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Turkey hopeful of escaping red list this week, says embassy

Government
James Chapple
24 August 2021

Turkey is hopeful of escaping the UK’s red list this week, the country’s embassy in the UK has told Sky News.

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Mavi Gok will fly three times a week to Antalya from Gatwick (Credit: Nihat Sinan Erul / Unsplash)

The destination has been off-limits to UK travellers for much of the key summer season after it was placed on the red list in May.


However, the Turkish embassy said in a statement provided to Sky the data on Turkey’s epidemic supported a favourable reclassification under the UK’s traffic light regime.


The latest three-weekly update to the system is due this week, with any changes likely to come into effect at the weekend or early next week.


"The scientific data on Covid-19 support our expectation that Turkey will be removed from the red list at the upcoming review," said the embassy.