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Questions: Moving family to Istanbul safety

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Hank Rearden

Expats:

I am potentially moving my family to Istanbul in June 2010. For perspective, my wife and I  are 36 and my daughter is age 11.  The biggest concern I have is the safety of my wife and daughter.  I Have read  some stories about trafficking of young women and general treatment of Americans.  We live in Detroit right now so we have developed some "street smarts".  Should I be concerned about their general safety? Any insight or recommendations on what to avoid to ensure the safety of my family beyond commonsense street smarts? Thanks in advance for your advice.

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JayP

Hi Hank

We don't live in Istanbul but have visited many times. Hopefully you'll get a reply from expats living there. We're the same age as you but have no children. As far as I can see, 'street smart' is all it takes, as in any other city of the world. Have you ever visited Turkey before? I'm sure you're going to really enjoy it.

As for you being American (we're Brits by the way), we get many American visitors to this part of Turkey and they aren't treated any different to any other nationality. 'The guest is everything,' is a saying here. As a foreigner, you are a guest.  I hope you're going to be pleasantly surprised with your move to Istanbul. Good luck with it all.

jpellejer

Hello,
did you finally move to Istanbul?
We are a spanish family that is moving also to Istambul in December.
We are looking for a school for our children who are 11 and 13.
If your child is attending a school there, could you send us information about it?
Thank you.

faisal bouchotrouch

Hi everyone

I got offered a position in Istambul in engineering, and I wonder how is the level of life in Istambul. I read that is quite high. Anyone would sugest a recomended salary to ask in order to have a confortable life standard?

Thanks

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