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Turkey Tourism: 'Agents' knowledge of the range of options Turkey offers is crucial to us'

Destinations
Gary Noakes
29 July 2025

Turkey’s efforts to extend the summer season and shift the spotlight onto lesser-known destinations is bearing fruit, and agents stand to benefit, Turkey’s tourism lead tells TTG’s Gary Noakes.

Sinan Seha Turkseven heads Turkey's tourism promotion and development agency (Credit: Turkey Tourism)

If you had to name one destination in every mainstream operator’s sight this summer, it’s Turkey.

Despite soaring inflation and its proximity to some of the world’s trouble spots, UK consumers are flocking there following significant investment by the likes of Jet2 and Tui, and new airlift from Turkish carriers like SunExpress, Pegasus, Ajet, Mavi Gok and Corendon.

Pre-Covid, 2.5 million Britons would visit; last year, this figure had grown by nearly another two million, making the UK Turkey’s third-largest market behind Germany and Russia.