ISTANBUL, April 13 — President Tayyip Erdogan rejected the resignation yesterday of Turkey's interior minister, who said he was stepping down in the wake of a short-notice coronavirus lockdown which sent people rushing to shops to stock up on supplies. Authorities declared the 48-hour curfew in...
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Authorities declared the 48-hour curfew in dozens of cities shortly before 10pm on Friday, giving millions of people just two hours' notice and prompting a wave of desperate last-minute buying. Soylu's statement came just before the end of the weekend lockdown in 31 provinces across Turkey, including its largest city and commercial hub Istanbul, home to 16 million residents.
More than 1,100 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey, many of them in Istanbul where CHP mayor Ekrem Imamoglu said municipal authorities had no advance warning of the move. “Decisions taken without common sense and cooperation will only cause confusion and panic,” he said.
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