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2020. In addition to these, municipalities fighting against the disease have
been supported by making no deductions from the shares allocated to the
municipalities from the general budget tax revenues in April, May, and June
2020.

With the regulations made regarding the economic and commercial life of
tradesmen and enterprises, restrictions have been imposed for these enterprises
to protect their cash flows, and all enforcement and bankruptcy proceedings
were stopped. In addition, restrictions have been imposed on the products
that the country needs in the fight against the pandemic, and customs tax
reductions have been applied on the import of products to be used in the
treatment of the virus. In addition, the Unfair Price Evaluation Board was
established to prevent unfair earnings during this time.

As a result of the regulations made for the banking sector, policy changes
have been made primarily to provide the liquidity needed by the banking
sector and the real sector under suitable conditions through the Central Bank.
Also, to provide financial support to enterprises, it was announced that state
banks would provide credit support and financial support worth 8.4 billion
TRY was made available to 450 thousand SMEs. Additionally, interest-free
deferments have been made possible in the payment of the due credit debts of
tradesmen and enterprises.

When the measures taken within the scope of employment were examined,
flexible working methods have been adopted in line with the social distancing
rules for the public sector. In addition, regulations have been made to support
employees financially and socially, especially healthcare professionals.

Türkiye has backed employers with minimum wage and provided cash aid
to 7.8 million minimum wage workers. The conditions for benefiting from
the short-time working allowance have been alleviated, it has been regulated
that employment contracts could not be terminated for the next 3 months
and employees, who are on unpaid leave, have been paid 39,24 TRY per day.
With these regulations for private sector employees, it has been ensured that
the people, who were unemployed due to the pandemic, are supported by the
government and a rise in the unemployment rate is prevented.

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