Is Tekman safe? Turkey travel risk
Is Tekman safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Tekman scores 48/100 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.
Tekman scores 48/100 (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 Tekman: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (65/100) and crime and scams (35/100).
A score of 48 is higher than the scores of 63% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Turkey travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Geographically located in Erzurum (39.6450° N, 41.5083° E), Tekman sits 740.2 km W from Ankara at 1905 m elevation.
Erzurum
39.6450° N, 41.5083° E
1905 m
Europe/Istanbul
23,195
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Turkey)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (25 °C avg high); Wettest: May (106 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | -1° | 0° | 4° | 9° | 16° | 20° | 24° | 25° | 21° | 14° | 6° | -0° |
| Low °C | -11° | -9° | -6° | -1° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 12° | 8° | 4° | -3° | -10° |
| Rain mm | 37 | 50 | 60 | 75 | 106 | 79 | 54 | 34 | 24 | 41 | 49 | 53 |
Normals: Erzurum (35.4 km away).
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 Tekman happened in August (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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