Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu announced that three Turkish citizens injured in Egypt were transferred to Turkey by air ambulance. The minister said in a statement on his social media account, 'With the principle of people first, we stand by our citizens wherever they are in the world.'
Memişoğlu said, 'We transferred three citizens who had a traffic accident in Egypt a few days ago to Istanbul by air ambulance. I thank everyone who contributed to this operation and wish our citizens a speedy recovery.'
Last Wednesday, a bus carrying Turkish tourists collided with a truck in the Ras Sidr area in northeastern Egypt, injuring 26 Turkish citizens and one Azerbaijani citizen. Turkey's Embassy in Cairo had previously issued a statement about the accident.