ANKARA, April 12 – RIA Novosti. The interior Minister of Turkey, Suleyman Soylu said that he resigned after criticism because of the introduction in the country of a curfew.
Turkish interior Ministry late on Friday announced that, in connection with the coronavirus pandemic is declared the ban to the streets on Saturday and Sunday to residents of the 31 provinces, including Ankara, Istanbul and Antalya. Representatives of the main opposition Republican people’s party of Turkey criticized this decision, as the sudden notice of the introduction of a curfew caused a large crowd of people in queues in front of grocery stores and raised the threat of the spread of coronavirus.
“Full responsibility for the introduction of a curfew to prevent the development of a pandemic rests with me. It shouldn’t lead to what we witnessed. I didn’t want to cause harm to and leave from his post, which he held in the interior Ministry,” wrote Soylu on Twitter.
the world health organization on 11 March announced the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 pandemic. Currently in the world recorded more than 1.6 million cases of coronavirus, almost 100 thousand people died.
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