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Türkiye’s Fight Against COVID-19 Pandemic

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, Labour 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 fight against 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.
It is extremely important that the practices based on the above-mentioned
four pillars in fighting against the pandemic must be reviewed in line with
the main principles of good administration such as respect for human rights,
lawfulness, equality and absence of discrimination, transparency, providing
information and so on.

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