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British Prime Minister David Cameron

Britain’s Foreign Office issued a travel alert Monday for citizens vacationing in Turkey, warning against “all but essential travel to certain regions.” British nationals are also being told not to go within 10 kilometers (approx. 6 miles) of the Turkish border with Syria.

“There’s been a lot of trouble in Turkey of late,” according to a spokesperson for the Foreign Office who spoke with the UK Daily Express.

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Britons in Turkey face a “high” threat from Da’esh (ISIS), according to the alert, which warned its citizens that Turkey is continuing to launch air strikes against the terror organization.

Ambassadors from all 28 member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are in Brussels today (Tuesday, July 28) for an emergency meeting requested by Turkey last week under Article 4 of NATO’s founding Washington Treaty. Turkey requested the meeting due to the increasing danger facing its troops — posed by ISIS (“Da’esh” in Arabic), and by attacks from the PKK Kurdish Workers’ Party terror organization.

UK officials are becoming increasingly concerned that Da’esh will retaliate against Turkey, thus involving at least some Britons. More than 2.5 million British tourists visit the country each year.

“There’s a high threat from terrorism in Turkey. There are active terrorist groups throughout the country,” the Foreign Office said.

“These include domestic religious extremist and ideological groups, and international groups involved in the conflict in Syria.

“Attacks could be indiscriminate and could affect places visited by foreigners.”

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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.