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Old Mar 14, 2022 | 10:42 am
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MaxVO
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Originally Posted by Graciecatt
MaxVO how is it in Turkey with respect to the war in Ukraine? Turkey is pretty close to Ukraine and we are trying to keep our eyes on the situation for our upcoming trip. We're not going until June, so I know a lot can change, but I am curious if there is any effect in Turkey.
I've detected absolutely no impact of that war on Turkey. No one has mentioned it even once. Turkey is not applying or receiving any sanctions (at least now), and is actually getting to export some of its battle drones. The area where I'm staying at the moment (Kusadasi) is about 1K miles from the closest Ukrainian battle field. That's much further away than the previous hot spots close to Turkey. Objectively speaking Turkey might be calmest it's been in decades, now that the "defensive alliance" does less action in the Middle East.
Before I left for my trip, TK did cancel flights to destinations in the war zone. But the hotels where I stayed still had about the same proportion of Russian-speaking guests as usual.
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