Turkey

[Nimmy]

Anyone been to Turkey recently?

me and the girlfriend are going on the 25th of September for a week to Marmaris and she is still pretty unsure of it.

i was there ten years ago and loved it, was pretty cheap and lots of stuff to see and do

[Stubbsy]

She's right to be unsure. They view women like Detox does in them places.

[i am evil homer]

turkey is great , they make a real fuss over you , great place you will come back loving the place trust me ,

if anything all the blokes over there will try to come onto your mrs , they can be a bit sly but mostly they just like to have a good laugh with you

[Stubbsy]

turkey is great , they make a real fuss over you , great place you will come back loving the place trust me ,

if anything all the blokes over there will try to come onto your mrs , they can be a bit sly but mostly they just like to have a good laugh with you

You got to be amazed by a group of people who come on to foreign women dressed in bikins while beating the shit out of their wives at home and makeing them cover up in black sheets.

[Nimmy]

turkey is great , they make a real fuss over you , great place you will come back loving the place trust me ,

if anything all the blokes over there will try to come onto your mrs , they can be a bit sly but mostly they just like to have a good laugh with you

that was one of the bad things, its not the done thing in this country to do that but i seen this when i was in turkey too. il just need to keep my eye on them.

[Luke]

Beautiful place. Be careful round the markets cos they're bloody good salesman. My made ended up buying £30 for 3 keyrings (which you could probably buy from wilkos for 50p, haha!). I was lured into a leather jacket shop.. just wanted a look and next thing they're getting me tea and haggling real hard, lol. I said no several times whilst he kept dropping from 400, to 300 to 200, lol... he wasn't really aggressive, they're generally cool but was an interesting experience though.

[londonpride]

went there a while back with the arsenal.
had all the threats in the world, ended up marching 25 handed around the stadium singing "we're supposed to be in hell".

i know that's football related, the point being, alot of threats, criticisms etc of the area, but we had a decent time. going as football lads we were supposed to not come back, but had a good laugh, nice hotel, decent locals, nice food.
tbh i wouldnt rush back, its not a place where id say "i wouldnt take the mrs" because i've been to alot worse, but despite the locasl being nice enough etc, i always felt a bit safe with a few lads alongside me whilst out for dinner etc,
ive travelled the world, this was one place, as nice as the locals were and as unphased as we were, i always felt a bit better if i was going into town and had a couple of mates coming with me.

its not as bad as people say, but personally wouldnt take the mrs.
but saying that i went as a football lad, it werent as bad or violent as we'd expected but i still wouldnt fancy wandering around the town just me and the bird, always had eyes over the shoulder.
but of course, on a tourist holiday things would be totally different.
the locals were certainly far nicer and accomodating than we were led to believe, but personally i still wouldnt risk going just me and my partner, but thats from my football perspective, i probably just imagined more hostility than what was really there.

[Nimmy]

Beautiful place. Be careful round the markets cos they're bloody good salesman. My made ended up buying £30 for 3 keyrings (which you could probably buy from wilkos for 50p, haha!). I was lured into a leather jacket shop.. just wanted a look and next thing they're getting me tea and haggling real hard, lol. I said no several times whilst he kept dropping from 400, to 300 to 200, lol... he wasn't really aggressive, they're generally cool but was an interesting experience though.

how long did you go for luke? much do you reckon i should take spending money? we are going for a week

[londonpride]

having wrote that, i note, i went as a touring football fan so atmosphere was slightly different to what you'd get as a usual tourist, and still then the locals were nice and accomodating.

[Nimmy]

went there a while back with the arsenal.
had all the threats in the world, ended up marching 25 handed around the stadium singing "we're supposed to be in hell".

i know that's football related, the point being, alot of threats, criticisms etc of the area, but we had a decent time. going as football lads we were supposed to not come back, but had a good laugh, nice hotel, decent locals, nice food.
tbh i wouldnt rush back, its not a place where id say "i wouldnt take the mrs" because i've been to alot worse, but despite the locasl being nice enough etc, i always felt a bit safe with a few lads alongside me whilst out for dinner etc,
ive travelled the world, this was one place, as nice as the locals were and as unphased as we were, i always felt a bit better if i was going into town and had a couple of mates coming with me.

its not as bad as people say, but personally wouldnt take the mrs.
but saying that i went as a football lad, it werent as bad or violent as we'd expected but i still wouldnt fancy wandering around the town just me and the bird, always had eyes over the shoulder.
but of course, on a tourist holiday things would be totally different.
the locals were certainly far nicer and accomodating than we were led to believe, but personally i still wouldnt risk going just me and my partner, but thats from my football perspective, i probably just imagined more hostility than what was really there.

lol cheers for the comments mate but do you think maybe you felt threatened because you were in a group of english football hooligans looking for trouble? i wont be running around the locals looking for directions to hell, just looking for some sun, beer and peace and quiet for a week.