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Total curfew has come for 17 days! Alcohol is also banned! Middleasteye reporting
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/c...l-ban-lockdown
Covid-19: Turkey bans alcohol sales in stores during lockdown, causing backlash
Turkish officials say the decision is based on science, but many online criticised the move as religiously motivated
Although Turkish officials maintain that the decision was taken because of practical reasons, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu claimed last December that imposing restrictions on alcohol during past lockdown weekends were logical because alcohol is a conductor for increases in Covid-19 cases.
“They could object as much as they wanted. However, our decision is consistent with the scientific view,” he said. “Alcohol has an impact that causes less social distancing. Other Western nations did the same thing during the pandemic.”
Turkey's decision has triggered a huge online backlash, with many seeing it as part of a veiled agenda by Turkey’s conservative government to cut alcohol consumption in the country.
Nevsin Mengu, a prominent journalist with 1.9 million followers, said in a viral tweet that the alcohol ban was a serious rights violation.
“Just because the president doesn’t like alcohol, now it is banned in the entire country, this is ridiculous,” she said.
Mehmet, a lawyer in his early 30s, told MEE that he and his friends will go to discount supermarkets today to stockpile on alcoholic beverages to consume during lockdown.
Yeeee Nevsin Mengü! Whom do you serve? We are 99.9999% muslim nation. Who are you to judge our islamization! Go back to Greece Nevsin!
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