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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE

• guiding individuals to protect them against the pandemic,

• building new hospitals and producing new medical supplies,
• ensuring the healthcare professionals to stand ready in their fight against the virus
morally and materially,
• developing new treatment methods as well as vaccines,

• sharing continuously the treatment methods with the world as well as the Turkish
public.

The healthcare pillar of the four-pillar strategy is the most significant pillar of the fight,
and it is run together by the Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board which consists of
members carefully chosen by the Ministry of Health, and relevant healthcare units,
universities, pandemic hospitals assigned by the Ministry of Health as well as the
healthcare professionals working at these institutions.

The second pillar of the fight against the novel coronavirus in Türkiye comprises the
measures which are taken to ensure physical distancing. These measures include a wide
range of measures concerning all segments of the society such as social isolation and
quarantine practices.
The third pillar of the fight consists of measures taken to ensure public order and to
eliminate any security problems. The main institutions, inter alia, assigned for this
task are Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Family, Labor and
Social Services.
The most significant pillar which would affect the whole process in fighting against
the pandemic is the fourth pillar, which is maintaining the supply chain without any
interruption. This pillar consists of objectives to be fulfilled such as maintaining the
mobility of agricultural products, continuing the domestic and foreign trade chain,
keeping the economic troubles of individuals and the businesses at a tolerable level
throughout the fight, etc. The institutions which are responsible for managing this
pillar are Ministry of Treasury and Finance, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and
the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Indeed, these pillars of the strategy formulated
to combat the pandemic are all inter-related, affecting directly all the institutions and
persons in the country.
Since the first positive case in Türkiye reported on 11 March 2020, Türkiye has been
showing maximum effort in its fight against the virus. The measures suggested by
WHO has been launched well in advance in the country and necessary works have been
carried out with an aim to handle this pandemic process with minimum damages. The
taken measures and their results have been accurately and transparently shared with the
public.

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