Turkey warns of higher risk of attacks as election approaches
Travellers to Turkey are being warned of an increased risk of attacks in the run-up to this weekend’s elections.
The UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office has updated its travel advice after the Turkish Government highlighted the greater risk of terrorism.
Visitors are advised to be vigilant in the vicinity of polling stations and avoid all demonstrations as the country’s Parliamentary elections take place on Sunday (June 7).
"The terrorist group DHKP-C (Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party Front) has launched a series of attacks in Istanbul in 2015 targeting the Turkish police and judiciary," it said.
"Attacks could be indiscriminate and could affect places visited by foreigners."
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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