IstanbulTurkey
Sunni Muslim majority (~80%, mostly Hanafi), Alevi minority (~15%), small Christian and Jewish minorities; constitutionally secular but increasingly religiously assertive in public life.
Localized version for English
Istanbul is the largest Turkish city and home to the most secular and religiously plural slice of Turkish society. Turkish apostasy is not criminalized, the constitutional secularism of the republic remains formal even as the broader public sphere has become more religiously assertive under the AKP era, and there is a real and visible ex-Muslim and culturally-Muslim secular community in the city. The leaving experience here is closer to leaving Catholicism in Spain than to leaving Islam in Saudi Arabia — the family cost is significant, the community cost is real, but the legal and physical safety risk is much lower than in the Gulf or Pakistan.
The pillar page on Islam applies, and the section on family-without-legal-overlay will fit better than the safety-first section.
The rebuild is possible, even when it does not feel that way. Elder X works with people leaving every religious tradition, from cities all over the world. If you are in Istanbul and wondering whether anyone gets it — someone does. Write. The first email is just you telling your story in your own words.