Speaking at an iftar with healthcare workers, Erdoğan said: “We, along with the world, were negatively affected by the coronavirus pandemic, which cost the lives of millions of people. Thanks to the selfless efforts of our healthcare army and the timely measures we took, we did not leave any of our citizens helpless during the pandemic.”

“We managed the epidemic with truly admirable organizational capability”

Highlighting the various challenges that tested our nation's determination to fight and our country's capacity to resist, Erdoğan said: “We, along with the world, were negatively affected by the coronavirus pandemic, which cost the lives of millions of people. Thanks to the selfless efforts of our healthcare army and the timely measures we took, we did not leave any of our citizens helpless during the pandemic. We did not have any people who were turned away from the hospital door, who died because they could not find medicine, who could not access health services, and who could not access vaccines even if they wanted to.”

Emphasizing that none of the desperate images seen in much richer countries than Türkiye were experienced here, Erdoğan said: “We achieved to manage this epidemic, which is called the greatest health crisis that humanity faced in the last century, with a truly admirable organizational capability.” (ILKHA)