- COVID-19 INFORMATION
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Entry into Turkey :
Please check the following website before your travel : Covid-19 Information for Turkey.
Entry and Exit Requirements
- Turkish Airlines: Türkiye Travel Rules
URL: https://www.turkishairlines.com/en-tr/announcements/coronavirus-outbreak/turkey-travel-rules/index.html - A negative COVID-19 test (PCR and/or serology) is not required for entry.
- Thera are no health screening procedures in place at airports and other ports of entry.
Quarantine Information
- U.S. citizens are not required to quarantine.
COVID-19 Testing
- A list of hospitals in Istanbul is available on our website: https://tr.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/doctors/
- You can find the Turkish government’s list of facilities in Turkiye that perform COVID-19 tests at: https://hsgm.saglik.gov.tr/tr/haberler/yetkilendirilmis-covi-d-19-tani-laboratuvarlari.html
- Method of delivery of test depends on the institution.
- For information regarding vaccines received in Turkiye, you may be able to obtain a HealthPass Sertifika from e-Nabız | Turkish Ministry of Health (enabiz.gov.tr)
- Turkish Ministry of Health English language website on COVID-19 can be accessed from: https://www.hssgm.gov.tr/MeasuresOfCovid19
- Visit the FDA’s website to learn more about FDA-approved vaccines in the United States.
Local Resources:
- We recommend that you check with the Turkish authorities for answers to specific questions. To do so, you may call 184 to reach a Turkish-speaking representative, but you may also want to call the number for the Turkish Ministry of Health at 112, where you can request an English-speaking representative. If those numbers don’t prove useful, we suggest you try a hotline that offers help to foreigners +90 352 157 11 22 in several languages.
Other links:
- CDC page on COVID-19
- state.gov Country Information and Travel Advisory page https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/turkey-travel-advisory.html
