July 2, 1990 Mekke Hajj & Umrah
On 2 July 1990, during the Hajj, a crush in the Al-Muaisem pedestrian tunnel in Mecca claimed the lives of 1,426 pilgrims, according to Saudi officials. The disaster in the roughly 600-yard (550 m) tunnel struck at around 10 a.m.
195373 years ago
On 6 April 1953, Turkey's Council of Ministers issued Decree No. 4/531 to assist citizens travelling to Saudi Arabia for Hajj. The first decree of its kind, it set rules on passports, means of travel, health matters and the affairs of pilgrims who died during the journey.
197947 years ago
On 26 April 1979, Turkey's Council of Ministers, by Decision No. 7/17.439, assigned the entire organisation of the Hajj to the Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet). Diyanet had begun organising Hajj in 1977 with the Turkiye Diyanet Foundation, and the two ran it together from 1979 to 1988.
20206 years ago
On 27 February 2020, Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry temporarily suspended entry for Umrah and for visits to the Prophet's Mosque as a precaution against the coronavirus. No end date was given; pilgrims from abroad began arriving again on 1 November 2020.
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