On 16th May the first case of Swine was confirmed in Istanbul (the capital city of Turkey) and the first person to person transmission confirmed on 26th July but the first death was confirmed in October.
The first case of A(H1N1) in Turkey was reported on 16 May 2009. A U.S. citizen, flying from the United States via Amsterdam was found to be suffering from the swine flu after arriving Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport. As of 24 October, there is 1 confirmed death in Turkey. The first case of person to person transmission within Turkey was announced on 26 July 2009. 
