Barcelona star Arda Turan did his bit for Turkish tourism yesterday by encouraging his followers to travel to his country of birth.

Turan shared a link to the Conde Naste Travller which offers a luxury travel guide for Bodrum, the Datça peninsula, the Turkish coast and the bearded wingers home city Istanbul.

The Turkish international star sent out a tweet on his official Twitter account describing Turkey as an ‘extraordinary destination for holiday’.

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Turkey is an increasingly popular holiday destination for Spaniards with over 350,000 tourists visiting in 2008 alone.

Spain is home to a small Turkish community of 4,000 with Turan among one of the leading pillars in the community.

Turan first moved to Spain in 2012 joining Atletico Madrid from Galatasaray on a then record move from the Super League.

The 29-year-old winger has settled in to life in Spain picking up the local language and has a home in Madrid and now in Barcelona.

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