Closing in on Departure!

Well, we ordered some foreign currency today so I guess that means we’re committed to heading off to a developing war zone. Should arrive in Turkey on Thursday the 17th. Hmmm..... Hope it stays far to the east of us and the Kurds don’t retaliate in some fashion on Istanbul or Ankara. Will be interesting to see the mood of the country. I imagine things will be a bit tense.

I understand tens of thousands of Kurds are fleeing the area and I read somewhere today that it could reach 300,000 even. Now that’s a major problem, not to mention what will happen to all the locked up ISIS prisoners that were being guarded by the Kurds (the Kurds have been supporting the US in their fight against ISIS). Turkey thinks differently and considers them terroists and wants to destroy them (Erdogan believes so anyway - I gather the Turkish people are not thrilled with him). To learn a bit more about the situation, click the link

https://www.apnews.com/8500277b239b4acab805e5e2….もっと詳しく