Turkey Plans First Nudist Hotel

The Turkish government will allow the country’s first nudist hotel to open next month, in a move seen by some as part of liberalization efforts intended to gain Turkey membership in the European Union. Hotel Adaburnu-Gelmar will be opened in Datca, on the southwest coast of Turkey, on May 1. The hotel will have its own beach, but guests will not be allowed to venture into other nearby sea sides. “We have the go-ahead from the Turkish government,” Lynsey Pittaway, an operations and sales executive for Peng Travel, a UK-based provider of naturist holidays, told The Media Line. “It’s hotel standard, it’s all inclusive and it’s in a remote area so it’s taken off quite well.” “We know it’s a Muslim country but it’s remote,” she said of the location, adding that clients have not shown concern over attending a nudist hotel in a country with a relatively modest, conservative culture. “After 20:00, everyone is fully dressed anyway.” The hotel will allow nudity on the hotel grounds from 8a.m. to 8p.m.
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