April 6, 1953 Ankara Hajj & Umrah
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.
193789 years ago
On 22 May 1937, by decision of the Medina council, the practice of charging an entry fee to visitors of the city was abolished. Though not always applied, the fee dated back to the Abbasid era.
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.
20206 years ago
On 30 July 2020, in a Hajj scaled down by COVID-19 measures, masked pilgrims, all citizens or residents of Saudi Arabia, stood at Arafat. Officials said between 1,000 and 10,000 would take part, compared with about 2.5 million people at Arafat the year before.
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