Inappropriate political comment

I know, I know... not the place for political discussion. Just wondering. When do internal developments in a country start becoming travel-related (allowing modproof comments)? Never, as long as plane and bus schedules remain reliable, ladscapes and climate patterns unaltered? Maybe. On the other hand, during the last days I couldn't get out of my head a peristent and annoying (although hypothetical) question: What if, in the proclaimed aim to roll back history (and, unfortunately, it's not only Ibrahim Karaguls paranoid vomit, no, it's a structural majority in the turkish society), as a first step the time is set, let's say, 100 years (101 to be precise) back? Still business (=travel) as usual?
Perhaps I should state it explicitely, to avoid misunderstandings: I don't have The Definitively Right Answer. As I said, just wondering...

When do internal developments in a country start becoming travel-related (allowing modproof comments)? >

When it affects travellers and not only locals.

Example: Banning the sale of alcohol would affect many travellers, not only locals. Abolishing military service would affect only the locals.

What do you/they mean by rolling back history 100 years? I don't speak Turkish and don't follow Turkish politic, but this sounds intriguing. Can you recommend any English sources?

I don't think anyone would want to roll back history and it's pretty much impossible. Like what would they do? Bring back the Arabic script? Who would support that and what would be the point? Or making hijab compulsory or banning alcohol? Now, than would be a real revolution, and not only a coup, against the Erdogan regime !

If I could understand one word of your very convoluted thread then I would give you an answer.But I'll hazard a guess that #1 was correct in their assessment in their first sentence-
"...When it affects travellers and not only locals...."
Other than that I think this is just a wind-up post.Go and find something more productive to do like...tidy your sock drawer.

There is no rational answer because the behavour of tourists is often irrational.
Israel has more assassination attempts and more tourists than neighbouring Lebanon.
Many tourists avoided Eastern Aegean (Greek) Islands because of some harmless Syrian refugees.
No tourist avoided Southern Italy because of the numerous murders of Ndrangheta etc. or because of nuclear waste and other poisons in southern Tyrrenian Sea.

Once again, thank you for your kind and sensitive contribution.
Other than that I prefer my sock drawer untidy, even at the risk of provoking your maternal wrath. I am nevertheless deeply touched by your interest in my personal productivity issues.

But I'm not interested Billy.I just find it quite appalling-nay,disturbing even, that a seemingly intelligent person has nothing better to do with their time and appears unable to find something more conducive to their intellectual level than posting up time comsumptive,unanswerable ...drivel.
But you'll be sorry when one day,you look down at your feet to discover you left home with odd socks on......

There is this thing with taste. Different people find different things appalling. I, for example, find it apalling when someone, without understanding anything(?), becomes personal, rude, insulting and starts with name-calling, in an(other) show of forum-bullying. But who am I to spoil your fun? So, be my guest...

There is this thing with taste. Different people find different things appalling. I, for example, find it apalling when someone, without understanding anything(?), becomes personal, rude, insulting and starts with name-calling, in an(other) show of forum-bullying. But who am I to spoil your fun? So, be my guest...

This is clearly an attempt to show that I am guilty of all of those things when it is very clear upon reading this thread that I am not.So now re-read what you just posted and start by applying it to yourself.
Now,I am going to flag this thread for the pointless nonsense it is.Is that bullying?IMHO no but then all I am doing is flagging and it is up to the Mods to remove it- or not.So maybe you'd like to tell them they are forum bullies would you?

This topic has deteriorated into personal attacks and seems unlikely to go in a positive direction now, so it has been locked. Please remember to keep all posts on Thorn Tree relevant and respectful.