If it is true or not I don´t really know but it is a very strange story and it is very difficult to believe in. I
It is very easy to have problems of language when you are in other country beause you can mispronounce or not understand a word, a name or instructions but in this case it is impossible that someone could travel two or three hours on a train from England and think that they had arrived in Turkey (maybe there is more than 2500 km between them).
I think that Fumiko should study else of Geography before leaving his house.