to quickly ensure safety of life and property.” Twenty-five years old at the time, Kara ran a flower shop in Istanbul and was preparing for bed when the radio began playing military marches. on September 12, 1980, the Turkish General Kenan Evren announced, “A curfew will come into force from 5 a.m. Nearly forty years earlier, just after 4 a.m. Two hours before the curfew was lifted at midnight on April 12th, the interior minister announced his resignation, admitting that it was a mistake to have hastily called a curfew that startled the nation.įor Hasan Kara, the curfew declaration and ensuing panic were reminders of Turkey’s last successful military coup. City officials estimated that the ensuing chaos in the streets would cause a spike in COVID-19 infections. Fistfights broke out in bakeries customers quarreled in department stores. Crowds of people scrambled for groceries, showing little regard for social distancing.
In Istanbul, the country’s biggest city, the announcement was met with panic. It would be imposed in 31 provinces with the aim of curtailing the spread of COVID-19. ISTANBUL, TURKEY- Shortly before ten o’clock on April 10th, Turkey’s interior minister announced a two-day lockdown that would come into force at midnight.
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