According to new safety warnings from the U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Britons are advised against visiting to some parts of Turkey. In light of fighting on the border with Syria, the FCO has updated its travel advice. The FCO advise against all travel to areas within 10 km of the border with Syria. The travel warning advise against all but essential travel to all other areas of Sirnak, Kilis (including Kilis city) and Hatay provinces the provinces of Diyarbakir, Tunceli and Hakkari.
Britons escape to Turkey to avoid Eurozone countries and the Euro. Fighting in Syria continues in areas close to the Turkish border and there remains a heightened risk of terrorism in the region. The advice added: “Terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks in Turkey. Terrorist groups, including Kurdish groups, Daesh (formerly referred to as ISIL) and far left organisations, continue to plan and carry out attacks.”
2.3 million British nationals visited Turkey in 2018.
As per the advice of FCO, further attacks could be indiscriminate. Most attacks have taken place in the south and east of the country, and in Ankara and Istanbul.
On 24 August 2016, the Turkish military started operations across the Turkey-Syria border near Karkamis and declared special security zones in villages along the Turkey-Syria border in Gaziantep Province.
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