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Turkey to impose 4-day nationwide lockdown over Eid holiday period, Erdogan announces
ANKARA: Turkey has decided to impose a 4-day nationwide lockdown over the Eid al-Fitr holiday between May 23-26 as part of measures taken against the coronavirus pandemic, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Monday following a weekly cabinet meeting.
Ankara has imposed lockdowns across major cities over the past five weekends, as well as on national holidays, in order to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.
Erdogan also said that schools in Turkey would not re-open this term and the new school year will start in September.
The president added that travel restrictions would be extended across 15 of Turkey's provinces for 15 days.
"Turkey is successfully winning the battle against this outbreak," Erdogan said, asking citizens to comply with social distancing rules, warning that stricter measures could be adopted if there was a surge in the spread of the virus.
As part of the normalization process, Erdogan said that mosques in Turkey would begin being partially opened starting with Friday prayer services on May 29.
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