Country travel restrictions

Please review our travel restrictions page for the requirements for entering Turkey. For flight restrictions applied by other countries, please review the travel news page provided by IATA.

HES code application

In accordance with the decision taken by the Ministry of Health, all passengers planning to fly on domestic flights are required to obtain the HES code. You can obtain your code from our Hayat Eve Sığar page.

Travel Permit Document requirement for Turkish citizens aged 65 and over

Due to the travel restrictions applied by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Turkish citizens 65 years of age and older, it is mandatory to obtain a Travel Permit Document from the relevant authority in order to board the flight. To obtain a Travel Permit Document, you can apply to the district governorship, call 199 or apply via e-government.

Elevators

Because of Social Distancing, we would appreciate it if you would share the elevators with minimum amount of people and not share it with another guests or employee.

Lobby

The seating arrangement of our lobby is regular with hygiene and social distance policies.

Safety and Cleanliness

We’ve increased our hygiene standards to a maximum level. Beside using chlorinated surface cleaners and alcohol-based disinfectants for daily cleaning and disinfection of bathrooms, we also disinfect the common areas using nanotechnologic anti-viral applications. Ozone machines are used in all the rooms and common areas, in order to maintain the cleanliness level of the air.

We are doing everything we can to ensure your travel safety and provide maximum flexibility as the situation around novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve. 

Safe travels

As we increase our safety measures, we trust you’ll also do your bit for the safety of our  patients.

How you can protect others:

• Keep on top of good hand hygiene.
• Maximum  2 passengers are taken in the vehicle.
• Respect social distancing.
• Support our staff and follow their guidelines.
• We ensure that our employees are 100% compliant with the World Health Organization’s personal hygiene directives.

 Current Health and Hygiene Standard Hotels

Our hotels partners in Istanbul, part of International Hotels Groups has teamed up with RB & Mayo Clinic, a company leader in inspection, certification and testing, to create the ‘Stay Safe’ program. This program guarantees stringent Post-COVID-19 Health and Safety Standards for its customers and staff.

Safety & Cleanliness Vip City Tour

The rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus is sending ripples of uncertainty throughout the world. At Wellhtt, the well-being and safety of ourpatients and tour guides are our priority. Whether you’re on a trip now or in the process of planning one, we’re here to help you in any way we can.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey said on Wednesday it has brought the coronavirus outbreak under control, two months after it first erupted across the country, and will set out new social guidelines and business practices to prevent any resurgence.

Turkey has one of the highest numbers of recorded COVID-19 cases in the world but has kept the death toll well below levels in Western Europe and the United States, and the government is now looking to gradually reopen the economy.

“The coronavirus outbreak is currently under control in Turkey… We aim to eliminate coronavirus in the second phase. We are shifting towards a new way of life,” Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.

He told a news conference the government’s science council would publish guidelines for businesses to follow as they resume operations, setting out precautions to avoid an upswing in new cases.

Turks should also wear masks and respect social distancing in public, as part of a new “controlled social life” that would for example restrict numbers of people allowed into shopping malls and introduce changes at places such as hair dressers.

Around 150,000 people will be scanned across the country next week as part of efforts to assess the latest status of the outbreak, he added.

The number of cases rose by 2,253 on Wednesday, less than half the level at the peak of the outbreak in mid-April. But it was the second day showing a slight increase in confirmed cases, highlighting a continued threat of further spread.

Turkey’s total number of confirmed cases, at more than 131,000, is the highest outside the United States, Western Europe, and Russia, but its death toll of 3,584 is relatively low per capita compared to most of those countries.

A total of 78,202 people have so far recovered from the coronavirus, which causes the respiratory disease COVID-19.

Koca said Turkey will increase its testing capacity, currently running between 30,000 and 40,000 most days, and continue contact tracing efforts which officials credit in part with getting control over the outbreak.