India Sees Sharp Drop in Travel to Turkey, Azerbaijan Amid Public Outrage Over Pakistan Support

India Sees Sharp Drop in Travel to Turkey, Azerbaijan Amid Public Outrage Over Pakistan Support Amid rising public calls for a travel boycott, bookings from India to Turkey and Azerbaijan have seen a sharp decline, with cancellations soaring, following both nations’ support for Pakistan after India's recent military operation against terror targets. Indian travellers have expressed strong sentiments over the past one week, with bookings for Azerbaijan and Turkey decreasing substantially. After the Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor , targeting nine terror locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack —which claimed the lives of 26 civilians, many of them tourists—Turkey and Azerbaijan publicly backed Pakistan. Turkey even called for an international investigation into the attack and reportedly supplied military aid to Pakistan, while Azerbaijan echoed Islamabad’s stance on the conflict. This has sparked widespr...