The UK Foreign Office has issued a new warning to holiday makers travelling to Turkey this summer.

Those planning on jetting off to the country have been urged to be vigilant due to upcoming political disruption.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) have updated their advice following the announcement of unscheduled presidential and parliamentary elections in the country, planned for June 24 this year.

Turkey’s snap election was called by president of 15 years, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in April, amid rising opposition to his rule and concerns about the economy.

The UK Government already warns against all travel to within 10km of the border with Syria and to the city of Diyarbakir, while additional security measures may apply on any flights to Turkey.

Turkey is one of the most popular holiday destinations for sun-seeking Brits, despite sharing a border with some of the world’s most unstable countries.

However a number of terrorist attacks throughout 2016 and 2017 have seen a marked slump in the country’s tourism trade.

The country welcomed 42 million overseas tourists - including 1.7 million Brits - in 2014 but by 2016 this number had almost halved at less than 24 million visitors.