What does everyone think about an American becoming an Au Pair in Turkey?
I have had contact with a woman who lives in Istanbul Turkey, she's asked me to become her Au Pair I've gotten to talk to her on Skype and have seen her daughter she also whats to have a talk with my mother you know mom to mom she says, she's a university teacher where she lives and I have looked up her school that she teaches at and its legit she's also given me her Facebook well what I'm asking is does everything seem ok I know you guys can't say for sure but I want to know everyone's advice I'm a college student who whats to make sure she's safe ^_^ I have a lot of sense but everyone slips up when they think they know everything She lives in Istanbul and has two kids not just the one (sorry) also I would be living with a friend of theres who is said to be gay, she's sent me pics of the place which her daughter the same one I've seen on the cam was in the background
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I don't know how you become an au pair but if I were you, I would be careful. You never know.
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Probably they genuinely want you in order to teach English with American accent for the little girl. However, do you speak Turkish? Do you think you will be happy in a country, however westernised has deep Islamic routs? I lived in Turkey for 1 year and until now from all the countries I lived in (Lebanon was my fave), Turkey is the least I liked and had most awful experiences however careful I was to avoid them. Is the only country I could not return to visit. Check for pics of short movies about Turkey on the net, youtube.com etc. Some of them are very eye opening.
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i didn't know what the heck was an au pair before i looked it up ^^ anyways, if you made up your mind about moving to Turkey and continuing your education here; then being an "au pair" in fact seems like a pretty good idea, given that you make sure everything about this person seems ok beforehand. where does this woman live in Turkey? the location where she lives could change your experience more than you could imagine. other than that the info you gave about her sounds actually very nice and if true, you should have nothing to worry about. how bout this, maybe you could come along with a friend (preferably a guy if you will) for the first couple of weeks to feel safer and then when you believe there's nothing to worry about, your friend could turn back. good luck!
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londonsth, you question the happiness in turkey because "however westernised has deep Islamic routs" and lebanon is your fav country? it's a beautiful country for sure, but there's discrepancy. LOL are you the jewish troll who just came to this section? do you know what you're talking about well nobody is expecting you to return. we would be happier if the tourist crowd (esp the useless ones) would be less in number (30 million ppl each year,i started to hate touristic towns) there are already many americans and europeans living here, esp istanbul. she could find from them. idk sounds weird. check the website of her school if they have a teacher's page. call her on the phone. but i would be suspicous about such an invitation. anyway depends on how much you know her and how you met. so i cant say anything. at first you may come with your family or another friend. you may come alone too, if you trust.
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The best thing you can do is contact American Consulate in Istanbul. They would probably make a background check for you. http://istanbul.usconsulate.gov/
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