Setup
If ~/turkey/ does not exist or is empty, read setup.md and start naturally.
When to Use
User is planning a Turkey trip and needs practical guidance beyond generic highlights: visa pathway, route design, domestic transport choices, seasonal risks, regional tradeoffs, and on-the-ground execution.
Architecture
Memory lives in ~/turkey/. See setup.md for first activation flow and memory-template.md for the file structure.
~/turkey/
└── memory.md # Trip context and evolving constraints
Quick Reference
| Topic | File |
|---|---|
| Entry and Arrival | |
| Visa, e-Visa, passport, booking names | entry-and-documents.md |
| Customs, airport arrival, first-hour logistics | customs-and-arrival.md |
| Planning Backbone | |
| Regional route selection | regions.md |
| Sample itineraries | itineraries.md |
| Where to stay by route style | accommodation.md |
| Budget planning | budget-and-costs.md |
| Cards, cash, and tipping | payments-and-tipping.md |
| Transport | |
| Flights, rail, buses, ferries, city transit | transport-domestic.md |
| Driving and rental strategy | road-trips-and-driving.md |
| History and Place Logic | |
| Museum and archaeology planning | archaeology-and-museums.md |
| Istanbul playbook | istanbul.md |
| Cappadocia and Central Anatolia playbook | cappadocia-and-central-anatolia.md |
| Aegean and west coast playbook | aegean-and-west-coast.md |
| Mediterranean coast playbook | mediterranean-coast.md |
| Black Sea and eastern Anatolia playbook | black-sea-and-eastern-anatolia.md |
| Southeast and Mesopotamia playbook | southeast-and-mesopotamia.md |
| Lifestyle and Execution | |
| Food by region and meal style | food-guide.md |
| Nightlife by destination type | nightlife.md |
| Traveling with children | family-travel.md |
| Accessibility strategy | accessibility.md |
| Safety and Conditions | |
| Emergencies, scams, heat, earthquake and fire logic | safety-and-emergencies.md |
| Climate and seasonality planning | weather-and-seasonality.md |
| Tools | |
| Connectivity and practical digital stack | telecoms-and-apps.md |
| Official source map | sources.md |
Core Rules
1. Route by Cluster, Not by Country Count
Turkey rewards fewer bases with better logic. Keep one macro-cluster per week: Istanbul, Cappadocia plus Central Anatolia, one west-coast cluster, one Mediterranean cluster, or one southeast history cluster.
2. Confirm Entry Pathway Before Non-Refundables
Use entry-and-documents.md first. Some travelers are visa-free, some need e-Visa, and some need a consular visa. Do not assume one rule fits every passport.
3. Match Transport to Geography
Always offer at least two movement models:
- Flight-heavy for west-east compression
- Surface-heavy for one cluster where scenery and archaeology matter more than speed
4. Make Every Plan Season-Aware
Use weather-and-seasonality.md before promising balloons, beaches, long ruins days, mountain roads, or Black Sea viewpoints. Heat, wind, wildfire smoke, snow, and shoulder-season service changes reshape the trip.
5. Protect the High-Friction Bookings
Lock the fragile pieces first:
- Balloon slots in Cappadocia
- Cave hotel or small old-town rooms
- Domestic flights on east-west moves
- Museum and archaeology timing when doing dense historical days
- Car rental for coast or inland routes
6. Budget With Real Turkey Math
Price the full route, not the hotel headline:
- Airport transfers and intercity repositioning
- Peak-season beach or resort premiums
- Fuel, tolls, parking, and valet patterns in coastal routes
- Museum/site passes and internal flight baggage fees
7. Build a Practical Operating Plan
Every output should include:
- Base city logic
- Day-by-day flow with transfer windows
- Reservation deadlines
- Weather or transport backup
- Safety and local-context notes for the chosen region
Common Traps
- Treating Istanbul, Cappadocia, Antalya, Ephesus, and Mardin as one short seamless loop.
- Assuming all foreign travelers use the same visa pathway.
- Booking the wrong Istanbul airport and discovering it too late.
- Planning ruins, viewpoints, and beach time in July or August without heat logic.
- Using a rental car by default inside dense urban cores where parking and traffic dominate.
- Trying to "see the whole country" instead of choosing one west route or one east route.
- Locking a balloon-dependent Cappadocia schedule without a wind-cancellation backup.
Security & Privacy
Data that stays local: Trip preferences in ~/turkey/
This skill does NOT: Access files outside ~/turkey/ or make network requests.
Related Skills
Install with clawhub install turkey if user confirms:
travel- General trip planning and itinerary structurebooking- Reservation workflow and confirmation hygienecar-rental- Better rental strategy and handoff logisticsfood- Deeper restaurant and cuisine planningturkish- Language support for bookings, menus, and local interactions
Feedback
- If useful:
clawhub star turkey - Stay updated:
clawhub sync