Australia issues Turkish cities warning
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THE Australian government is warning its citizens against traveling to the Turkish cities of Ankara and Istanbul because of the terrorist threat.
The heightened travel warning issued yesterday followed the deaths of more than 80 people in four separate suicide bombings in the two cities this year, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said.
Australians are advised to “reconsider your need to travel” to the cities — the second-highest danger warning on a four-tier scale.
“Terrorist groups continue to threaten further attacks, including targeting tourists and Westerners,” Bishop said in a statement.
The provinces of Batman, Bingol, Bitlis, Gaziantep, Hakkari, Hatay, Kilis, Mardin, Sanliurfa, Siirt, Sirnak, Tunceli and Van had previously carried the same travel warning.
Turkey overall carries Australia’s second-lowest travel warning, although Australians are advised not to go within 10 kilometers of the Syrian border.
The warning comes as thousands of Australians prepare to travel to Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula to commemorate the anniversary of the landing of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps troops in an ill-fated invasion on April 25, 1915.
Bishop said the Australian government was not aware of any specific threat to ANZAC Day services planned on the peninsula.
Australians traveling to services should minimize any transit time spent in Istanbul and Ankara, she said.
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