No curfew will be applied to hotel employees on 22-26 April
Executive Summary: A curfew has been declared by the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Türkiye, effective from midnight tomorrow until midnight on 26 April, in 30 metropolitan provinces and in Zonguldak; hotel employees are exempt from the restriction.
CIRCULAR NO: 20/53
Istanbul, 21.04.2020
Relevant Unit: Office of the Chairman of the Board, General Management, Human Resources
Subject: No curfew will be applied to hotel employees on 22-26 April
Reference: Ministry of the Interior letter dated/numbered 21.04.2020 - 89780865-153
Executive Summary: A curfew has been declared by the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Türkiye, effective from midnight tomorrow until midnight on 26 April, in 30 metropolitan provinces and in Zonguldak; hotel employees are exempt from the restriction.
Dear Member,
By the referenced letter of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Türkiye, with the exceptions specified in the letter, all of our citizens within the provincial borders of the 30 provinces holding metropolitan status (Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Aydın, Balıkesir, Bursa, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Hatay, İstanbul, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Konya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Muğla, Ordu, Sakarya, Samsun, Şanlıurfa, Tekirdağ, Trabzon, Van) and Zonguldak will be restricted from going out between 24:00 on 22.04.2020 and 24:00 on 26.04.2020.
Hotels and accommodation facilities will continue their operations, and the managers, staff and employees at these establishments are exempt from the curfew.
In this context, in order for the personnel who will work at hotels to be assessed within the scope of the exception, their full identity information along with the drivers of service vehicles and vehicle license plates are required.
Our members located in Istanbul must prepare the information in question in the MS Excel format, a sample copy of which is attached, and send it MOST URGENTLY to the e-mail addresses of the Personnel Branch Directorate of the Istanbul Police Department at istanbulpersonel@egm.gov.tr, the Tourism Branch Directorate at istanbulturizm@egm.gov.tr, and the Provincial Directorate at yatirimisletmeler34@ktb.gov.tr.
*It is recommended that a copy of the relevant notification be kept on the person of the employee.
We bring this matter to your attention given its importance.
Respectfully,
TÜROB - Association of Turkish Hoteliers
Müberra ERESİN
Chairman of the Board
ATTACHMENTS:
1-Ministry of the Interior Circular dated 21.04.2020