Turkey and COVID-19: Is another Italy in the making?

Source:al Monitor Date:26Mar2020

Noted author Cengiz Candar asks the question I myself asked in a YouTube broadcast:

Until two weeks ago, Turkey looked happy and confident in evading the pandemic. Some pseudo-scientists on TV shows even claimed that Turks were naturally immune to the virus because of their genetic makeup. It did not take long for the outbreak in Turkey to appear exponential. For some experts, the infection rate in the initial days of the outbreak is worse than what Italy experienced. They speak of scary scenarios where the worst is yet to come and that Turkey could be on the path of Italy. Turkey’s measures, at one point praised as timely, are now looking inadequate or belated.

As of March 26, Turkey had registered 2,433 cases (with 561 new ones in the previous 24 hours) and 59 deaths. Italy had registered 74,386 cases (with 5,210 new ones) with 7,503 deaths as of the same day.

This is the link to my broadcast:  What if Turkey were to become “another Italy”