{"id":299019,"date":"2025-05-15T22:18:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T16:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=299019"},"modified":"2025-05-17T10:00:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T04:30:04","slug":"exclusive-turkey-tourism-ministry-denies-issuing-viral-letter-urging-indians-not-to-cancel-travel-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/exclusive-turkey-tourism-ministry-denies-issuing-viral-letter-urging-indians-not-to-cancel-travel-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Turkey tourism ministry denies issuing viral letter urging Indians not to cancel travel plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A &#8216;public announcement&#8217; allegedly issued by Turkey&#8217;s &#8216;department of tourism&#8217; urging Indian travellers not to cancel trips to the country has gone viral on social media. The letter, bearing the Turkish flag and the words &#8220;<em>Kamu Duyurusu<\/em>&#8221; (public notice or announcement), says that a &#8220;vast majority of the local population is unaware of the conflict taking place between India and Pakistan&#8221; and thus there is &#8220;no reason to postpone or cancel any trips to T\u00fcrkiye.&#8221; It adds that &#8220;there are no restrictions or safety issues affecting Indian guests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299032 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/turkey-main.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/turkey-main.jpg 1061w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/turkey-main-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/turkey-main-1024x1017.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/turkey-main-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/turkey-main-768x763.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The note has emerged amid calls in India to boycott Turkey after the Indian armed forces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressNoteDetails.aspx?NoteId=154455&amp;ModuleId=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explicitly said<\/a> that Pakistan used weaponry supplied by China and Turkey to target military posts and civilian habitations in the recent conflict. Additionally, after India launched Operation Sindoor targeting terror bases in Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack where 26 civilians were shot dead, Turkey said it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.tr\/no_-97_-pakistan-ve-hindistan-arasindaki-son-gelismeler-hk.en.mfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">condemned<\/a> the &#8220;provocative&#8221; action by India. Since then,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Indians cancelled trips en masse while travel businesses, such as Ixigo, EaseMyTrip and Cox &amp; Kings, suspended bookings to Turkey in a bid to express solidarity with the nation. <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/jnu-suspends-mou-with-turkish-university-citing-national-security-concerns\/articleshow\/121165729.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jawaharlal Nehru University<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jmiu_official\/status\/1922961347123478852?t=T02HoZIHFR6HpX3ZqLesOA&amp;s=08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamia Millia Islamia<\/a> have also suspended their partnerships with Turkish institutes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Social media users who shared this &#8216;public announcement&#8217; seemed to suggest that Turkey was &#8216;begging&#8217; Indian tourists to come visit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The viral letter also made headlines across Indian news outlets. The <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Gn957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Economic Times<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/UVat6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Financial Express<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/KyN8T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News18<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/poQQF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Today<\/a>, and pro-Right mouthpiece <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ZBhaA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpIndia<\/a>, published reports on this, citing social media claims. <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/aCeNw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zee News<\/a> also mentioned the letter without sharing the image in its report.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-299019 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/exclusive-turkey-tourism-ministry-denies-issuing-viral-letter-urging-indians-not-to-cancel-travel-plans\/turkey-bt\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Turkey-BT.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Turkey-BT.png 524w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Turkey-BT-300x128.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/exclusive-turkey-tourism-ministry-denies-issuing-viral-letter-urging-indians-not-to-cancel-travel-plans\/turkey-bt-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Turkey-bt-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Turkey-bt-1.png 517w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Turkey-bt-1-258x300.png 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/exclusive-turkey-tourism-ministry-denies-issuing-viral-letter-urging-indians-not-to-cancel-travel-plans\/turkey-et\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"573\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/turkey-ET.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/turkey-ET.png 573w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/turkey-ET-300x281.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/exclusive-turkey-tourism-ministry-denies-issuing-viral-letter-urging-indians-not-to-cancel-travel-plans\/turkey-fe\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"379\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Turkey-FE.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Turkey-FE.png 379w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Turkey-FE-190x300.png 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/exclusive-turkey-tourism-ministry-denies-issuing-viral-letter-urging-indians-not-to-cancel-travel-plans\/turkey-n18\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"454\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/turkey-N18.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/turkey-N18.png 454w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/turkey-N18-275x300.png 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/exclusive-turkey-tourism-ministry-denies-issuing-viral-letter-urging-indians-not-to-cancel-travel-plans\/turkey-opind\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"544\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Turkey-OPINd.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Turkey-OPINd.png 544w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Turkey-OPINd-271x300.png 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BJP Kerala president and former minister of state for ministry of electronics and information technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/wip\/o7xHy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared the letter on X<\/a> with a firm &#8220;No thank you&#8221;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/wip\/o7xHy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>) Meanw<\/span>hile, Rajya Sabha member and Shiv Sena deputy leader Priyanka Chaturvedi <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/sax8n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, &#8220;Indians won\u2019t come spending money on tourism in a country that uses the same to arm Pakistan&#8221; as she posted the letter on X. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/sax8n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-299019 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/exclusive-turkey-tourism-ministry-denies-issuing-viral-letter-urging-indians-not-to-cancel-travel-plans\/screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20-35-43\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1034\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.35.43.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.35.43.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.35.43-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.35.43-763x1024.jpg 763w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.35.43-768x1031.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/exclusive-turkey-tourism-ministry-denies-issuing-viral-letter-urging-indians-not-to-cancel-travel-plans\/screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20-34-49\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.34.49.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.34.49.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.34.49-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.34.49-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.34.49-768x1113.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">Journalists Vir Sanghvi (<\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">@virsanghvi<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">) and<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Rohini Singh (<\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">@rohini_sgh) also <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">posted the same notice emphasising that it would be irrational to expect Indians to visit a nation that openly offers military support to Pakistan. Sanghvi&#8217;s post had garnered over a million views. (Archives <\/span><a style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\" href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/hAnxC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/wip\/tibKk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-299019 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/exclusive-turkey-tourism-ministry-denies-issuing-viral-letter-urging-indians-not-to-cancel-travel-plans\/screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20-33-26\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.33.26.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.33.26.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.33.26-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.33.26-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.33.26-768x1113.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/exclusive-turkey-tourism-ministry-denies-issuing-viral-letter-urging-indians-not-to-cancel-travel-plans\/screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20-33-54\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.33.54.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.33.54.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.33.54-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.33.54-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.33.54-768x1113.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Sanghvi&#8217;s X post was further amplified by Congress leader Rajeev Shukla, who is an RS MP and the vice-president of India&#8217;s cricket board, BCCI. It was also shared by journalist Swati Chaturvedi.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-299019 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/exclusive-turkey-tourism-ministry-denies-issuing-viral-letter-urging-indians-not-to-cancel-travel-plans\/img-20250516-wa0003\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250516-WA0003-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/exclusive-turkey-tourism-ministry-denies-issuing-viral-letter-urging-indians-not-to-cancel-travel-plans\/img-20250516-wa0004\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250516-WA0004-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>An X user named Paul Antonopoulos (@<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">oulosP), whose bio says he is a journalist, also shared the letter and said that Indians should instead travel to Greece. The post had 1.5 million views at the time this article was written.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1awozwy r-18u37iz r-1wbh5a2 r-dnmrzs\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1wbh5a2 r-dnmrzs\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1awozwy r-18u37iz r-1wbh5a2 r-dnmrzs\">\n<div class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-rjixqe r-16dba41 r-xoduu5 r-18u37iz r-1q142lx\" dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299077 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.25.41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.25.41.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.25.41-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.25.41-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-20.25.41-768x1113.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-18u37iz r-1wbh5a2\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1d09ksm r-18u37iz r-1wbh5a2\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1wbh5a2 r-dnmrzs\">The letter was viral across social media platforms with similar claims.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-299019 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/exclusive-turkey-tourism-ministry-denies-issuing-viral-letter-urging-indians-not-to-cancel-travel-plans\/turkey\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/turkey.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/turkey.png 330w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/turkey-165x300.png 165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/exclusive-turkey-tourism-ministry-denies-issuing-viral-letter-urging-indians-not-to-cancel-travel-plans\/turkey-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/TURKEY-8-1024x549.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/TURKEY-8-1024x549.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/TURKEY-8-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/TURKEY-8-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/TURKEY-8.jpg 1118w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/exclusive-turkey-tourism-ministry-denies-issuing-viral-letter-urging-indians-not-to-cancel-travel-plans\/turkey-9\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/TURKEY-9-1024x557.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/TURKEY-9-1024x557.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/TURKEY-9-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/TURKEY-9-768x418.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/TURKEY-9.jpg 1103w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact Check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To check whether any such letter was formally issued, Alt News first <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reviewed official social media handles of the Turkish government, including the ministry of culture and tourism, and the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality. We found no such announcement or letter. Readers should also note that the official name is ministry of culture and tourism, not &#8216;department of tourism&#8217; as signed off in the letter. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>This notice was not listed in the announcement or press sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktb.gov.tr\/EN-393716\/2025.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">of the m<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">inistry of culture and tourism<\/span><\/a> or<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.tr\/sub.en.mfa?c39fc7ec-2b80-b385-f7a8-2025efd5bc01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the ministry of foreign affairs<\/a>. <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We also found that the press statements or the bulletins issued by either of the ministries looked nothing like the viral notice.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-299019 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/exclusive-turkey-tourism-ministry-denies-issuing-viral-letter-urging-indians-not-to-cancel-travel-plans\/screenshot-2025-05-15-at-19-38-53\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-19.38.53-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/exclusive-turkey-tourism-ministry-denies-issuing-viral-letter-urging-indians-not-to-cancel-travel-plans\/screenshot-2025-05-15-at-19-45-02\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-19.45.02-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This was also corroborated by Turkey-based fact-checking organisation, Malumatfurus, which was the first <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/malumatfurusorg\/status\/1922257728539435279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to post on X<\/a> that the letter was fake. &#8220;&#8216;Kamu Duyurusu&#8217; is correct Turkish translation; yet, why should they use Turkish title in an announcement in English? <\/span>If they are aiming at the Indian population, they shouldn&#8217;t have been using Turkish title,&#8221; they told Alt News, adding that &#8220;The image is not in line with MoCT&#8217;s or Turkish government&#8217;s announcement templates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News then reached out to the ministry of culture and tourism, Turkey, since the sign-off in the viral letter mentioned them. They categorically told us they had not issued it. <strong>&#8220;This letter you mentioned has not been shared by our Ministry,&#8221;<\/strong> a spokesperson told us over email.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum up, the so-called public announcement urging Indians to visit Turkey and shared by many influential social media users is fake. Turkey&#8217;s tourism ministry told Alt News it issued no such letter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Note: This story has been updated with more claims.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A &#8216;public announcement&#8217; allegedly issued by Turkey&#8217;s &#8216;department of tourism&#8217; urging Indian travellers not to cancel trips to the country has gone viral on social media. The letter, bearing the Turkish flag and the words &#8220;Kamu Duyurusu&#8221; (public notice or announcement), says that a &#8220;vast majority of the local population is unaware of the conflict [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":299083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[730,733],"class_list":["post-299019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Exclusive: Turkey tourism ministry denies issuing viral letter urging Indians not to cancel travel plans - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Exclusive: Turkey tourism ministry denies issuing viral letter urging Indians not to cancel travel plans - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A &#8216;public announcement&#8217; allegedly issued by Turkey&#8217;s &#8216;department of tourism&#8217; urging Indian travellers not to cancel trips to the country has gone viral on social media. 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