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status: not_available
error: "Connection timeout to source domain yigm.ktb.gov.tr and www.ktb.gov.tr — servers unreachable from this environment (TLS handshake/socket connect timeout after 20s)"
date_searched: 2026-04-30T08:17:03.096301+00:00
urls_tried:
  - https://yigm.ktb.gov.tr/ (direct domain — timeout)
  - https://www.ktb.gov.tr/EN-447981/2026.html (listing page — timeout)
search_calls:
  - google: "Tourist Arrivals March 2026 Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism" — returned secondary sources only, no direct bulletin URL
  - perplexity: "Turkey tourist arrivals March 2026 Ministry of Culture and Tourism official release" — confirmed official release not indexed/secondary sources only
retrieval_attempts:
  - browser-use (yigm.ktb.gov.tr) — timed out after 30s
  - browser-use (www.ktb.gov.tr) — timed out after 30s
  - curl (www.ktb.gov.tr) — connection timed out after 20s (HTTP code 000)
notes: |
  Primary source: Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey (Yurtdışı İstatistikler Genel Müdürlüğü).
  Expected publication: Monthly Border Tourism Statistics Bulletin for March 2026.
  Payload expects indicator "Tourist Arrivals" with YoY % change (actual=5, previous=-2.08).
  The ministry's official website appears to be blocking or inaccessible from this network; direct HTTP(S) requests fail at TCP/TLS layer.
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