Reise til Istanbul alene som jente?

[AnonymBruker]

Er det noen som har erfaring med å reise dit alene som ung kvinne? Eventuelt erfaringer generelt om Istanbul?

Jeg er i slutten av 20 -årene, elsker å reise og trives godt i mitt eget selskap.

Har bestandig lyst til å reise til Istanbul for å utforske byen, shopping og sånt. Så har tenkt til å reise alene dit i to uker i julen. Har funnet et koselig lite leilighetshotell i nærheten av Taksim -kort vei til det meste.

Men har lest litt rundt omkring på nettet om reisetips, sikkerthetstips og slikt om Istanbul, og flere advarer unge kvinner mot å reise alene for de er utsatte for å havne i klørne til halliker, menneskehandel, ranet og lurt. Det gjør meg litt skeptisk, men samtidig så er jeg en veldig reisevant og fornuftig jente som vet å ta vare på meg selv. Har jo selvsagt ikke tenkt til å dra ut på byen eller oppholde meg ute på natterstid.

Her er et innlegg jeg leste på et reiseforum:

"PLEASE WARNING TO FOREIGN WOMEN VISITING ISTANBUL !!!

(sorry for bad translation, I will appreciate if somebody correct it and translate to other languages)

Western tourist women who will visit Istanbul should be careful when going to the restaurants area near Divanyolu street. This place is full of pimps and bon vivants who are always trying to seduce mature women to get information, e.g. where does she come from, what hotel and room will she stay at, how much people travel in her group, how long will she stay in Istanbul and much more. After that, they get into the hotel room in collusion with hotel employees to rob women belongings or try to get additional information (address, credit cards, name of her husband and so on).

Any foreign woman in Turkey should be suspicious when a stranger go out with her with much familiarity or touch her hair or skin (included neck, back, arms or legs), because in Islamic countries this is never considered correct unless the woman is seen as a prostitute or an "desperate-for-sex-mature-woman", in which case the pimp will try to exploit this to his own benefit, often drugging, raping, robbing or blackmailing to her husband and local authorities and stealing her belongings. If a woman agrees to be touched by a stranger, he will think it's a sure sign that she is desperate for sex and even she could pay him for it. These pimps often act in collusion with employees of bars and hotels in Sultanahmet and sit at the tables of foreign mature women who they think are desperate looking for sex in order to cheat them.

The pimp will try to start a conversation with a foreign woman telling her he is divorced, he is a "BBB" (Big Business Boss) or perhaps the restaurant owner. Please understand modus operandi of pimps: Pimp will say he has a nice apartment not far from the restaurant, he likes to cook (perhaps for her) and he will be flirting with the foreign woman using subtle words and bawdy double meaning words. If the women continues the conversation they will think have got an easy victim. If you are really just looking for sex it would be better to try other alternatives because what these people want from you is just your money, and believe me, they could be very dangerous.

A foreigner woman visiting Turkey shouldn't never show her neck, neckline, belly button, back or legs if she doesn't want to be seen as a prostitute or a woman desperately looking for sex. Otherwise she could be victim of pimps who will take advantage of her. It's always recommended to travel with a man, do not accept drinks or any possible drug from strangers, don't start conversations with unknown men and never to give any information about you or your fellow travelers (including name, surname, room, hotel, phone, address, family, people who travel with her, departure dates and so on).

If you are planning to travel to Istanbul please be very careful with the restaurants in Alemdar, Türbedar, Boyaci Ahmet, Biçki Yurdu and Divanyolu streets because the police are receiving increasing reports of foreign women who have been seduced, raped, robbed and blackmailed in these places. Four months ago two foreign women (two different cases) were killed after been seduced in restaurants near Türdebar and Biçki Yurdu. They were taken to other places and raped, blackmailed and robbed. In other cases women were forced into prostitution after being drugged.

If you take these precautions and take care of pickpockets, for sure you will enjoy very much your trip to Istanbul and find it a very interesting city. Similar precautions are very convenient when you travel everywhere, not just Turkey. Turkish people is really nice and helpful, but you know, bad people are everywhere (sometimes they are foreigners) and you need to be careful because in Turkey it's not expected that women have the same behaviour than women in America or Western Europe. For your own safety, try to adapt your behavior to the customs of the country you are visiting."

Er det noen som har noen innspill eller tips?

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[Emelia]

Jeg har bare vært i Tyrkia èn gang tidligere, -Skal aldri tilbake!

Jeg var der ikke alene, men fikk et helt forferdelig innblikk av Tyrkia. Hotellet vi bodde på var veldig fint, utrolig hyggelige folk og stort hotel, så det er absolutt ikke hotellene som er ille! Men ihovedsak det at man kunne gå på den nærmeste restauranten og møte mafia, da ble jeg litt paff. At man kunne i det hele tatt bestille mord på en restaurant midt i byen. Itillegg så ble jeg utrolig ukomfortabel ved at folk stirrer sånn, til og med når man går hånd i hånd med sin mann fikk jeg et "klaps" på rumpen. Når du går lettkledd der nede så tror jeg du vil bli sett på som prostituert, jeg hadde aldri klart å dra dit alene.

Men Istanbul er jo en veldig stor by, men jeg vil fortsatt anbefale deg og ta med en annen. Men selvfølgelig kan det jo gå fint der nede, men har hørt forferdelige historier fra unge jenter som har vært nede og møtt på en sjarmerende tyrkisk innpåsliten gutt. Synes iallfall du bør tenke deg godt om før du drar, og følge rådene som ble gitt i teksten du skrev her.