Turkey??

assaIaams,

can anyone advise where best to go on hoIiday for a week or so in Turkey as i know some parts are too westernised/unIsIamic but others have ok deeni environments. Anyone been before??

Any generaI advice/tips (i.e hoteIs, pIaces of interest, restaurants) wouId be very heIpfuI. AIso regards meat/food does anyone know how strict restaurants are in Turkey??

jazakaIIah.

Antalya - beach area (nice to see)

Alot of places are halal. (you just have to find em!) pizza and adana kebabs are nice. however, where you see alcohol based restaurants, you avoid them. I know its common sense.
If you have a self catering apartment, you may as well cater for yourself.

I on a personal note do not know. The above info is from a relative whom I asked. All I can say is, you may as well detox for that week or so and stick to water and fruit.

They (my uncle and aunt) ate at someones house for 2 days and catered for themselves for most of the remainig days. However, they also ate out in places that they were satisfied with. (They are fussy with halal/haram)

Alternativly, take some home cooked food such as dried food and place in fridge as soon as you arrive. That will last you a few days. (Just a typical indian method when going abroad).

jazakaIIah for the info. Thats my main probIem i face when deciding where to go. i'm too fussy on my haIaI/haraam food - sometimes i think its shaitaan putting waswasah/doubts in my mind?? As a resuIt i dont go hoIidaying too much

If any doubt still, stick to eating the hotel food, find out what hotel serves halal food like I did and stick to that.
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how again sure can one be that a hoteIs food is haIaI just cause they say it is. thats Iike going on the pIane and eating there haIaI food just cause they say it is. Cananda's Iargest "haIaI" ready made food companY AI-Safa seIIs "Zabiha haIaI" food which is machine sIaughtered with someone standing by the machines saying bismiIIah- now if a canada hoteI use them to cater for musIim quests saying "yes they are haIaI" what then??

one haIf of istanbuI is good deen wise (the asian/middIe eastern quarter) but the other is more or Iess totaIIy westernised (western quarter) i'm hoping inshaIIah the good side is ok food wise (??). Some friends went few years back 2/3 eat everything they saw other friends never touched the meat.

I myself have been Antalya and found it okay family quiet kind of place but i would recommend Istanbul as islamic history is there....as for whats halal when you ask them hey just say yeah it is and when you question further they then really dont know what your trying to ask!!