Our Maldives holiday was cancelled because of the Middle East war but a last-minute trip to Turkey proved just as heavenly - with no flight chaos and When war broke out in the Gulf in February, travellers found places such as the Maldives, Mauritius and even the Far East suddenly off the map. One writer says Turkey proved a perfect alternative. dailymail.co.uk dailymail.co.uk / feeds dailymail-co-uk .. dailymail-co-uk-travel / / #news / / 12 days 12d Share