"....The attacks in Istanbul came at a particularly bad time, Kaleagasi said: "It had longer effects on the spring and summer travel in Turkey, because it was the moment of concluding contracts for that period in the tourist sector." In addition, he said, travel advisories by foreign governments gave the impression that Turkey was as unsafe as Afghanistan or the Middle East. "Suddenly there were many governments asking their citizens not to come to Turkey," Kaleagasi said. "That was a big shock.""
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