The China Post news
Date: July 17, 2016
By: The China Post news staff

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan Saturday urged its citizens to refrain from traveling to Turkey, but maintained that no R.O.C. nationals had been killed or injured in the military coup attempt there.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) issued a red travel alert for Turkey — the most serious warning — and it urged Taiwanese businesspeople and tourists already in Turkey to avoid large crowds.

An EVA Air plane heading to Istanbul early Saturday morning returned to Taiwan with its 166 passengers and 17 crew members after learning that the airport of the Turkish city was closed in the wake of the coup attempt, according to the airline company.

Premier Lin Chuan was immediately informed of the situation in Turkey and he instructed related ministries and government departments to obtain updates on the impact of the coup on R.O.C. nationals, according to Cabinet spokesman Tung Chen-yuan.    [FULL  STORY8]