Curfew

Turkey's motorbike enthusiasts will provide voluntary services to those in need, who are unable to leave their homes due to the novel coronavirus measures taken in the country.

Those older than 65, younger than 20 or who suffer from chronic illnesses are restricted from leaving their homes.

Turkey will impose a four-day lockdown between April 23 and April 27 on 31 provinces as part of efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

People hit the streets for shopping and catching some sun ahead of a 48-hour curfew to be imposed in 31 provinces of Turkey and that will impact 64 million residents.

The Interior Ministry has declared that bakeries, pharmacies as well as private and public health care institutions will be open during the lockdown.

Bakeries, pharmacies and private and public hospitals will be open during this weekend's lockdown, the Interior Ministry has said on April 16. 

The 48-hour curfew will be effective on April 17 at midnight in the country's 31 provinces, including the three largest cities of Istanbul, Ankara and İzmir.

"We have problems in areas where people from different parts of the world arrived on March 13 and 14," Vucic told Radio-Television Serbia.
He said our hospitals are crowded.
He said that the most difficult situation is still in Cuprija, adding that the Pomoravlje region is critical, together with Krusevac, Varvarin and Cicevac, which are the hotspots of the contagion.

İYİ Party leader Meral Akşener called on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to declare a 15-day mandatory quarantine across the country.

Turkey has lifted a 48-hour curfew in 31 provinces across the country as of midnight on April 12 that had been implemented as part of measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Turkey's Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Twitter on April 12 that he was resigning from his post over the implementation of a two-day curfew in major Turkish cities to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.

Nearly 64 million citizens spent the weekend at home after the government announced on April 10 a 48-hour curfew for a total of 31 provinces, including Istanbul, Ankara and İzmir in an effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

Residents in some cities in the past couple of weekends hit the streets and flocked to parks dodging social distancing rules.

Almost immediately afterward the 48-hour curfew thousands of people in Istanbul, Ankara and other stores flocked to markets and bakeries still open for last-minute shopping on April 10. 

Roads in both cities were also full of traffic, with long queues forming outside off-licenses, grocery stores and banks.