I've been here almost 20 years and I doubt we've had a F6+ on average more than a couple of times per year. As I said I use my boat all year and I'm rarely curtailed by wind. The winds on the Turkish coast are rarely as strong as the western Aegean or the Ionian.
I may be missing the point, but wouldn't make any difference to having your boat in SP, IT, GR, or wherever.
Safety is not an issue here. There are many British and USA flagged boats in every marina. I have never got any hint of an anti British feeling from any Turk. There would be some anti American feelings expressed from time to time but these would be anti US government sentiments and American visitors would still enjoy the same welcome and hospitality that Turks always extend to guests. The entire Aegean and Mediterranean coastal regions are tourist areas and depend greatly on tourism. The official data says we had over 50 million visitors last year including huge numbers of families with children. Numbers are well down this year because of C19 and here in Kuşadası Brits are by far in the majority because we are still on the UK Green list. All my friends involved in tourism are all saying thank God for the English (all Brits are generally referred to as English).
I do a lot of business in Turkey, we have an office there and until recently I have probably been there every month for 15 years or so. It is a truly fabulous country and I do not believe that you need to worry re the politics or religion etc etc. Turkey needs its tourism and it has invested heavily in it. the quality of hotels etc is second to none. Under the current party Turkey has gone from a very unstable economic environment to a much stronger place. It is my view that like most places - and I include the UK - the key political goal is power rather a religious agenda (in Turkey’s case). So you will have no issues there. It is also cheap given where the Lira is. We tried to buy a marina in Bodrum which sadly we got outbid on so I have seen quite a few marinas and they are good. The weather is excellent and the boating and cruising really good. You should look probably at Bodrum area where the weather is pretty good all year around - unusual to be less than 10 degrees in winter, or Gocek area. Some parts of that coast are windy, so avoid Cesme unless you like kite surfing or windsurfing. As IrishRover says you wont go wrong. At least in my view.
Unadulterated crap.
Blind to folks undoing treaties ? Oh hang on look at Parliament now re EU WD agreement.
Nope still have my ( Elgin
) marbles .Where are yours ....Ops moot point .
I'm fed up with seeing so many threads ruined by absolute crap being posted especially threads where genuine posters are looking for real information.
