Life in the West vs life in the East?

It's a very complicated issue. To say easily, don't be afraid of living in İstanbul. I guess it once had been bombed by El-Kaide in two places at same time by bomb loaded pickups. One was a bank company other was a synagogue. In other situations Turkish Police usually good at finding terrorists in cities. Only problem is sometimes Turkish Army goes for patrols and being aulted with radio controlled mines(so army use jammers for that) by PKK (they are bunch of cowards can't handle fight face to face). In İstanbul poor places have a bad mood whenever i enter such places that police checks my id. If you find neat places to live, you'll probably gonna be ok. It's just like America, you may find places like Manhattan or Hell's Kitchen.