A few months ago, I joined a group of Grace college students for a trip to Turkey. In addition to many of the sites related to the New Testament, we spent several days in the capital, Ankara, which was the site of a bomb blast that killed three people ealier today. Turkey is a particularly interesting place since the eastern part of the country is culturally closer to the Middle East while the west is quite European. And I think it depends on how one percieves Turkey as to whether or not it seems like a safe place. Several people asked me if I felt safe there. I certainly did - the areas we visited the most were not unlike other parts of Europe I am familiar with. Yet if one thinks of Turkey as part of the middle east, then we might assume that terrorism like this is to be expected. As in many other examples, conclusions are often linked to perceptions.
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