Hajj Quota for 2022 Announced

Making a statement, the President of Religious Affairs Prof. Dr. Ali Erbaş announced that the pilgrimage quota for 2022 is 37 people. Recently, he announced that Umrah tours would start again after Eid al-Fitr. Participating in the International Ramadan with Lines Exhibition, President of Religious Affairs Prof. Dr. Ali Erbaş made statements about the pilgrimage quota.” 770 people will be able to go on pilgrimage” Prof. Dr. Ali Erbaş said, “The quota of our pilgrim candidates who will go on the pilgrimage in 37.770 from our country has been determined. 2022 of our brothers will go on the pilgrimage in 2022," he said.

Those over 65 will not be able to go on Hajj

In his previous statement, Erbaş had said the following about the pilgrimage: “We had drawn lots for our citizens that we would take to the pilgrimage in 2020. In that lottery, we drew the lots of our 84 thousand citizens. In other words, we have 84 thousand brothers and sisters waiting at the moment. We will have the opportunity to send the first 84 thousand or 30 thousand of these 40 thousand to pilgrimage. There is only one thing, those over the age of 65 will not be able to go on pilgrimage this year. There is such a sad decision, unfortunately. In the decision taken by Saudi Arabia, one million pilgrims will be taken, but there will be no people over 19 years old among a million due to Covid-65.

How Much Will The Hajj 2022 Fee Be?

President of Religious Affairs Ali Erbaş met with representatives of news organizations in Ankara for iftar. After the fast-breaking dinner held in the Presidency's cafeteria, Ali Erbaş made statements regarding the issues on the agenda. Speaking about the statement made by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah of Saudi Arabia regarding this year's pilgrimage, Erbaş said, “As you know, we haven't been able to make the pilgrimage for two years. In Saudi Arabia, the pilgrimage was made with some Muslims, only symbolic in itself. I hope this year, Saudi Arabia has decided to make the pilgrimage with 1 million people. He said he would reveal the details in the coming weeks. I guess it will be at least half the amount we took on the last pilgrimage, but that is my wish. Hopefully we will get the net figure from Saudi Arabia.

We had drawn lots for the citizens we were going to take to the pilgrimage. In that lottery, we drew the lots of our 84 thousand citizens. In other words, we have 84 thousand brothers and sisters waiting at the moment. Let's say 30 thousand, 40 thousand people came. Of these 84 thousand, we will have the opportunity to send the first 30 thousand or the first 40 thousand on pilgrimage. Their rights remain, only those over the age of 65 will not be able to go. We had a visit to Saudi Arabia 20 days ago. There we met with the Ministry of Hajj. We have stated that we have citizens who want to go to Umrah, they are very eager, and that the number of cases in Turkey is now very low. They also opened Umrah, taking into account the decrease in the number of cases in Turkey. After that, umrah is free, anyone who wants can go for umrah. We have started our plans for the post-Ramadan holiday," he said.

When is Hajj 2022 Registrations?

Hajj registrations last started on January 2019 and ended on January 2 in 11. There is no word yet on the registration date for next year.

How Much Are Umrah Prices?

Erbaş stated that those who wish can go to Umrah from now on and said, “As the Presidency of Religious Affairs, we started planning the Umrah tours for post-Ramadan. At the meeting to be held by the Inter-ministerial Hajj and Umrah Board, we will clarify the Umrah fee. There is no age limit for Umrah," he said.