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Turkey bringing home citizens stranded in Europe amid coronavirus lockdowns

Turkey will quarantine its citizens who return home after travel abroad.

A passenger wears a protective face mask in light of the coronavirus, upon arrival at Istanbul Airport, Turkey, March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Florion Goga - RC28JF95WH9J
A passenger wears a protective face mask in light of the coronavirus, upon arrival at Istanbul Airport, Turkey, March 13, 2020. — REUTERS/Florion Goga

As Turkey grapples with a growing coronavirus outbreak, the government will bring home some 3,000 Turkish citizens stranded in the nine European countries on Turkey’s new banned-travel list. 

"Those 3,614 citizens will be brought home by 34 Turkish Airlines charter flights by midnight on Tuesday," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said, according to state-run Anadolu Agency

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