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We want to set one thing straight: There's never been a better time to travel to Turkey! With the preponderance of recent news about civil war in neighboring Syria, a suicide bomb among diplomatic quarters of the capital city of Ankara, and a single American royal caribbean cruises ltd woman traveler who was found dead in Istanbul, royal caribbean cruises ltd it is understandable that travelers and their families would be curious about the safety of a trip to Turkey. You may wonder if these events would have an impact on your tour to Turkey and how welcoming the country is to Americans in general.
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It is also normal to wonder about the religious culture in Turkey and to perhaps imagine it as an Islamic state. In fact, Turkey is similar to the USA in that it is a secular government with segregation of mosque and state! Just as here, the level of religiosity varies from person to person and region to region. For example, most women in the towns and cities do not wear headscarves while in the country, women often wear traditional floral scarves loosely over their hair, similar to what you may see in rural Eastern Europe.
Bordering Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, and Syria, Turkey is truly the crossroads between Europe and Asia. On a Turkey vacation you will be reminded of travel in Southern or Eastern Europe. Yet you also feel like you are in Asia when you wander into one of the old markets or visit a historic mosque and hear to the muezzin call people to prayer several times daily. The Turkish economy is one of the fastest growing GDPs in the world attracting investment from all over the world. Istanbul, for example, feels like any bustling, vibrant modern city of 14 million highly educated and industrious people. Here women and men wear the latest fashions, text on their smart phones royal caribbean cruises ltd and sip coffee at their local café while cheering on their local football team on TV. At night, walking along the popular Istiklal Caddesi pedestrian promenade through the Galata-Beyoglu district royal caribbean cruises ltd is like Times Square times 10!!
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