Is Turkey safe in 2026?

Turkey scores 59.7/100 on the live safety index — mixed — increased caution is advisable. The main pressure on the score comes from military conflict, political instability, natural disasters. The 24-hour AI forecast calls the trend stable (projected 59.2/100).

59.7 /100mixed

Updated — recalculated continuously from global news by multiple independent AI models.

30-day trend

Turkey's score fell by −4.1 over the last 30 days (63.8 → 59.7).

Aug 3 · 63.8Sep 1 · 59.7

Threat breakdown

CategoryPressureScore / cap
Military conflict
18.1 / 30
Political instability
8.1 / 15
Natural disasters
2.4 / 5
Economy
3.7 / 8
Internet freedom
2.4 / 7
Crime
4.5 / 15
Sanctions
0.6 / 4
Ecology
0.1 / 1
Public health
0.1 / 3
Nuclear risk
0.3 / 12

Higher category scores mean more threat pressure; each category is capped by its weight in the 0–100 index. How scores are computed.

Official travel advisory

2 Exercise Increased Caution

The U.S. State Department places Turkey at Level 2 — Exercise Increased Caution citing armed conflict and terrorism. Our live index reads 59.7/100. That advisory was last revised Jun 9, 2026, 84 days ago; the index above is recomputed continuously from current reporting.

Source: U.S. Department of State, revised Jun 9, 2026. Levels run 1 (normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel). This page is not travel advice.

Latest recorded events

24-hour forecast

Trend: stable · projected score 59.2/100 (generated )

Political repression and continuing fires reinforce an already weak downward momentum.

Compared with nearby countries

CountryScore0–100vs Turkey
Turkey59.7
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Cyprus87.5
+27.8
Syria27.5
−32.3
Lebanon41.6
−18.1
Georgia78.4
+18.6
Palestine32.2
−27.6

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