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2023: Record number of tourists - 17.4 million
Istanbul in 2023 received a record 17.4 million foreign tourists, which is 8.44% more than a year earlier. This is evidenced by the data of the Turkish Ministry of Tourism, published in February 2024.
According to the materials of the department, cited by the Daily Sabah, Russia became the leader in tourist flow to Istanbul: in 2023, 1.99 million Russian tourists visited Istanbul. This is followed by Germany (1.28 million guests) and Iran (1.05 million people). The top ten also includes the United States (853.8 thousand), Britain (701.4 thousand), Saudi Arabia (604.5 thousand), France (589.1 thousand), Italy (431.6 thousand), Iraq (404.6 thousand) and Uzbekistan (389.7 thousand).
At the end of 2023, almost 72% of foreign tourists arrived in Istanbul by air, of which 12.1 million arrived at the International Istanbul Airport in the European part of the city. The number of foreign guests who arrived in the Turkish metropolis by sea in 2023 amounted to 405.6 thousand people.
In December 2023, more than 1.3 million travelers arrived in Istanbul. The largest number of arrivals in Istanbul in December 2023 among Russians is 148 thousand, their share in the total foreign tourist flow is 11.2%. Germany is in second place (97.6 thousand, share - 7.4%), Iran closes the top three (88 thousand, 6.7%). The top five also included Britain (3.8%) and the United States (3.8%). The top 10 included France (3.5%), Italy (2.9%), Saudi Arabia (2.7%), the Netherlands (2.2%) and Uzbekistan (2.1%).
According to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR), among Russians, Istanbul is the most popular city for a long transit stop (the so-called stopover). Turkish Arilines provides a hotel free of charge for long stays in Istanbul. As noted in ATOR, tourists from Russia can stay in the city for several nights, and then continue the trip.[1]
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2022:6 killed in IS terror attack in Istanbul
On November 13, 2022, on the anniversary of the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris (which was organized by IS) in Istanbul, a woman carried out a terrorist attack opposite a cafe very popular with Israeli tourists and expats on Istiklal Street in the city center. The number of victims of the terrorist attack reached six, about 81 people were injured. The suspect, according to Haber Turkiye, managed to escape from the explosion site, and the explosive device was remotely activated. Vice President Fuat Oktay confirmed that the attack was carried out by a woman. Zafer party member Adem Tashkaya named the suspect - Jiyan Tosun, a lawyer for the PKK.
The perpetrator of the terrorist attack comes from Syrian Kobani (Ain al-Arab), one of the settlements that the Turks have identified as the goals of their so far military operation in northern Syria.
Kobani at this time is in the zone of American influence. Yes, formally, Russian troops conduct patrols, but Russia's military-political influence on the Kurds of Syria's Rogava has decreased significantly. This is due, among other things, to the cunning nature of individual Russian military leaders who were dismissive of the Kurds (the phrases "if we are not there, the Turks will quickly begin the operation" are no longer perceived by the Syrian Kurds).
It is beneficial for the Americans to push the Turks to "restore order on the border" and start another military operation in northern Syria. This will force Ankara to spend resources (primarily due to the construction of a gas hub together with Russia), and will also allow you to click on the nose of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which acted as guarantors of the ceasefire in northern Syria, noted the Rybar telegram channel.
The Turkish authorities have been promising to deal with the PKK for a very long time. Yes, only the words with the case are still diverging.
1999: Holding the OSCE Summit in Istanbul
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1954: Danube ice floes block Bosphorus
In 1954, the Danube froze, the current brought giant blocks of ice to the shores of Istanbul and closed the exit to the Black Sea as a traffic jam. A lot of ice floes gathered in the area of the tea garden in Emirgan, and people climbed onto these ice floes and drank tea on them.
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In 1808, in the winter in Istanbul, snowdrifts reached heights of up to 2.5 meters.
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