I once did a horse riding trip from Ovacick through to Kaya. Not at all happy and me and my son got off and waited in kaya after a horse was being pulled by the stable lads and the girth snapped and the saddle came off and the "moron" on the horse hit the deck with some force, teh horse then bolted into the other horses in front. A car was sent to pick us up from Kaya and we waited at the stables until my husband and daughter returned back. Once all the horses had returned I really noticed the hideous state of the horses - (I hadn't before hand as I was anxious about what lie ahead, my son was also nervous and I was focussing on the fear I had to conquor - I'm not remotely horsey but lets just say I was persuaded). We questioned the stable guy (because my daughter who is animal bonkers was upset about them)who said they were fine and he then asked us not to go up to the horses to get a closer look. They were all covered with what looked like whip marks on the flanks.
My point is we were asked if we had ridden before and we were apparently given appropriate horses, but nothing prepared us for the terrain that lie ahead, hooves slipping on rocks, horses which seemed quite placid (believe me this was the one thing I had observed), becoming very spooked very easily. The whole thing added up to an absolute nightmare from my point of view but if this person had not come off the horse I would probably have carried on - it's a typical reaction I think- not wanting to make a fuss etc - once the opportunity arose for me to make a fuss without it really being my fault, I was on it. I don't think it is unreasonable to continue with a trip even though your senses are telling you something else, and I certainly don't think it unreasonable to give others the heads up about a trip with a well known tour operator in the area, so that they can make an informed decision about trip. We are all different some will kick up a fuss and some won't most importantly we have the right to know of other peoples experiences and this is why we all use this forum as a means to add to our Turkey experience - learn by other peoples mistakes and enjoy some of these great experiences that other on CBF have.
Finally, I was out shopping today and watched a guy blatantly putting stuff into his bag, other people saw, but did nothing, maybe they didn't care, maybe they thought good luck to him, maybe they didn't want to make a fuss. Any way I stopped a member of staff and mentioned this - but said that maybe he was using the bag as a means of getting the items to the till but they may wish to watch him - needless to say he was stopped as he walked out of the door without paying. This was one occasion where I was happy to make a fuss, but others were not.
