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Türkiye’s Fight Against COVID-19 Pandemic

8.10. Measures Taken by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The services provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs within the scope
of the fight against COVID-19 reveal Türkiye’s perspective towards the disease
and prove how much it values humanity as well as the health of humanity. It
is seen that the services delivered under the coordination of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs are also closely linked with the Presidency, the Ministry of
Transport and Infrastructure and the Ministry of Health in certain aspects.

The services delivered under the coordination of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs can be summarized as follows: Bringing home the citizens who live
abroad and wish to come back to Türkiye while abiding by the rules of self-
quarantine, sending the foreigners living in Türkiye back to their country,
providing medical aid to countries in need of assistance and coordinating the
meetings and activities that should be carried out jointly while combating the
pandemic.

Some of the activities carried out under the coordination of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs are indicated below:

• When the outbreak started, 34 citizens consisting of Turkish,
Azerbaijani, Georgian, and Albanian nationals were evacuated from
Wuhan.

• Pilgrims returning from Umrah (10,330) went through health checks
and were housed in student dormitories.

• As of March 25, the date of the flight ban, 401 students in 7 countries
were brought back to Türkiye through 2 different flights.
• More than 60 thousand Turkish citizens from 57 countries have been
brought home in line with the quarantine requirements. 20 thousand
foreign nationals have been allowed to exit the country.

• Turkish personnel abroad have been provided with the necessary
protective materials.
• In total, over 100 countries have requested medical supplies from Türkiye
and medical supplies were sent to 57 different countries.

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