The two competitions are taking place on their previously scheduled December dates, but have been moved from Baku to Mersin.

That decision was taken after the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation notified the European Gymnastics Executive Committee that no major events could be hosted in the country for the rest of the year because of the coronavirus situation.

The men's European Artistic Gymnastics Championships are due to take place from December 9 to 13, with the women's set to follow from December 17 to 20.

Athletes will not be able to qualify for the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games through the Championships, after the European Gymnastics Executive Committee decided last month they did not want to put pressure on federations to travel to the Championships.

The British team have already announced they will not be competing in the European Artistic Championships for that reason while the Russian team has withdrawn from competing in the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, scheduled to be held in Ukraine in November, because of similar concerns.

Azerbaijan has reported more than 40,700 cases of COVID-19, resulting in more than 550 deaths, while Turkey has recorded more than 326,000 cases, resulting in more than 8,000 fatalities.