Travel Issues to Turkey

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For starters it's very likely that the US/Turkey visa situation will be resolved in the next few days. Further, US citizens are still allowed enter Turkey by obtaining a visa on arrival IF they are arriving in Turkey from a country other than the US, which you will be.

But to answer the specific question you've asked, you will not have any issues if you do not have a stamp in your passport for the countries you've visited. For example, Israel does not stamp passports at all so you definitely will not have a stamp from there (although you will have a small card with the equivalent details, I've never been asked to provide it by US immigration despite many trips between Israel and the US.

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I heard a new regulation started that officers are supposed to check the stamps of the countries you visited

I have never heard of such US regulations, and have never had my stamps checked (which would take a while even if they tried). So there are no concerns.

currently US citizen are not allow to travel or get visa to Turkey

According to this article, the situation is a bit different. First, travel for US citizens who already possess a valid visa doesn't seem to be affected. Second, it seems like US citizens just can't get Turkish visas in US, it is not like we are not allowed to get those visas at all.

Not to mention, AFAIK, the US Government has no legal power to prohibit US citizens from traveling to a specific country; even in Cuba embargo they only prohibit us to spend money there.

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There is no such regulation (checking stamps), and even if, it wouldn’t be possible to execute. Many people enter the US on a Global Entry card, or through a land border with the passport card, and never use their US passport (I don’t even carry it normally when going to Europe). Also, many countries stamp passports only randomly or not at all.

There is a lot of incorrect information about stamps in passports around, like the sequences would matter, or the completeness. None of this matters much; the only thing relevant is that some countries check for their own entry stamp when you leave, and a small number of countries disallow you if you have specific other stamps (of their favorite enemies).

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