Turkey evacuates its citizens from US

The Turkish government has begun repatriating its citizens from the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The President of the Federation of Turkish-American Associations TADF, Tulga Tekman, told Report's special correspondent.

According to him, Turkish Airlines carried out the first evacuation from Los Angeles on April 24. "Three planes were allocated by the decision of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the citizens, who could not return to Turkey due to the pandemic, to stay at homeland during Ramadan. The first plane evacuated 270 people, including 13 children, from Los Angeles. The next flight took place on the same day from New York and 354 of our citizens, including 6 children, were sent to Turkey. "

Citizens evacuated by Turkey from the United States will remain in quarantine for 14 days.