Is Polatlı safe? Turkey travel risk
Is Polatlı safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Polatlı scores 51/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). 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.
Polatlı scores 51/100 (Elevated). 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 Polatlı: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (65/100) and health and medical access (55/100).
A score of 51 is higher than the scores of 69% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Polatlı belongs to Ankara (Turkey), centered at coordinates 39.5842° N, 32.1472° E (855 m above sea level). Distance to Ankara is 71.3 km towards the ENE.
Ankara
39.5842° N, 32.1472° E
855 m
Europe/Istanbul
128,378
Emergency & Aviation Access
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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 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Polatlı happened in June (2 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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