Recent Development
In line with the Ministry of Health's normalization plan
announced last week, shopping malls will reopen on May 11, 2020.
The Ministry of Health issued measures that shopping malls must
undertake for their reopening and operation, but these measures
have not been published in the Official Gazette. At this moment, we
consider the announced measures as suggestions.
Shopping malls and their tenants must meet these suggestions for
the good of regulatory compliance and public health.
No regulation had passed regarding the closure of shopping malls
because of the COVID-19 pandemic, except several units in the
shopping malls (i.e., restaurants, theatres, and playgrounds).
Shopping mall operators/investors and retailers decided to suspend
their activities at their own initiative for the sake of public
health and due to some retailers' tendency for the closure of
their stores. Tenants were divided in their opinions; some wanted
to open their shops and
