LIST OF PLACES AND PERSONS EXEMPT FROM THE CURFEW

Exemption List

1.    Members and employees of the TBMM,

2.    Those in charge of ensuring public order and security (including private security officers),

3.    Public institutions and organisations and businesses necessary for the continuation of essential public services (Airports, ports, border gates, customs, highways, nursing homes, elderly care homes, rehabilitation centres, PTT, etc.), those working there, and religious officials in places of worship,

4.    Those on duty in Emergency Call Centres, Vefa Social Support Units, Provincial/District Epidemic Control Centres, the Migration Administration, the Kızılay, AFAD and disaster-related activities, and those assigned as volunteers,

5.    Public and private health institutions and organisations, pharmacies, veterinary clinics and animal hospitals and those working there, physicians and veterinarians,

6.    Those with a mandatory health appointment (including blood and plasma donations to the Kızılay),

7.    Workplaces carrying out activities related to the production, transport and sale of medicines, medical devices, medical masks and disinfectants, and those working there,

8.    Production and manufacturing facilities and construction activities, and those working at these places,

9.    Those working in the production, irrigation, processing, spraying, harvesting, marketing and transport of plant and animal products,

10. Companies engaged in domestic and international transport (including exports/imports/transit passages) and logistics, and their employees,

11. Those on duty in the transport or logistics of products and/or materials (including cargo), domestic and international transport, storage and related activities,

12. Hotels and accommodation facilities and those working there,

13. Animal shelters, animal farms and animal care centres and the officials and volunteer workers of these places, members of the Animal Feeding Group established by our Circular dated 30.04.2020 and numbered 7486, and those who will feed stray animals,

14. Those who go out to meet the essential needs of their pets, limited to the front of their residence,

15. Newspaper, magazine, radio and television organisations, newspaper printing houses, those working at these places, and newspaper distributors,

16. Fuel stations, tyre repairers and those working there,

17. Vegetable/fruit and seafood wholesale markets and those working there,

18. Bakeries where bread is produced and/or workplaces licensed for bakery products, vehicles in charge of distributing the bread produced, and those working there,

19. Those on duty in funeral and burial procedures (religious officials, hospital and municipal officials, etc.) and those attending the funerals of their first-degree relatives,

20. Large facilities and businesses operating strategically in the natural gas, electricity and petroleum sector (such as refineries and petrochemical facilities, and thermal and natural gas combined cycle power plants) and those working at these places,

21. Those in charge of maintaining and repairing transmission and infrastructure systems that must not be interrupted, such as electricity, water, natural gas, telecommunications, etc., and technical service employees, provided that they document that they are on duty to provide service,

22. Cargo, water, newspaper and kitchen gas cylinder distribution companies and their employees,

23. Personnel of local administrations who will work to carry out public transport, cleaning, solid waste, water and sewerage, snow clearance, spraying, fire brigade and cemetery services,

24. Drivers and staff of urban public transport vehicles (metrobus, metro, bus, minibus, taxi, etc.),

25. Those in charge of meeting the basic needs of those staying in collective places such as dormitories, guesthouses, construction sites, etc.,

26. Employees who need to be present at workplaces to ensure occupational health and safety and the security of workplaces (workplace physician, security officer, watchman, etc.),

27. Those with “Special Needs” such as autism, severe mental retardation and down syndrome, and their parents/guardians or companions,

28. Those who will establish personal contact with their children within the framework of a court decision (provided that they present the court decision),

29. Athletes, managers and other officials in professional sports competitions that can be played without spectators,

30. Large construction projects in progress whose workers stay at the construction site within the construction area, and those working there (Under this item, permission is granted if the construction and accommodation are within the same construction site area; workers are not permitted to come from elsewhere, and those staying at the site are not permitted to go elsewhere. Work is limited to the construction area only.),

31. Information processing centres and employees of institutions, organisations and businesses with a nationwide service network, primarily banks (provided that they are kept to a minimum number),

32. Those who document that they will take exams announced by ÖSYM and other central exams (and one companion among the spouse, sibling, mother or father accompanying these persons), and exam officials,

33. Food and beverage establishments located in rest facilities along intercity highways permitted by the Provincial/District General Public Health Boards, and those working there,

34. Due to approaching year-end procedures, independent accountants, financial advisors, sworn financial advisors and those working with these professionals.