The minister of health, Fahrettin Koca, announces the identification of the first mutated coronavirus case in Turkey, which had originated from the United Kingdom.[1]
1 March: Normalization and easing of COVID restrictions starts gradually in provinces, divided into 4 categories according to the risk assessment criteria.[15]
2 March: Erdoğan announces the Human Rights Action Plan.[16]
12 March: Erdoğan announces the Economic Reform package.[19][20]
20 March: Erdoğan announces his country's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention by a presidential decree published in the official government gazette. Turkey becomes the first country to withdraw from it.[21]
7 April: An NF-5 aircraft belonging to the Turkish Stars crashes due to an unknown reason during a training flight in the Karatay district of Konya. The pilot of the plane, Captain Burak Gençcelep, is killed.[24]
14 April: Beginning at 7 pm, a 2-week partial curfew starts to be enforced. Limitations are imposed as a result of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in many areas, with curfew restrictions added to cover the entire weekend and between 7 pm - 5 am on weekdays.[25]
29 April: A full closure is announced starting from 29 April at 7 pm until 17 May at 5 am. Education is suspended at all levels and exams were postponed. It is announced that intercity public transport vehicles will operate at 50% capacity. It is also announced that markets will be closed on Sundays.[26]
June
4 June: Erdoğan announces the discovery of 135 billion m3 of natural gas in the Black Sea.[27]
14 August: General Directorate of Forestry announced that a firefighting plane rented from Russia crashed in Kahramanmaraş. All the crew, consisting of 3 Turkish and 5 Russian citizens, are killed.[31][32]
29–30 November: Due to the severe storm that occurred in the Marmara, Aegean and Western Black Sea regions, 7 people lost their lives and more than 50 people were injured.[36]
December
10 December: Expo 2021 Hatay will take place in Hatay city center and will continue until 30 May 2022.[37]
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