Is Lice safe? Turkey travel risk
Is Lice safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Lice scores 47/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Turkey Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 9 Jun 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 15 Oct 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Lice scores 47/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Turkey (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Lice: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (65/100) and crime and scams (35/100).
A score of 47 is higher than the scores of 62% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Turkey travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 38.4500° N, 40.6500° E in Diyarbakır, Lice features an altitude of 979 m. The settlement is located 691.8 km WNW from Ankara.
Diyarbakır
38.4500° N, 40.6500° E
979 m
Europe/Istanbul
24,364
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Turkey)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Lice happened in February (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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