1.58 million foreign visitors came to Istanbul in October

Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya announced on his social media account that 1 million 584 thousand 692 foreign visitors came to Istanbul in October. Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya announced that 1 million 584 thousand 692 foreign visitors came to Istanbul in October. In a statement he made on his Twitter account, Yerlikaya said, "The number of foreign tourists who came to our city in the first 10 months of this year was 13 million 372 thousand 526." Yerlikaya listed the top 5 countries in terms of foreign visitor numbers as Russia, Germany, Iran, the USA and the UK.