Turkey has long been a favourite destination for European tourist and has steadily grown in popularity over the last 15 years. Dramatic political and economic changes since the turn of the millennium have seen stable non-coalition government and for the first time in 30 years single figure inflation figures.

These changes have brought Turkey to the door of European membership and brought about investment in infrastructure not seen in the preceding decades, making transit to and from and within the region much more accessible.

This situation has not gone without notice by people who know th....