Traveler Magazine 2018 Spring Traveler | Page 37

PARTNER’S POV “ Turkey has been a very tolerant Muslim country since the Ottoman Empire. Often, when negative incidents occur in other Muslim countries, they somehow connect Turkey to that negativity. This is not an accurate portrayal of who we are. We are a completely secular country. Travelers are as safe here as they would be in Paris or Rome.” N E W FA C E S T R AV E L YA S A R K A R A DAG BC 4