'They help our enemy Pakistan': Indian traders boycott fruit from Turkey | Today news
After the support of Turkey for Pakistan, the calls to boycott Turkish goods and tourism across the country, with traders boycotting Turkish products such as apples and marble. In fact, travel platforms such as EasemyTrip and Ixigo also issued advice against the visit to these countries. An owner who sold fruit in Odisha Bhadish rack expressed the disapproval of importing any product from Turkey, saying that they were helping ‘enemy Pakistan’. “We will not import or sell fruit from Turkey because it helps our enemy Pakistan,” he said by Ani. Another fruit seller reflects a similar sentiment and said: “… Turkey helps Pakistan and provides it with war equipment. They act in favor of terrorists. Pakistan is treated as a terrorist country … Our Indians are opposed to it, and we must boycott the fruits produced by Turkey … Others have accused Turkey of using Indian markets revenue to help Pakistan against New -Delhi and promise to stop selling all products from the Western Asian country. ‘Turkey gave drones to Pakistan, which was used to attack India. That’s why we decided to stop selling Turkish fruits, ‘said an up -fruit seller. Shadab Khan, a fruit dealer in Ghaziabad, said they started boycotting all products from Turkey. ‘Apart from apples, several other fruits have been imported from Turkey. We took this step because Turkey supported Pakistan. Turkey did a good business earlier in India, but now we have ended all trade with it. We will never import anything out of Turkey in the future, ‘he claimed. Similarly, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) canceled an agreement with Turkey’s inonu university amid anger over Turkey’s support for Pakistan. Turkey faced great anger for his support for Pakistan after Operation Sindoor – a retaliation against terror targets after the Pahalgam attack. Pakistan’s use of drones – reported according to Turkish origin – has increased further tensions with India against Indian targets. However, after four days of intense border border missile and drone strikes, both countries agreed on May 10 to stop military action.