ANKARA , Feb.1 (Xinhua) -- Turkey has sent more planes to bring nationals stranded in Egypt , where protests continued to spread , local media reported Tuesday.As of 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday , seven passenger jets have carried 1 , 969 Turkish citizens to Turkey from Egypt, the Anatolia news agency cited a statement by the Turkish Prime Ministry Emergency and Crisis Management Authority as saying.Turkey sent five charter planes to Cairo and Alexandria on Sunday to bring back nearly 1 ,200 Turkish citizens stranded in the country.Protesters in Egypt entered a second week on Tuesday demanding an end to the 30-year-old rule of President Hosni Mubarak.

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