Turkey awaits to evacuate 322 citizens stranded in Gaza

According to the Turkish Foreign Ministry, 322 Turkish citizens, 104 citizens of northern Cyprus, and 214 Palestinian relatives of Turkish nationals applied to Turkey to be evacuated from Gaza.

Gaza is under heavy bombardement of Israel which resulted in thousands of deaths.

Reuters

Some 700 people, including Turkish, Palestinian, and northern Cypriot citizens, have applied to Turkey to be evacuated from Gaza, Deputy Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Yıldız said on Oct. 19.

Speaking in parliament's foreign affairs commission, Yıldız said 322 Turkish citizens, 104 citizens of northern Cyprus and 214 Palestinian relatives of Turkish nationals were waiting to be evacuated.

He added another 55 Turkish civil servants, including state media and health ministry personnel, were among those waiting.

During a visit to Egypt at the weekend, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan had said there were around 300 Turkish citizens in Gaza and around 30 of them had been evacuated since fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas started on Oct. 7.

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