> Bacca's naked, strangled, and decomposing body was found in bushes

> DNA testing suggested that Bacca was raped by multiple people, and not just Karataş.

How sad. Looks to me like the dangerous part is doing so as a woman, not the direction.

Being a woman may expose you to extra risks, but it doesnt mean men are safe there.

Of course, I just meant that it seems to have been the main factor in her story, rather than the fact that she entered Turkey from Europe. I can't really draw any general conclusions out of a sample of two; well, one, because this runner apparently didn't cross Turkey, so not really a similar route.

They made it fine when going through Europe.

You surely understand one travels through the same countries when doing the same route in either direction. That's not what we meant here.

You surely realize that you stop traveling when dead? In which case direction matters.

These are not the same paths so direction is meaningless. This runner did not travel through Turkey