Erdoğan: We decided to impose the curfew on weekends

2020-04-14 09:31:06


	NEWS CENTER - Making a statement after the cabinet meeting, President Erdoğan said, “We decided to continue the curfew on weekends. The curfew will be imposed from April 17 to 12.00 PM of  April 19."

	President and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the public following the cabinet meeting that he held via video conference yesterday evening (April 13).

	 

	Speaking about the measures to be taken against novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak in Turkey, President Erdoğan has announced that Turkey will continue its weekend curfews to stem the spread of the virus, with the next curfew to be imposed this weekend on April 18-19.

	 

	"As part of the fight against the epidemic, we decided to continue the curfew on weekends as needed in the coming period," Erdogan has said and noted that measures will be taken to prevent the disorder which occurred in some places after the announcement of the first weekend curfew.