Turkish Interior minister Süleyman Soylu, resigned on Sunday from position after giving only two hours of advance notice, Twitter and local media reported.
According to Turkish websites, Soylu resigned at the backdrop of the weekend curfew, which Turkey implements to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Earlier, the Turkish Interior Ministry announced a 48-hour confinement in Turkey's 30 largest cities just two hours before it was due to take effect, a matter which caused crowds failing to respect the social distancing rules.
https://twitter.com/suleymansoylu/status/1249403093151887362
It is worth noting that Soylu is a deputy chairman of the Justice and Development Party.
Today, the Ministry of Health in Turkey revealed that the coronavirus cases in the country reached 56,945.
“About 47,89 new cases have been reported during the last twenty-four hours in Turkey,” the ministry said in a statement.
It also registered 97 new deaths, taking the death toll to 1,198.
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