Two planes carrying more than 170 people from Sudan arrive in Istanbul as part of Ankara's massive evacuation plan
The A400M evacuation plane belonging to the MSB, which departed from Port Sudan in the evening and landed at Istanbul Airport at 02:30 am [local time]. / Photo: AA
The evacuations, continuing on Friday, are part of a massive effort by Ankara to bring Turkish civilians and others back to safety. The planes are just two of many in this evacuation mission., who spoke with some of the evacuees at the Istanbul Airport, said they were airlifted from eastern Port Sudan after making a gruelling land journey from Sudanese capital Khartoum and other areas amidst fighting between the armies of two rival generals.
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