Travel question: need some help

[Bengalzona]

(11-23-2015, 03:23 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Would you layover in Istanbul Turkey?  

We have a potential 20 hour layover there heading to Minsk.   The other option is a layover In Moscow.  

The deal is insane to go through turkey but I also wonder if it's safe for us to be there.   We know Russia is safe.  But then we also thought it would be cool to mess around in Istanbul, take a tour.  

Please tell me if we are crazy for even thinking of going there ....

Also would going through there put us on a TSA list?  i imagine getting a visa there might raise some flags.

If you are gonna go to a Muslim country, then Turkey is probably the one to go to. You could go check out the Hagia Sofia.

It will not put you on a TSA list.

I'll say this, though: I would not want my flight to go over the Middle East (not including Turkey) or over Ukraine. That would suck getting shot down!