Hi Mich, welcome to the forum, tell your mum not to worry, Turkey and the Turkish people are great, i can't remember why i chose Turkey for a holiday in the first place, but i'm sure glad i did, i've been coming for 11 years now, the last 8 to Calis, and i decided to retire here last May, and i don't think i could be happier anywhere else, enjoy your holiday and the forum. Alan