Iran lifts ban on tours to Turkey
By Trend
Iran has lifted a ban on tours to Turkey that was instated following the failed military coup of mid-July that sought to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicraft, and Tourism Organization said the decision to lift the ban followed assurance that peace has returned to Turkey and Iranian tourists will no more be threatened by the heated circumstances that followed the coup attempt, the organization’s public relations reported August 13.
Turkey’s tourism sector went into a freeze in the days following the coup.
After the coup, Iran and Turkey turned on a new page in diplomatic relations, culminated in Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s August 12 visit to Ankara where the sides reaffirmed their friendship.
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