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Türkiye’s Fight Against COVID-19 Pandemic

Since the Scientific Board was established, its recommendations have been
taken into consideration in all decisions and detailed practices in combating
the pandemic. The execution of the response in the leadership of the Scientific
Board has contributed to the public’s taking the outbreak seriously and
complying with the measures taken. The fact that the government has adopted
the strategy of cooperating with the Scientific Board has made it easier to
ensure public order, safety, and peace of the society.
1.4. Strong Health Infrastructure and Devoted Health Workers

Analyzing the process of combating the outbreak, it can be clearly seen
that Türkiye’s strength is the fact that it has a strong health infrastructure.
Health infrastructure consists of many layers. Some of these layers are the
fact that the health sector is not directed by the market economy conditions,
that the government considers providing health services to its citizens as its
main duty, that healthcare personnel are well-equipped in terms of education
and experience, that health facilities and material equipment meet the global
standards in terms of number and quality of hospitals, and most importantly,
the fact that health workers’ professional ethics and their perspective on
humanity and human health exceed the global standards.

Thanks to its strong health infrastructure and other strengths mentioned
above, Türkiye has been prepared to fight against the pandemic. For instance,
the fact that an action plan, which was prepared before the virus had spread over
the country, was put in place step by step has made a significant contribution.
Again, it was thanks to the preparations in the health infrastructure and
experiences that COVID-10 came late to Türkiye and did not spread rapidly
and uncontrollably immediately after the first case. In addition, the fact that
health workers at all levels are passionate about their profession, well-trained
and have sufficient experience about their profession, and act selflessly has
played a major role in the success of the response.
1.5. Serious Execution of the Response

Examining the process of combating the pandemic, it is seen that the
entire team participating in the response shows great sensitivity and works
in a serious manner. For example, it has been observed that the President and

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