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Türkiye’s Fight Against COVID-19 Pandemic

In conclusion, the world is going through a difficult time both socially
and economically. According to the latest figures announced by the Minister
of Finance and Treasury on 20.05.2020, the total amount of the economic
packages Türkiye has introduced to avoid the disruption other services during
the fight against the pandemic, to help citizens and enterprises experiencing
loss of income to withstand these conditions is 252 billion TRY. It has been
stated that this figure is about 350 billion TRY when combined with other
economic policies. Türkiye is a country with around 1 trillion budget and a
population of over 83 million. Türkiye has had to allocate one third of these
budget facilities to combat the pandemic.
Keeping the economy and the market running, operating the supply chain,
especially agriculture, trade and foreign trade without disruption is important
enough to affect the entire fight against the pandemic. Therefore, it can be
said that Türkiye has been quite successful at trying to contain the outbreak,
diagnose the disease and work on its treatment while preventing a potentially
major financial crisis. It is undeniable that the fight against the pandemic will
affect all countries around the world economically. In this respect, thanks to
the measures taken at national level, Türkiye is expected to survive this time
with minimum damage on its economy when the outbreak is over and achieve
its economic goals after the outbreak in an easier way.

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