Partial Curfew Order
(Chapter 156), Order Under Article 2
In order to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus (Covid-19), the Council of Ministers of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, under the authority granted to it by Article 2 of Chapter 156, The Curfew Law, has declared a partial curfew for 14 days from 00: 00 a.m. as of 23.3.2020, depending on the exceptional circumstances below.
- Within the framework of the decisions taken by the Council of Ministers concerning the corona virus (Covid-19), private sector employees who are allowed to work in order to meet basic needs and employees who perform essential services in the public sector (police, fire brigade, municipality, prefectures, etc.) a partial curfew is applied to individuals other than those who are exempt from curfew.
- Persons excluded from the scope of exemption, in accordance with Article 1 above, may go onto the streets only for the purpose of obtaining goods and services from public and private institutions whose activities are permitted under Article 1 above and will return to their place of residence after meeting these needs. No one is to to take to the streets except for these purposes.
- Those who fail to comply with this partial curfew will be prosecuted under the current legislation.