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/16/2009 5:30:07 PM   Was in Turkey last year....miserable experience. Mini Cooper Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/16/2009 8:03:24 PM   All, thanks for the feedback! Texasdude, I also noticed that some of the beaches were sand and pebble mixture, however I made sure our resort had a sandy beach. durak, I have concealed my nationality at times also, when I'm asked I simply say "English". ben2006, I have read many reviews about the poor manners of the Russian and German tourists, many of the reviews I read were written by Brits! Smart Martin!, this is an all-inclusive resort, everything is free except the "top shelf" booze. I don't drink beer... only wine. I hope the wine offerings are palatable though! Yes, I see their temperatures are ramping up, it's been in the low 90's these past few days. I've been working on my tan so I don't get sunburn! Kirkland, what was the "miserable experience"? Land of oz Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/17/2009 12:32:13 AM   I have to smile about Turks and Americans. Last summer we were staying in the Intourist in yalta and they had a big breakfast buffet. One morning we wound up sharing a table with a couple Turkish gentlemen and the next couple days they made it a point to sit with us and we had good visits and were even invited to come stay with them on vacation (which we had no intentions of doing) The third day during the course of conversation one of them ask where I was from. After I told them I was from the USA neither of them said another word to us and found different seating in the days to follow. I must say we had a good laugh about it. ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/17/2009 1:12:24 PM   Why do you suppose they don't like Americans? Rag'n'Bull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/17/2009 1:58:53 PM   Perhaps because they're dyslexic and their parents were killed by an American drunk driver whilst their brother died under mysterious circumstances whilst mistress No.1 died in their arms whilst their kid thereafter died before birth whilst the dead kid's mother thereafter topped herself by jumping off a balcony! Americans have a lot to answer for :) ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/17/2009 7:38:11 PM   You're crazy, Martin. gecko Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/17/2009 10:05:08 PM   let me ask you a question, do turks sit around and wonder what americans think of them? i have spent a week in antalya. in the resorts, they are very courteous. who cares what they are saying behind our backs. I didn't go there to make friends. i recommend the titanic hotel. its new and luxurious. and the food is excellent. Mondelo Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/18/2009 12:37:40 PM   Going to Turkey in July? Mini Cooper you might as well just get into a rocket and fly into the sun for your vacation. ;) ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/19/2009 2:58:41 PM   Well Gecko, I care what people think about Americans. If it's as bad as Oz says, then I would watch what they put in your food. I find very few foreigners unfriendly towards me although when I talk to them, they don't like America for its politics. Rag'n'Bull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/19/2009 3:55:26 PM   When I was in Antalya last August the company I was on business with enquired if I had been to the beach, I told they must be joking, the beach doesn't have air con :) I need to get back down there but I think I'll leave it until late September or October! Mini Cooper Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/19/2009 4:32:14 PM   gecko, I'll be staying at a resort in Belek called Spice Hotel & Spa Center it was built in 2007. My girlfriend wanted to stay there, I also looked at the Titanic it looked cool! I "hope" it's as nice as the Titanic was for you. Mondelo, In March I met my girl in Yalta, Crimea... the weather was cold and rainy. I promised her that we would go to someplace warm when we met again. I know it will be hot but it will be fun anyway. Too late to change locations, I leave this coming Thursday. Does anyone know if they have topless sunbathers at these resorts? Is it common practice for this to happen in Turkey? Rag'n'Bull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/19/2009 4:41:07 PM   BMW Cooper, Turkey is muslim, don't expect topless and don't expect bacon or pork sausages for breakfast either! 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