Журнал. World association for medical law. The COVID-19 pandemic. Volume 39 2

317 World Association for Medical Law Medicine and Law COVID-19 AND TURKEY: THE HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE OF TURKEYAND NATURE OF PRIVACY IN A PANDEMIC Arda A*, and Arda B** Abstract: This article examines Turkey’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, from the aspects of health infrastructure of the country, access to information and privacy. The following is provided in this article: the timeline of the pandemic including the administrative information; a relevant analysis of the health infrastructure of the country and some advantages of the infrastructure; and the right to access to information and the nature of privacy in a pandemic. Keywords: Covid-19; Pandemic; Turkey; Medical Law; Patient Rights; Health Infrastructure; Privacy; Access to Information Covid-19 Pandemic in Turkey As of 6 th May, Turkey has the eighth-highest number of cases of Covid-19 infections, according to the data provided by Johns Hopkins University, Coronavirus Resource Centre. 1 Even though the country has the eighth most cases in the world, it is on the thirteenth place in the world, ranking in terms of number of Covid-19 related deaths. As of 6 th May, Turkey has 129,491 confirmed cases, 3,520 deaths and 73,285 recovered patients. A number of measures, to limit the spread of the coronavirus, have been introduced by the relevant authorities. The most radical of these measures, as of 6 th May, is that there is a curfew in place, for the citizens aged over 65 and under 20 and those who have a chronical medical condition, such as chronic pulmonary diseases, asthma, chronicobstructivepulmonarydisease (COPD), cardiovascular disease, * Arda, A: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Copenhagen; PhD, University of Exeter; Lawyer, Bar of Ankara. asli.arda@jur.ku.dk ** Arda, B: (MD, MedSpec, PhD) Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, History of Medicine and Ethics Dept. arda@medicine.ankara.edu.tr 1 Coronavirus Covid-19 Global Cases by the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University, available at: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html (last visited: May 6, 2020) Med Law (2020) 39:2:317-330