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Addressing the nation on the efforts to combat coronavirus, President Erdoğan said: “The life of each of our citizens is equally valuable to us as we act in a management mentality which puts people first. That is why we say, ‘Stay Home Turkey!’” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the nation on the measures taken in Turkey against the coronavirus (COVID-19). President Erdoğan said: “My August Nation, I affectionately salute you with all my heartfelt feelings. As Turkey, we, along with the entire world, first and foremost the countries around us, are faced with a threat the kind...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the Science Board Meeting on Coronavirus via video conference. President Erdoğan received information from Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca and Minister of National Education Ziya Selçuk. The meeting was also attended by Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak, Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun and Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın.

Turkey will continue to protect its citizens from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak with measures and economic support packages, President Erdoğan said. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan underlined that the country would earmark 7 billion Turkish liras ($1.08 billion) in support for workers with minimum wage. The country will provide 1,000 Turkish liras ($155) to 2 million low-income families and increase the minimum pension to 1,500 Turkish liras ($233), Erdoğan said. The government announced it would recruit 32,000 new health sector professionals and provide up to 6 million liras (some $930,000) to firms that locally produce disinfectants, protective clothes, goggles and masks. https://www.aa.com.tr...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a Consultation Meeting on New Judicial Reform and Law on Execution via video conference. Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun and Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın also attended the meeting held via teleconference at Huber Villa in Tarabya. Vice President Fuat Oktay, Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gül, AK Party Parliamentary Group Chair Naci Bostancı, AK Party Group Deputy Chairs Mehmet Muş, Muhammet Emin Akbaşoğlu, Cahit Özkan, Özlem Zengin, Bülent Turan also attended the meeting from Ankara. 

In a thread on his Twitter account, Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was coordinating and leading the fight against the coronavirus.  Stating that President Erdoğan conducted teleconferences with cabinet members and other relevant agencies to receive updates and give related orders, Altun said, “President Erdoğan is constantly monitoring the situation. We have received reports of 7 unfortunate losses of life due to the coronavirus.  We’re ramping up our testing and 343 new cases have been identified in the last 24 hours.” Underlining that they have been pursuing strict measures as testing,...

Directorate of Communications announced the number of cases, deaths, and discharges in countries affected by coronavirus (Covid-19) throughout the world as of March 25, 2020, 00:00. 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 415 thousand, more than 18 thousand 500 people lost their lives and more than 108 thousand 300 people recovered throughout the world. The post also provided information regarding the current situation in Turkey, and noted: "Turkey has conducted a total of 27,969 tests so far. The total number of confirmed coronavirus...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a meeting with the Presidential Cabinet members via video conference. Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun and Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın were also present during the meeting chaired by Erdoğan.

Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun shared the efforts exerted by Turkey in the last 24 hours as part of the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Altun shared on his Twitter account the measures taken by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, Ministry of Treasury and Finance, Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Health, and made the following remarks: “As our nation increases social distance within the scope of the fight against coronavirus, we are expanding the front against the virus. The measures we have taken in the last 24 hours will accelerate our struggle, and hopefully the cooperation between...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was briefed by relevant ministers on the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) via videoconference. A video, posted on President Erdoğan’s social media account regarding the content of the videoconference, stated that the President was closely following the efforts exerted by the relevant state bodies and that necessary steps were being taken in coordination as part of the fight against the coronavirus. According to the video, President Erdoğan was briefed during the videoconference on the works undertaken by Vice President Fuat Oktay, Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu, Minister of National Education Ziya...