Suleyman Soylu received criticism after announcing a lockdown with just two hours’ notice. FMTNews Turkey Lockdown
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday refused to accept the resignation of his interior minister over an abrupt nationwide lockdown that triggered a spate of panic-buying.
The declaration sent thousands flocking to markets and bakeries in defiance of social distancing rules. Reacting to the chaotic scenes on Friday, Soylu said the lockdown had been on the “instructions” of the president. Soylu took up the interior ministry portfolio in August 2016, a month after a bloody failed coup attempt against Erdogan.
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