Turkey’s Ministry of Tourism and Culture is concerned that the country’s tourism sector could collapse due to a possible election victory by the opposition and sanctions against Russia. It has been reported TASS citing a resource in the department.
“If the opposition wins and joins the Western sanctions, it could collapse,” he said.
According to the source, as early as May, Turkey did not count tourists from the Russian Federation after it announced its intention to impose sanctions on Russia if the opposition wins the elections.
Turkey will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on 14 May. If neither candidate receives 50 percent of the vote, the second round of the presidential election will be held two weeks later, on May 28. According to the survey conducted by the research company ORC, presidential elections in Turkey it will end A single opposition candidate, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, will win with 51.7% of the votes in the first round. The ORC survey was personally conducted with 3,920 participants from 28 provinces between 10-11 May.