Turkey revises quarantine rules for Pakistani students, work permit holders
ANKARA/ISLAMABAD, AUG 7: The Turkish government has eased quarantine rules for Pakistani students returning to university after the summer break.
According to the new rules,
students will be allowed to quarantine at their dormitories instead of hotels.
They will have to isolate for 10 days.
Students will be quarantined at
the Higher Education Credit and Hostels Institution’s (KYK) Muhteşem Süleyman
Dormitory in Istanbul and Tahsin Banguoğlu KYK Dormitory in Ankara.
The new rules came into effect
August 6. The Pakistan Embassy in Ankara said students will have to show a
valid student identification document showing that they study in Turkey.
Pakistani students studying at
universities in provinces other than Istanbul or Ankara, will only be able to
travel to the provinces where their registered universities are based after the
end of the quarantine period.
Work/residence permit holders
People from Pakistan with valid
residence and work permits will be exempted from hotel quarantine and will be
allowed to quarantine at their residence.
They will only be allowed to go
to their residence by private vehicle and cannot use domestic flights or public
transport.
Tourists from Pakistan will be quarantined at the designated hotels like before.
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