Turkey Advises Its Citizens Against Travel to Europe Following ... - SchengenVisaInfo.com

The Turkish government has advised its citizens to prevent visiting Europe, citing anti-Muslim and anti-Turkish activities as the reasons for the travel advisory.

According to the travel warning, Europe shouldn’t be a travel destination for Turkish citizens as “possible Islamophobic, xenophobic and racist attacks” may occur, indicating recent incidents that happened in Denmark and Sweden, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.

Turkey has been angered by Rasmus Paludan, a far-right activist that set the Quran on Fire in Sweden and Denmark earlier this month, while another far-right activist desecrated the sacred book as a provocative act in the Netherlands. The Mediterranean country also advised its citizens in foreign countries to stay away from areas where protests might escalate.

Meanwhile, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced Paludan’s act and said it was an insult to everyone, especially the Muslim community. Erdogan also warned Sweden not to expect support regarding its membership in NATO, as a report by the news agency Associated Press reads.

In addition to Europe, Turkey has issued a travel advisory for the United States citing “verbal and physical attacks against foreigners and acts of racism committed throughout the [country]”, while similar moves advising against travel to Turkey came from Nordic countries such as Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway. The same countries have also called on their citizens that are currently in Turkey to avoid protests.

Turks are protesting in front of the Swedish Embassy in Ankara and Istanbul after far-right demonstrations of Kurdish Protests in Stockholm have occurred.

“We want to make Swedes in Turkey aware that further manifestations may occur,” the Swedish Foreign Ministry wrote in a statement published on its website.

The incident of the Quran burning in Stockholm has fuelled Sweden to join the NATO alliance, where Turkey is a member. However, the Mediterranean country said it wouldn’t support Sweden’s application to join the alliance after the far-right protests occurred.

In addition to Nordic countries, several embassies in Ankara such as France, Germany, Italy and the United States warned their citizens in Turkey regarding “possible retaliatory attacks by terrorists against places of worship.” Foreign citizens in Turkey are advised to skip visiting tourist hotspots in Turkey until further notice.

The current rules under which NATO operates regulate that all 30 members of NATO must agree so that new countries to join the pact. Finland, which also applied for NATO membership with Sweden, might have to join the alliance alone.

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