The FCDO has issued guidance for Turkey holidaymakers, saying some parts of the holiday destination are off limits.

The Foreign Office has issued a warning for UK tourists travelling to Turkey. The FCDO has issued guidance for Turkey holidaymakers, saying some parts of the holiday destination are off limits.

The FCDO says your travel insurance could be invalidated if you travel against advice from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). The Foreign Office has put some Turkey destinations off-limits.

The FCDO said the areas off-limits are “due to fighting and a heightened risk of terrorism.” It added how, while 24-hour consular assistance is available by phone or online, in-person consular support is severely limited in areas where it advises against travel.

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It warned against travel to:

• all travel to within 10km of the border with Syria

Regional escalation poses significant security risks and has led to travel disruption, the Foreign Office went on to add.

A ballistic missile launched from Iran and heading towards Turkish airspace via Iraq and Syria was destroyed by NATO air defence systems, Turkish officials said Wednesday.

The defence ministry said it had been “engaged and neutralised by NATO air-and-missile defence assets deployed in the eastern Mediterranean”.

A Turkish official, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said the missile had been “aimed at a base in Greek Cyprus but veered off course”.

Officials said fragments that fell in the Dortyol district in southern Turkey, near the Syrian border, had been identified as pieces of the interceptor used to neutralise “the threat in the air”.

Reacting to the incident, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a call with Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan “that attacks on Turkey’s sovereign territory were unacceptable and pledged full support from the United States,” State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said.

“NATO stands firmly with all allies, including Turkiye, as Iran continues its indiscriminate attacks across the region,” NATO spokeswoman Allison Hart said, using Turkey’s official name.

“Our deterrence and defence posture remains strong across all domains, including when it comes to air and missile defence.”

The United Arab Emirates “strongly condemned” the missile launch as a “serious escalation”, the foreign ministry said in a statement.