Turkey, Azerbaijan Face Indian Boycott After Backing Pakistan Over Operation Sindoor

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Last Updated:May 14, 2025, 08:10 IST

Indians are boycotting Turkey and Azerbaijan arsenic they supported Pakistan aft India launched Operation Sindoor. Turkish drones were besides utilized by Pakistan against India.

Indian question companies are boycotting services for Turkey successful the aftermath of caller tensions. (Reuters/File)

‘Operation Sindoor’ has go a defining infinitesimal not lone for India-Pakistan ties, but besides for India’s relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan, arsenic a monolithic ‘Boycott Turkey and Azerbaijan’ question has gained momentum successful the country, with salient Indian businesses and adjacent politicians voicing support.

This came aft Turkey not lone sided with Pakistan, portion the remainder of the satellite was condemning the heinous panic onslaught successful J&K’s Pahalgam, but Turkish Songar drones were besides utilized by the Pakistan Army to people India’s subject bases and civilian infrastructure.

Shiv Sena UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi posted a video connected X, appealing to the citizens to boycott Turkey and Azerbaijan, which sided with Pakistan aft the panic onslaught successful Kashmir. She besides urged them not to sojourn these 2 countries, which gain a ample chunk of wealth done tourism, and sojourn different countries arsenic portion of vacation plans that backed India successful its combat against terrorism.

All this has led to a wide telephone for boycotting Turkish products, and galore are discouraging chap Indians to debar travelling to Ankara. Several traders accidental they person present decided to boycott Turkish apples.

“We person decided to halt buying apples from Turkey due to the fact that it supports Pakistan, and alternatively similar to bargain apples from Himachal and different areas. India was taking enactment against terrorism, but Turkey supplied drones to Pakistan. Retail customers are besides saying that they bash not privation Turkish apples," said Suyog Zende, an pome trader astatine Pune’s APMC market.

Several Indians are boycotting question to Turkey and person called connected airlines to suspend immoderate signifier of concern with the country. “India indispensable re-define its relations with Turkey. Any statement connected route-sharing betwixt immoderate Indian airlines and Turkish airlines indispensable beryllium terminated," said erstwhile UP constabulary main Prakash Singh.

Moreover, Goa Villas has decided not to connection immoderate accommodation services to Turkish citizens successful Goa successful airy of Ankara’s stance during the India-Pakistan conflict. Some radical person adjacent opted for Greece arsenic a suitable question destination alternatively than Turkey.

Udaipur marble traders said that they person ended their concern with Turkey for siding with Pakistan astatine specified a important juncture.

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