Turkish group says case against Booking.com is not political
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The head of a Turkish travel association says a court ruling in Turkey against Booking.com, a travel website based in the Netherlands, is not linked to political tension between the two countries.
Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency quoted Cetin Gurcun, secretary general of the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies, as saying Thursday that the association had lodged a case against Booking.com for "unfair competition" in 2015. Gurcun says ties between Turkey and the Netherlands were good at the time.
A Turkish court on Wednesday ordered a halt to Booking.com activities in Turkey while the legal case is ongoing.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Relations between the two countries deteriorated in recent weeks over Dutch restrictions on Turkish ministers' efforts to campaign for diaspora votes ahead of a referendum on whether to expand the Turkish president's powers.