Violence against Armenian tourists in Turkey

[UrMistake]

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In Turkey, or any eastern European/middle-eastern destination, nobody in their right mind should stay in a hotel frequented predominantly by Russians (or ROA Armenians). Such hotels are generally centers of criminal activities (prostitution, drug supply and smuggling, etc) involving both their staff and their guests. What sort of hotel has "security guards"? And what sort of tour company is the "Tez Tour travel agency"?

Bell if only you know what kind of other activities the armenians are doing there and all over the world...its like big gangster family the word Omerta is made to describe the evil armenian deeds..

[Davo88]

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Disparition suscpete d’une arménienne enceinte

lundi2 août 2010, par Ara/armenews

Selon Hayots Achkhar, un citoyen d’Arménie, une jeune femme de 29 ans enceinte de six mois a disparu à Ankara dans des circonstances indéterminées. Ses proches craignent qu’elle n’ait été kidnappée. D’après Arminfo, le Ministère des AE arménien s’est associé aux recherches de la ressortissante arménienne. Le même quotidien fait état de l’agression d’un père et d’un fils, ressortissants arméniens, dans un hôtel en Turquie. Le quotidien conseille aux voyageurs arméniens de ne pas oublier l’absence de relations diplomatiques entre la Turquie et l’Arménie, ce qui signifie l’absence de mécanismes de défense des ressortissants arméniens dans ce pays.

http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=63018

So basically, what this is saying that a 29 year old pregnant woman disappeared in Ankara under unknown circumstances. Her close ones say that she has been kidnapped...

[Mos]

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Armenian government should ban Armenians from going to Turkey; at least until there are diplomatic relations, though I would still discourage it. What's next? taking vacation to Baku and paying thousands of dollars to Azerbaijan?

[Jos]

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Armenian tourism to Turkey appears to be booming.... Tez Tour still at it.

Armenian tourists prefer Turkey's south, east

Wednesday, August 4, 2010
VERCİHAN ZİFLİOĞLU
YEREVAN - Hürriyet Daily News

Ignoring the calls of their national press to boycott Turkey, many Armenians are choosing the Turkish Mediterranean coast for their summer vacations.

According to travel-agency figures, 50,000 Armenian tourists visited the southern Turkish province of Antalya in 2009 and such visitors are from the highest income bracket.

Narine Davityan, the manager of Tez Tour, believes the southern town of Bodrum, in Muğla province, will dethrone Antalya next year as an attraction for Armenian tourists. Adding that the tours Tez organizes to both locations would continue through October, Davityan told the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review: “The prices are climbing depending on the season. Despite the price increase, there is not the slightest decline in demand.”

Tour prices vary between $500 and $2,000 according to the type and standards of hotel accommodation, and whether it is full-board or half-board.

Despite the closed borders and the crippled relationship between the two countries, Armenians’ demand for Turkey trips has also affected the aviation industry. In addition to regular weekly flights between Yerevan and Istanbul by Armavia Airlines (the national airliner of Armenia) and Atlas Jet, tour operators have recently begun flights between Antalya and Yerevan via Airbus 300 charter planes hired from Armavia Airlines.

The flights between Antalya and Yerevan occur twice a week, and, according to tour operators’ figures, demand is high. Statistically, the demand for tours to Turkey is followed by the demand for tours to Cairo and Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, as well as to Dubai.

According to figures by Davityan, Tez Tour has taken 7,000 Armenian tourists to Antalya: “We started our tours three years ago. Every year there is a 30 percent boost in demand, and this is really promising.”

Valer Muradyan, the manager of Nekevank Tour, confirmed the high demand for Turkey, adding that the company is taking Armenian tourists to Antalya twice a week. He said each tour operator has its own pricing policy, and the prices vary according to the type of accommodation and the standards of the hotels with which the operators contract. Muradyan said high agency’s prices range between $300 and $500, adding that tour operators in Armenia have already started making bookings for next year.

“We only have tours for Antalya, and there is a new demand for Bodrum. Perhaps we will include it in our program next year. Our tours will continue through October,” he said.

Cultural tourists prefer eastern Turkey

Although beach lovers prefer Antalya and Bodrum, not all Armenians are after sea and sun for their vacations. Those who look for culture and history instead favor Istanbul and eastern Turkey. Among the eastern provinces, the most preferred are Kars, where the ruins of the ancient Armenian city of Ani are located, and Van, famous for the Surp Harç Church on Lake Van’s Akdamar Island, which opens in September for one annual service.

Davityan said tour operators are doing their best to meet the demand by introducing new package programs. “Despite the closed borders, the tourism capacity is fascinating,” the Tez Tour manager said. “I cannot imagine how much it will prosper once the borders are opened again.”


http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.p...uth-2010-08-03

[bell-the-cat]

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Armenian tourism to Turkey appears to be booming.... Tez Tour still at it.

Armenian tourists prefer Turkey's south, east

Wednesday, August 4, 2010
VERCİHAN ZİFLİOĞLU
YEREVAN - Hürriyet Daily News

Ignoring the calls of their national press to boycott Turkey, many Armenians are choosing the Turkish Mediterranean coast for their summer vacations.

According to travel-agency figures, 50,000 Armenian tourists visited the southern Turkish province of Antalya in 2009 and such visitors are from the highest income bracket.

Narine Davityan, the manager of Tez Tour, believes the southern town of Bodrum, in Muğla province, will dethrone Antalya next year as an attraction for Armenian tourists. Adding that the tours Tez organizes to both locations would continue through October, Davityan told the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review: “The prices are climbing depending on the season. Despite the price increase, there is not the slightest decline in demand.”

Tour prices vary between $500 and $2,000 according to the type and standards of hotel accommodation, and whether it is full-board or half-board.

I wonder if this is to do with the visa regime in Turkey compared to that of European destinations. Resorts in, say, Greece or Cyprus would be only marginally more expensive than Turkey, if at all. So is it easier and cheaper for ROA Armenians to get tourist visas for Turkey than for Europe?

[bell-the-cat]

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2 hotel reviews found for Aventura Park Hotel

Katastrophe! Nicht zu empfehlen!

Achtung Baustelle und Personalhorror!

And one in English

Ruschen found the general condition of Aventura Park Hotel in Okurcalar horrible. The hotel's transportation connections and excursion options could have been better. There were some mediocre shopping options near the hotel. The impression of the check-in process was a nightmare. The hotel's staff did not seem to handle the complaints effectively. The food was found pretty good. The cleanliness of the restaurant was found to be rather good. It was complained that the leisure time facilities were more than deficient. No provisions have been made for the care or the entertainment of children. The room in Aventura Park Hotel was mentioned as not at all clean, in fact, it was found atrocious.

And here it gets a score of 1 out of 10.

http://www.zoover.com/turkey/mediterraan/okurcalar/aventura-park-hotel/hotel

95% van de gasten waren asociale Russen die eten als beesten. "95% of the guests were antisocial Russians who eat like animals".

[Tigranakert]

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Pregnant Armenian woman murdered in Turkey
August 07, 2010 | 18:15

The Armenian citizen Anna Davtyan, who disappeared in Turkey about three weeks ago, has been murdered. The Sabah newspaper reported that 29-year-old Anna Davtyan, a resident of Charentsavan, Armenia, who was five months pregnant, disappeared in mid-July. A few days ago there were rumors in Charentsavan that the Armenian woman’s body had been found.

Talking to a RFE/Radio Liberty correspondent, Charentsavan Mayor Hakob Shahgaldyan confirmed the information. He reported that the woman’s mother, who left for Turkey to find her daughter, identified her body 90%. The transportation of the body to Armenia has encountered problems - the body shows the signs of torture. The young woman’s parents are expecting DNA analysis results.

One more problem is that Armenia and Turkey have no diplomatic relations.

[Azar]

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Are Iranians safe if they goto Turkey? It sounds dangerous.

[araratsi]

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Hi Azar

I would say not because Turcks say the only friend a Turck has is another Turck

[retro]

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I wonder if this is to do with the visa regime in Turkey compared to that of European destinations. Resorts in, say, Greece or Cyprus would be only marginally more expensive than Turkey, if at all. So is it easier and cheaper for ROA Armenians to get tourist visas for Turkey than for Europe?

A lot of Europeans go to resorts in Turkey, as it's far cheaper than the Balkan states. Armenians should shell out more for a visa and flight and hoilday in Spain. Accommodation and eating out is cheap there and the nightlife is very good.

Spanish women aren't bad either, even if they are crazy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhEp_fI-LU0