In a thread on his Twitter account, Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun stated that they completed yet another comprehensive corona virus summit under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s leadership. Expressing that the fight against the virus had mobilized the government and they had been addressing the challenge in the most serious manner since the beginning, Altun reminded that President Erdoğan outlined some stricter measures including inter-city and intra-city travel and transportation. Altun emphasized that President Erdoğan also underlined they cannot declare a total shutdown of the country as they need to continue our manufacturing activities and produce...
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Addressing the nation following the meeting of the Presidential Cabinet, President Erdoğan said: “Turkey, in comparison to Europe and the U.S., is one of the countries that are closest to overcoming the spread of this disease. We observe that our citizens adopt the measures in a more conscious manner with each passing day.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the nation at Huber Villa in Istanbul following the 25th Cabinet Meeting held via video conference. “We have fully implemented the health measures in the line with the advice of the science council'' “We, since the very...
Directorate of Communications announced the number of cases, deaths, and discharges in countries affected by coronavirus (Covid-19) throughout the world as of March 30, 2020. Directorate of Communications shared a post on its Twitter account, stating that the number of people infected with Covid-19, which broke out in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in China, exceeded 759 thousand, more than 36 thousand people lost their lives and more than 158 thousand 700 people recovered throughout the world. The post also provided information regarding the current situation in Turkey, and noted: "Turkey has conducted a total of 76,981 tests so far. The total number of confirmed coronavirus...
The Presidential Cabinet convened under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The cabinet meeting, held at the Huber Villa in Tarabya, started at 15.54. The cabinet meeting is held for the first time via video conference. President Erdoğan will deliver an “Address to the Nation” after the Cabinet meeting.
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun gave an interview to the newspaper Milliyet via teleconference. Altun answered questions regarding Turkey’s fight against the coronavirus and evaluated the situation. Where are we in combating coronavirus? As you know, we started to take the necessary measures even before there were not any confirmed cases in Turkey. In this regard, first of all, a Scientific Board, which consists of specialists and academics from Turkey’s leading universities with competence in the areas of infection, microbiology, virology, internal medicine, intensive care and pulmonology, was established by the Ministry of Health on January 10....
Directorate of Communications announced the number of cases, deaths, and discharges in countries affected by coronavirus (Covid-19) throughout the world as of March 29, 2020, 21:00. Directorate of Communications shared a post on its Twitter account, stating that the number of people infected with Covid-19, which broke out in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in China, exceeded 700 thousand, more than 33 thousand people lost their lives and more than 148 thousand 500 people recovered throughout the world. The post also provided information regarding the current situation in Turkey, and noted: "Turkey has conducted a total of 65,446 tests so far. The total number of confirmed coronavirus...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a meeting with the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu via video conference. Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun and Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın also attended the meeting.
Directorate of Communications announced the number of cases, deaths, and discharges in countries affected by coronavirus (Covid-19) throughout the world as of March 28, 2020, 21:00. Directorate of Communications shared a post on its Twitter account, stating that the number of people infected with Covid-19, which broke out in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in China, exceeded 630 thousand, more than 29 thousand people lost their lives and more than 138 thousand people recovered throughout the world. The post also provided information regarding the current situation in Turkey, and noted: "Turkey has conducted a total of 55,464 tests so far. The total number of confirmed coronavirus...
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun stated that new series of measures taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) will strengthen our common defense. In a thread on his Twitter account, Altun recalled that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced a new series of measures to fight the spread of the coronavirus. Altun said, “Since the beginning of this threat, we have been taking drastic measures and today’s additional steps will strengthen our common defense,” and added that today’s measures included public transportation, work flexibility, public spaces, leisurely activities among others. Altun noted that within the...