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Barney Davis

British woman raped in Turkey told by Foreign Office to ‘carry on with your holiday and enjoy it’

A beach in Turkey

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A British woman who reported being raped on a Turkish holiday was told by a Foreign Office official to “carry on and enjoy” the rest of her trip, the public services watchdog has found.

The victim, named only as Ms B, was “treated with contempt” and failed by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), according to the Government’s Ombudsman, whose “mishandling” of her contributed case to her attackers never being found.

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