Following the Coordination Meeting on the Fight against the Coronavirus (Covid-19) held at Çankaya Presidential Palace, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan started his press conference by respectfully commemorating the martyrs on the 105th anniversary of Çanakkale Naval Victory. Reminding that epidemic diseases and natural disasters had caused serious losses in every period throughout the human history, Erdoğan pointed out that epidemics with severe consequences in the world were also the triggers of great political, social and economic transformations. Recalling that the world struggled against epidemics of SARS in 2002 and MERS in 2012, Erdoğan continued his speech as follows: ...
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Regarding the measures taken for the coronavirus (Covid-19), President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “An outlook even better than we expect is awaiting us if we inform our citizens well and keep the disease under strict control.” Speaking during the opening of the Coordination Meeting on the Fight against the Coronavirus (Covid-19) held at the Çankaya Palace, President Erdoğan said that they would share the details on the course of the disease in the world and in Turkey in a press conference, to be held after the meeting, that would serve as an address to the nation. ...
Directorate of Communications announced the number of cases, deaths, and discharges in countries affected by coronavirus throughout the world as of March 18, 2020, 00:30. Directorate of Communications shared a post on its Twitter account, stating that the number of people infected with coronavirus (Covid-19), which broke out in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in China, exceeded 190 thousand, more than 7 thousand people lost their lives and more than 80 thousand people recovered throughout the world.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. During the conversation, President Erdoğan offered his condolences to Conte for those who lost their lives due to coronavirus in Italy. They also discussed means of joint action and cooperation in the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19) during the conversation.
In his message issued on the occasion of March 18th Martyrs’ Day and the 105th Anniversary of Çanakkale Victory, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that the Çanakkale Victory, the 105th anniversary of which is celebrated with pride is the heroic epic of the Turkish people written with the spirit of unity and solidarity and with the love of country and the nation. Noting that the Çanakkale Victory was a glorious epic that revealed what the people were capable of sacrificing for the sake of their independence, dignity and to protect the nation, despite the great impossibilities, President Erdoğan...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a quadrilateral meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom via video conference. On the agenda of the meeting were the joint fight against the coronavirus, the Syrian crisis, delivery of humanitarian aid to Idlib, the refugee issue, the latest situation in Libya and the relations between Turkey and the EU. Also joining the meeting were Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu, Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak and Minister...
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said, ‘‘We would like to underline that particularly the rumors of imposition of a state of emergency, curfew or travel restrictions do not reflect the truth, and such comprehensive restrictive measures are not on our agenda.’’ In his statement, Altun noted that the fight against coronavirus was being carried out in the utmost transparent, resolute and reasonable manner. Emphasizing that as the state, in order to keep the spread of the virus in the country at a minimum level, they were working day and night, Altun underlined that they evaluated every opinion, advice...
The post shared from the Twitter account of the Directorate of Communications consists of definitions of the following terms, which began to be used frequently with the coronavirus recently: Coronavirus: “A family of viruses which causes common cold to more severe illnesses such as the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)” Covid-19: “A virus identified on January 13, 2020 as a result of the research conducted on a group of patients with respiratory symptoms in the Wuhan province of China” Quarantine: “A health measure applied by keeping a certain area or place under control and restraining...
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun announced that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan would chair a large-scale coordination meeting on the fight against the new type of coronavirus (Covid-19) on Wednesday. In his post shared on his Twitter account, Altun indicated that after the large-scale coordination meeting on the fight against coronavirus to be chaired by President Erdoğan on Wednesday, President Erdoğan would inform the public about the new steps to be taken in unity both by the citizens and the state.