1. As of March 17, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs raised the Travel-alert Level for Ankara, Turkey from the current Level 1 “Precautious (blue alert)” to Level 2 “Highly cautious (yellow alert).”

2. Also, considering the unstable political and security situation ahead of a re-run of the presidential election on March 20 in the Zanzibar Archipelago, an autonomous region of Tanzania, the Foreign Ministry also raised the Travel-alert Level for the entire Zanzibar Archipelago from the current Level 1 “Precautious (blue alert)” to Level 2 “Highly cautious (yellow alert).”


* unofficial translation