UK, EU holidaymakers warned against Turkey travel

British tourists are being told to be vigilant if traveling to Turkey after security officials warned of “terror nests” in bordering countries posing a significant threat to holidaymakers, Anadolu News Agency reported yesterday. The Anadolu statement said that cells in Afrin “pose a threat to Turkey.”

The warning comes as more Europeans — especially tourists from the UK — travel to Turkey for their summer holidays. British nationals made up 2.3 million annual visits to the country in 2018. Despite Daesh militants attacking foreigners and Turkish citizens in recent years, the Turkish government has said Kurdish militia are to blame for the unrest.

Anadolu tweeted: “There are currently 8,000-10,000 terrorists in the Afrin region near Aleppo, near the Turkish-Syrian border, which has been besieged by the PYD/PKK.