Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun supported the campaign, launched under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan yesterday with the slogan "We are self-sufficient, Turkey", in an exclusive broadcast on the TRT. Stating that the world was faced with a pandemic that knows no limits, Altun said that Turkey took precautions against the pandemic earlier than many other countries before it crossed over its borders thanks to President Erdoğan’s visionary approach. Altun added that the spread of the pandemic was kept at a minimum level and that they continued to take comprehensive measures. Indicating that they...
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Directorate of Communications announced the number of cases, deaths, and discharges in countries affected by coronavirus (Covid-19) throughout the world as of March 31, 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 830 thousand, more than 40 thousand 700 people lost their lives and more than 175 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 92,403 tests so far. The total number of confirmed coronavirus...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump talked over the phone. During the conversation, in addition to the bilateral issues, regional developments and the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic that affected the world were discussed. The two leaders, who agreed that the fight against the pandemic can only succeed with global solidarity and cooperation, agreed to take the necessary steps towards sharing the best practices as well as data and experiences in order to take the various effects of the pandemic under control.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation with Indonesian President Joko Widodo. During the conversation, the ways of cooperation in the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19) as well as bilateral relations were discussed.
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...
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....