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Turkey Travel Details FAQ

Last Updated on February 12, 2023

How safe is Turkey? What's the Turkish Lira exchange rate? What about Turkey's weather and climate?

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Here are the answers:

ARCHITECTURE: OttomanSeljukcaravanserais...

ARTICLES ON TURKEY: Turkish teaHagia Sophia...

BOOKS, FILMS & MAGAZINES: Guidesnovels, movies...

BORDER FORMALITIES: tourist visawork visacustoms...

CHILDREN: Travel with kidsfood allergiessafety...

CLIMATE: RegionsTurkish almanacwhat to wear...

COMPLAINTS: Hotel, tour operator, travel agency...

CRIME: See SAFETY

COMMUNICATIONS: Phonesmobile phonesInternet access...

CULTURE & CUSTOMS: Doing things alla Turca...

CUSTOMS & IMMIGRATION: See BORDER FORMALITIES

ELECTRICITY: Plugs & sockets/points, converters...

EXCHANGE RATES: See also MONEY

FLORA & FAUNA: Van cats have one brown eye, one blue...

FOOD & DRINK: AllergiesvegetariansTurkish coffeeteakebapsrakı...

GEOGRAPHY: Turkey has 7 geo-regions...

HAMAM: The Turkish bath, how & where to enjoy it...

HANDICAPPED TRAVELERS: Accessibility of hotels, airports, trains, local transport, historic sights, and buildings...

HEALTH & MEDICAL CARE: Okay, and getting better...

HISTORY: HellenicHittiteSeljukOttomanRepublican...

ISLAM: Turkish style: modern, friendly and tolerant...

INSURANCE: Autobaggagemedicaltrip cancellation,terrorism...

INTERNET ACCESS: Lots of Wifi, but you'll want a VPN...

KIDS: Travel with kidsfood allergiessafety...

LANGUAGE: 100 Most Useful Wordspronunciationgrammar...

Ottoman Map, Turkey
An Ottoman map of
the Golden HornIstanbul.

LAUNDRY: Ad hoc...

LINKS: Short list of useful links for Turkey travelers...

MAPS OF TURKEY: CountryclimateIstanbulMetro...

MARRIAGE: Your weddinglaws & regulationshoneymoon...

MONEY: New Turkish LiraExchange ratescostscredit cardstipscounterfeit notesATMs...

NARGILE: Water pipe, hookah, hubble-bubble—fun!

NAZAR BONJUK: What the evil eye means to you...

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO: Digital; PAL for video, not NTSC...

RELIGION: Muslims, Christians, Jews...

RESERVATIONS: Flightsrental carstrainshotels...

SAFETY:  womenstreet crimeterrorismhighwaystrains, earthquakes...

SHOPPING: What to buybargainingbeware antiquities...

SPECIAL INTEREST TRIPS: beachesyachtingweddings...

TELEPHONE: See COMMUNICATIONS

TIME ZONE: All of Turkey is in one Time Zone, with no spring or autumn time changes. More...

TIPPING: Restaurants, hotels, taxis, the hamam (Turkish bath)...

TOILETS: What's that li'l pipe for?

TOURIST OFFICES: Foreign and at home...

VISAS: See BORDER FORMALITIES

WEATHER: Climatic regions, what to wear...

WOMEN TRAVELERS: What to wearhow to actWomen in Turkish Society...

—by Tom Brosnahan


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