New Measures For Combating Coronavirus (2 December 2020)

Turkey - New measures for combating coronavirus announced by the President on 30 November 2020

1. Weekdays lockdown: A general lockdown will be applied every weekday between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.

2. Weekends lockdown: General lockdown shall also be applied from 9:00 p.m. on Friday to 5:00 a.m. on Monday morning on weekends.

3. Limitation of scope of lockdown:

1. Sectors, such as production, supply, logistics, health, agriculture and forestry are outside of the scope of the lockdown.
2. Businesses such as grocery stores, butchers, greengrocers and places that provide home delivery services are excluded from the weekend restrictions within the specified hours, restaurants shall not serve other than take-away.