Turkey´s Chief Rabbi Isak Haleva also contributed to the ´We Are Enough for Eachother Turkey (Biz Bize Yeteriz Türkiyem)´ campaign, which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has initiated.
Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca shared via his Twitter account the updated data from the ´Turkey´s Daily Coronavirus Chart´ on the ministry´s web page.
Due to the Coronavirus epidemic, the Turkish Jewish Community and the Chief Rabbinate are also taking a series of precautions while keeping on informing the Jewish community.
In our country where total number of Coronavirus patients is up to 1872, 7 people, one with COPD disease, others old aged, lost their lives, making the total number of deaths 44.
As of March 23rd, there are 9 new deaths, 289 new cases in Turkey. 20,345 tests were administered, 1236 of these were diagnosed positive. Total loss is now 30.
The Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca, who received the joint admiration of both the government and the opposition parties in the parliament, on the fight with the Coronavirus issue, stated while speaking to Abdülkadir Selvi from Hürriyet Newspaper that everyone should declare their own ´state of emergency´.
Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca, in his press conference, expressed that obeying all the quarantine rules was vital and he was expecting the cooperation of the people.
Fahrettin Koca, stating that an 89 years old patient has lost his life, announced that the total number of cases was up to 98, increasing by 51 yesterday.
Turkish Jewish Community´s Chief Rabbi Isak Haleva broadcasted a video message due to the Coronavirus epidemic, advising the Jewish people not to go to the synagogues where many people pray together.
Chief Rabbinate of Turkey, with the announcement they made on Monday morning, has decided to put all the activities on hold starting from Wednesday, M...
On Saturday (The Holy Shabbath Day), in all of the synagogues and in Neve Shalom Synagogue, the prayers were for our martyred and wounded soldiers, peace, our country´s peace and well-being.
The Struma disaster, where 768 people of whom 103 were children, were killed when the ship was sunk to the depths of the Black Sea on February 24th, 1942, was commemorated officially once again.