COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey

Billboards in the subway stations in Istanbul for the 14 codes of conduct for the fight against the novel COVID-19.

The COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey can be traced back to the pathogen SARS-CoV-2 , which causes the disease COVID-19 . Since March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) has classified the outbreak of the novel coronavirus as a global pandemic .

development

The first case of infection in Turkey was reported on March 11, 2020. The first death occurred on March 17, 2020. On March 23, 2020, Fahrettin Koca , Turkey's Minister of Health , reported that the virus had spread across Turkey.

As of March 26, 2020, 3,629 infections were confirmed, the number of deaths was 75.

On March 31, 2020, President Erdoğan rejected a general curfew . Ekrem İmamoğlu , Mayor of Istanbul , said: “Istanbul is one of the most densely populated places in the world. The spreading speed is very fast. Therefore, an exit ban should be decided. If we are not brave now, it may be too late tomorrow. "

On April 2, 2020, the Turkish Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca announced 18,135 positive people had tested; 356 died. Those affected included Fatih Terim and Rüştü Reçber . A curfew was imposed on all under 20-year-olds on April 4, 2020 . A curfew for people over 65 and for the chronically ill has already come into force. On April 10, 2020, the government imposed a curfew in 31 Turkish cities from Holy Saturday to the end of Easter Monday.

As of April 15, 2020, 477,716 COVID-19 tests had been performed .

statistics

According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of cases has developed as follows:

Infections

Confirmed infections (cumulative) in Turkey
(April 16 to August 16, 2020) according to WHO data

New infections in Turkey
(April 16 to August 16, 2020) according to WHO data

Deaths

Confirmed deaths (cumulative) in Turkey
(April 16 to August 16, 2020) according to WHO data

Confirmed deaths (daily) in Turkey
(April 16 to August 16, 2020) according to WHO data

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Since August 17, 2020, the WHO reports have only been published weekly, but contain additional information (around cases per million inhabitants). The last daily WHO report ( No. 209 , pdf) was published on August 16, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Cases reported to WHO by national authorities are listed here. Since the situation is very dynamic, there may be discrepancies or delays between the cases of the WHO and the data of national authorities as well as the information provided by other bodies, such as the Johns Hopkins University (CSSE).
3. ↑ The information in the report of March 19, 2020 (pdf) reads: one new death and thus two. In the report from the previous day (pdf) there were still zero deaths.

Turkey's economy in the wake of the pandemic

The gross domestic product of Turkey shrank in the second quarter of 2020 by 9.9 percent over the same quarter last year. According to the Turkish statistical office, economic output in the second quarter of 2020 was eleven percent below the level of the first quarter of 2020.

In tourism, the number of visitors from abroad to Turkey fell by 75 percent to 4.51 million in the first half of 2020. In August, 25% of all Turks under the age of 25 were unemployed.

Measures in Turkey

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Two-day curfews were ordered in many Turkish cities over Easter . A week later, a four-day curfew was issued for all of Turkey.

Controversy

In April the Ministry of the Interior launched an investigation against the mayors of Ankara and Istanbul, Mansur Yavas and Ekrem Imamoglu , both members of the opposition party CHP , as they had called for a fundraising campaign for citizens in need in the Corona crisis. Several hundred people were also arrested for allegedly provocative or misleading posts related to the corona pandemic on social media.

In the same month, the Turkish parliament approved a bill to release around 90,000 prisoners due to the coronavirus pandemic. While some of the released prisoners have their remaining prison sentence lifted in whole or in part, other released prisoners will be under house arrest . Human rights groups criticized the measure that has become law because it does not include political prisoners such as journalists and opposition politicians, but would free sex offenders and mafiosi .

International aid

Countries that have received medical care or assistance from Turkey

During the pandemic, Turkey provided medical aid to 34 countries to help fight the coronavirus. This aid includes masks, coveralls, test kits and disinfectant gels.

Refugee camp during the corona pandemic

In the course of the Syrian civil war , the Turkish government opened the borders for refugees to Greece in February and March 2020 after the breach of the EU-Turkey agreement . Greece then closed its land borders with Turkey, so that the stranded refugees set up a tent camp near the border, still on Turkish territory. After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, a refugee camp consisting of containers was built near the city of Malatya , in which mainly those refugees who previously stayed in tents on the Turkish-Greek border were housed.

Web links

Commons : COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey  - Pictures, Videos and Audio Files Collection

• information
• Hürcan Aslı Aksoy: Corona in Turkey: The pandemic as an instrument of power. In: swp-berlin.org. Science and Politics Foundation (SWP), April 17, 2020 . 

See also

• List of epidemics and pandemics
• List of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pulmonologists on the net: Covid-19: Causes . Online at www.lungenaerzte-im-netz.de. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
2. ↑ Tagesschau: "Deeply worried". WHO speaks of corona pandemic . March 11, 2020. Online at www.tagesschau.de. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
3. ↑ Turkey confirms first coronavirus patient, recently returned from Europe . Daily Sabah. March 11, 2020. Accessed March 11, 2020.
4. ↑ Son dakika haberler: Sağlık Bakanı Koca açıkladı! Türkiye'de corona virüsü nedeniyle bir kişi hayatını kaybetti ( Turkish ) In: Hürriyet . March 17, 2020. Accessed March 18, 2020.
5. ↑ Sağlık Bakanı Koca: Son 24 saatte 7 kişi hayatını kaybetti, 293 yeni vaka görüldü . In: Euronews , March 23, 2020. Accessed March 24, 2020. 
6. ↑ Türkiye'de corona virüsten can kaybı 75 oldu . NTV. March 26, 2020. Accessed March 26, 2020.
7. ↑ FOCUS Online: Growth curve steep as a wall! Erdogan cannot stop the spread of corona in Turkey. Retrieved April 13, 2020 . 
8. ↑ (be) : Turkey: 18,135 coronavirus cases, 356 deaths. Retrieved April 13, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Corona crisis in France: curfew is significantly extended. April 13, 2020, accessed April 13, 2020 . 
10. ↑ spiegel.de: Turkey: Panic buying in Istanbul after the announcement of a two-day curfew. Retrieved April 10, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Türkiye'deki Güncel Durum. Retrieved April 15, 2020 (Turkish). 
12. ↑ ^{a b c d} Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports. WHO, accessed on May 2, 2020 . 
13. ↑ ^{a b} DER SPIEGEL: Turkish economy suffers historic collapse due to corona crisis - DER SPIEGEL - Economy. Accessed August 31, 2020 . 
14. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Maximilian Popp, DER SPIEGEL: Recep Tayyip Erdogan fails in the corona crisis - DER SPIEGEL - politics. Retrieved April 21, 2020 . 
15. ↑ (dpa) : Because of the fundraising campaign: Ankara is investigating Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. Retrieved April 21, 2020 . 
16. ↑ ^{a b c} Murderers and journalists remain locked up. Retrieved April 21, 2020 . 
17. ↑ Turkey uses soft power to extend influence during COVID-19 (en) . In: Ahval . Retrieved April 22, 2020. 
18. ↑ Caroline Hayek: Face à la crise du Covid-19, la Turquie veut se poser en modèle. In: lorientlejour.com. April 14, 2020, accessed on May 11, 2020 (French). 
19. ↑ DER SPIEGEL: After the opening of the border in Turkey: Greece suspends asylum law for one month - DER SPIEGEL - politics. Retrieved March 8, 2020 . 
20. ↑ Marion Sendker, Maximilian Popp, Steffen Lüdke, DER SPIEGEL: Refugees in Turkey: "The world has forgotten you" - DER SPIEGEL - Politics. Retrieved April 6, 2020 .