In Defense of Turkey's TSA
By James Fallows
Dec 1 2011, 5:34 PM ET
Last week I shared a reader's photo of the security scene at the airport in Kayseri, Turkey, where travelers had to pass through a TSA-style screening checkpoint to get into the terminal itself:
Here are responses, starting with someone with a Turkish name:
You noted that in China you walk through a line of police who give you a cursory glance. When going to Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, you undergo this cursory glance when driving into the Airport... the main entrance route is where a soldier takes a little glimpse of the car you're driving into the airport. The key, I guess, is to make sure your illicit cargo is securely out of sight in the trunk.
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