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....
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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 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...
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun, shared a video of Barış Manço’s “Mint Lemon Peel” song which is performed by 9 artists from their homes, and said “Fortunately, there is music! Fortunately, there is art! With our deepest gratitude to our artists who stay in their homes and present this beautiful song to us as a gift...” The support is growing for the campaign “Life is at home”, launched to call attention to the importance of staying at home in the fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19). Nine artists from various provinces of Turkey took part in the campaign “Life is...
In his address on the fight against coronavirus, President Erdoğan said: “We, together with the citizens, determinedly continue our fight against the COVID-19 disease. We have entered a period during which we should make more sacrifices in order to get through this crisis the humanity is faced with. The stronger our unity and solidarity are, the less damage we incur from this period.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech on the latest measures taken as part of the efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus. “We have entered a period during which we should make more...
Directorate of Communications announced the number of cases, deaths, and discharges in countries affected by coronavirus (Covid-19) throughout the world as of March 27, 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 574 thousand 800, more than 26 thousand 300 people lost their lives and more than 130 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 47,823 tests so far. The total number of confirmed coronavirus...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a meeting with the Presidential Cabinet via video conference. Erdoğan connected to the meeting from the Huber Villa in Tarabya. Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun and Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın also attended the meeting held via teleconference at Huber Villa in Tarabya. During the meeting, President Erdoğan received information about the work conducted regarding the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.