Lockdown Days in Istanbul

This blog page's aim is to tell of the today, and so to be able to give an idea for the future people, firstly. It may be these days are the most proper times to inform what human being had done for nature's advantage, for earth's benefit. It is also time to understand what humanity encounters after the consequences of its actions. In summary, today is a crucial time to understand what we can do for better future days, but it is also so hard to understand what is going on around while we are living in it at the same time.

(anonymous)

In this framework, I will try to explain how is a lockdown in my city, in Istanbul, Turkey. The government announced again there is a curfew this weekend in big cities. That is expected to be the last curfew, but I am not sure about that, though. The president also said that all restaurants, cafes, pubs will open next Monday. This means sickness is not decreasing, but economic worries are increasing. Let's tell about some daily routines. Our neighborhood kids are outside all the time from day to night. They are bicycling, running, playing. They are really having fun and I am so happy to see them for fun.

(anonymous)

The weather is so clean, the sky is shiny, trees are greener. People are required to wear masks, so it is so odd to see masked faces all around. If someone told me we would have to wear a mask to go outside, not a lot, only a few months ago, I would have said them it would be only a fiction movie. Today, while you are walking at the streets, markets, parks or while you are sitting somewhere you are required to wear a mask. The people you see around you seem very funny, but they also seem very strange.

I don't think humanity is understanding what is to be done for a better future even in these sickness days. There is some much story, image, event to write, but my mind is really confusing about where I should start or finish. Let's stop here, and see next Sunday.

(anonymous)

Struggle with Covid19 and Some Contradictions

Deaths and diseases because of  Covid19 are continuing all over the world. In Istanbul, 64 people succumbed to this disease yesterday. Until today, 3461 people died in Turkey, 252,000 in all countries. Deaths did not stop despite all the efforts, yet some efforts or struggles are being eased with this sickness in Turkey.

Shopping centers and some kind of shops will be opened next week. People of some age who are not allowed to go out are able to go out in some days a week. On the contrary to those decisions, building corona hospitals are continuing. Government decisions are understandable to maintain financial flow, but these decisions are worrying about prospective deaths in the next days. In my opinion, these decisions will pave the way for more deaths, but I hope that it would not work in this way.

Especially in Istanbul and in many cities, lockdown restrictions are still valid. For one month every weekend is being imposed a curfew in 31 cities, but this week only 24 for cities are included to curfew. Also, there is still being imposed banning exit to other cities and enter from out. One given a reason why some cities are kept out of all strict rules is seem that the economic cost of an ongoing outweigh the risk to lives a resurgent epidemic might pose.

All that happen show us that social state or welfare state policy is undoubtedly important to maintain a powerful, healthy society.