Erdoğan Cancels Weekend Curfew Declared by Ministry

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President and Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has canceled the weekend curfew in 15 provinces, which was declared by the Ministry of Interior at midnight. 

On Twitter, Erdoğan said: "We were not planning to implement this measure again, but case numbers were up to a thousand. That is why we initially planned the weekend curfew."

He added: "But we did not want to put our citizens, who are trying to return to normalcy after 2.5 months [of curfews], in a difficult situation. For that reason, as president, I decided to cancel the measure of weekend curfew in 15 provinces."

Turkey yesterday (June 5) confirmed 926 additional recoveries from the pandemic as the country began easing measures against the novel coronavirus, according to the health minister.

The country's death toll from the outbreak rose to 4,630 as Turkey most recently reported 21 new fatalities. (RT/VK)