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Türkiye’s Fight Against COVID-19 Pandemic

INTRODUCTION

ocieties face serious and sometimes unprecedented crisis which may affect
Severyone or a certain segment of the society from time to time, such as
food poisoning, air pollution, epidemics, earthquakes, floods and other natural
disasters, war, terrorism etc.

Citizens expect from the modern States to be well-prepared in advance in
the face of such crises which can be characterized as humanitarian crises, to
respond quickly and appropriately when the crisis arises, to have the necessary
infrastructure and experience to smoothly manage the crisis, and to take
strong measures by also calculating the potential effects of the crisis before it
is completely over. To what extent the State care about its citizens and people,
the strength, functionality as well as the quality of the management system of
the State come to the surface in times of such crises.

The novel coronavirus COVID-19, which first appeared in China as an
infectious disease on 12 December 2019 spreading all around the world in
a very short time, has turned into a global and humanitarian crisis causing
devastating effects. In view of these devastating effects all around the world,
stricter measures have been taken in public administration. In this regard,

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