Was surprised some years ago when we had to have malaria tablets
for Turkey (Side)!
We never had to use malaria tablets in Side. Who told you that
you needed them?
This was some 15+ years back, apparently the whole coast is mosquito
marsh. Maybe the regulations have now changed? Took us by surprise!

The regulations changed because the incidence of malaria changed.

The rest of Turkey was OK.

No it wasn't - the area around Diyarbakir, Urfa and Mardin had it worse.

It is 28 years since I first went to Side. Most of the coast between
Antalya and Side was sand dunes, very much like the Dutch coast. It
is 10 years since I was last in Side.

Malaria was almost eradicated in Turkey by 1971. Then an irrigation
scheme near Adana brought about an epidemic in 1977. This was getting
under control when there was a big flare-up in around 1993, as a result
of America destroying Iraq, but further east, where the refugees went.
This was controlled successfully; by 2011 there were only 4 indigenous
cases in the whole of Turkey. This comes from a WHO report and I don't
know what's happened since. The consequences of the West destroying
Syria are unlikely to be good.

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