No curfew will be applied to hotel employees between May 15-19
CIRCULAR NO: 20/71 Istanbul, 13.05.2020
Relevant Unit: Office of the Chairman of the Board, General Management, Human Resources
Subject: No curfew will be applied to hotel employees between May 15-19
Reference: Statement by the Ministry of Interior
Executive Summary: A curfew has been declared by the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Interior between 24:00 on Friday, May 15 and 24:00 on Tuesday, May 19, and hotel employees are exempt from the restriction.
Dear Member,
As announced by the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Interior, a curfew will be applied in a total of 15 provinces with metropolitan status, namely Ankara, Balıkesir, Bursa, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Istanbul, İzmir, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Konya, Manisa, Sakarya, Samsun, Van and Zonguldak, between 24:00 on Friday, May 15 and 24:00 on Tuesday, May 19.
Hotels and accommodation facilities will continue their operations, and the managers, officials and employees at these establishments have been exempted from the curfew.
In this context, in order for the personnel who will work at the hotels to be considered within the scope of the exemption, their full identity information along with the drivers of the service vehicles and the vehicle license plates are required.
Our members located in Istanbul are required to update the dates in the MS Excel format, a sample of which is attached, and send this information VERY URGENTLY to the e-mail addresses of the Personnel Branch of the Istanbul Police Department at istanbulpersonel@egm.gov.tr, the Tourism Branch at istanbulturizm@egm.gov.tr, and the Provincial Directorate at yatirimisletmeler34@ktb.gov.tr; our members operating outside Istanbul must send it to the Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism to which they are affiliated.
*It is recommended that a copy of the relevant notification be kept with the personnel.
We bring the matter to your attention in view of its importance.
Respectfully,
TÜROB - Association of Turkish Hoteliers
Müberra ERESİN
Chairman of the Board
ATTACHMENTS :
1-Statement by the Ministry of Interior