Tolga Atakan, Minister of Public Works and Transportation, noted that as of today, there is no clear structure and date regarding the conditions, how and when scheduled flights will start.
Responding to the allegations that some airline companies started selling tickets and even gave the date of 28 May, Atakan said, “I can say that the flights will not be on 28 May. Several different alternatives are being studied.
There is intensive work with the European Union, airline companies, international carriers, health and transportation authorities. There are different issues discussed now. Let me give an example; one view is that flights can be made, leaving some seats empty. However, airline companies say that this is an inapplicable system both economically and in terms of health safety. ” said.
“The claims that scheduled flights will begin at the beginning of June do not reflect the facts,” said Atakan.
He pointed out that a three-stage structure is planned for entering the country, and that the TRNC citizens return to the country in the first stage.
He noted that in the second stage, TRNC citizens who do not have residence in the country will be admitted to the country, and the third stage will include those who are not citizens but whose lives are in TRNC for the purpose of working, education or residence.
Atakan said, “There is no historical planning for the second and third stages yet. We are currently planning for the first stage, how many citizens we have, where the arrivals will be quarantined. We need to know clearly how many of our citizens will come to calculate their economic side. ”
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Minister Atakan also warned the citizens, “I observe that we have entered into a structure that disregards the success of the discipline that has been going on so far. This is a very dangerous comfort. “If we do not comply with the social distance, personal protection and hygiene rules, we can enter a situation that will reverse the comfortable process we have experienced so far.”
Speaking at BRT, the Minister of Public Works and Transportation Tolga Atakan noted that the pandemic process should be evaluated by considering the possibilities such as “will there be a second wave, there is a danger of spread”.
According to the information provided by the Ministry, Atakan said: “Until now, we have taken many precautions in place and on time. We are experiencing an extraordinary situation. Extraordinary situations also require extraordinary decisions. This inevitably creates some grievances. The process we left behind clearly shows us that by closing, we prevented the epidemic from being the same size in Italy, England or France. We have not had positive cases for a long time. Our last patient was discharged. ”
“Aside from spinning the wheels of the economy, we have many citizens who are abroad and are waiting to return,” said Atakan, with the arrival of these citizens, a cautious but optimistic situation as a new risk will emerge, all these will be evaluated and all necessary measures will continue to be taken. said they were.
“If we dismiss the measure, we can reverse the positive process”
Pointing out that the wheels of the economy started to turn a little with the gradual opening decision, Minister Atakan stated that there was a movement in the income of the state and the economic activities of the citizens.
Describing this as a positive momentum, Atakan stated that with the warming of the air, he observed a drowsiness in people.
Minister Atakan continued his words as follows:
“I observe that we have entered into a structure that ignores the success of the discipline that has so far. This is a very dangerous comfort. If we suddenly get in the mood of ‘Everything is over’, dismiss the measures, and if we do not follow the social distance, personal protection and hygiene rules, we can enter a situation that will reverse the comfortable process we have experienced so far. We observe not wearing masks outside or wearing them in different ways. There is an approach towards disrupting the rank and social distance despite all kinds of measures taken especially at the points where intensive operation is performed. It should not be forgotten that; It is the person who will implement the most correct decision of the world. I attribute this attitude to not having this process like other countries and not having any cases for a while. Probably the idea of ’nothing will happen to me’ started to show itself. This virus is the fastest virus. We have to act accordingly. ”
“We need to understand that the measures taken are primarily for our own health”
Minister Tolga Atakan stated that their biggest problem is that despite all warnings and interventions, citizens do not comply with the social distance rule in the vehicle registration and navigation unit.
“Despite the ease of online payment and a 10 percent discount in online payment, our citizens are resisting. If it continues in this way, the agency will stop working. Nothing is more important than public health. ”Atakan underlined that we should understand that all the measures taken were for our own health.
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“3 stages of entry into the country are planned; the first includes citizens of the country residing in TRNC on 1 June. ”
Stating that a three-stage structure is foreseen for entering the country, Minister Atakan stated that in the first stage, from 1 June, TRNC citizens residing in the country will return to the country.
Atakan added that everyone coming under the coordination of the Ministry of Health will stay in quarantine for 14 days.
Atakan stated that citizens who have gone abroad for health purposes can now enter the country by sea after receiving the approval of the ministry, and that they have been sent to hospitals, home quarantine or quarantine centers according to their situation.
Atakan said, “In the second stage, TRNC citizens who do not have residence in our country will be able to be admitted to the country. In the third stage, people who are in our country for working, learning or living purposes, who are not our citizens but whose living arrangements are here will be taken. There is no historical planning for the second and third stages yet. We are currently planning for the first stage, how many citizens we have, where the arrivals will be quarantined. We need to know clearly how many of our citizens will come to calculate their economic side. ”
“The claims that scheduled flights will start on 28 May are not true”
Tolga Atakan, who answered the claims that some airline companies started selling tickets and even gave the date of 28 May, said that as of today, there is no clear structure and date regarding the conditions, how and when scheduled flights will start.
Atakan added:
“I can say that the flights will not be on May 28. Several different alternatives are being studied. There is intensive work with the European Union, airline companies, international carriers, health and transportation authorities. There are different issues discussed now. Let me give an example; one view is that flights can be made, leaving some seats empty. However, airline companies say that this is an inapplicable system both economically and in terms of health safety. ”
“Before the flights, the sanitary measures and implementation methods to be taken at the airports should be clarified”
Adding that the airports that the health authorities put forward are restricted, Atakan added:
“It is important how to check-in for a flight that will take 118 or 120 people, how these people will enter the airport at the same time according to the social distance rule, how they will go through security conditions. We are also included in this. Currently, these issues are being discussed in Europe and the world. Topics such as airport management, flight process, and health harmonization among countries come to the fore. The use of a passport-like digital health document is being discussed, but a structure is needed in which all party countries can access this data. This data will include the test information of the passenger. Because it is not a healthy method to say that we should make a test even if the plane comes. We need an infrastructure for this. You do not have the opportunity to wait for a passenger at the airport for 6-7 hours until the test results. I do not think that any airline will make scheduled flights before these are concluded. The claims that scheduled flights will begin at the beginning of June do not reflect the facts. ”
