Hello everyone! In today's video we're gonna show you what Istanbul looks like after the first lockdown
here in the country and for the first time in I don't know how many months but about
three or four months we can finally go out on a Saturday so we're gonna be showing you
what the city looks like and also if you want to know what are the new measurements taken
in the country by the government don't miss this video. So let's go and check it out
We are so happy because today we're gonna show you
what the city looks like especially in the most local areas on the first weekend with no lockdown
this means on Saturday so our first point is here in Beşiktaş and we're just walking
through the streets and we will figure out what people are doing here right now.
At the moment we are in this famous street which previously we have shown you in one of
our videos here in Beşiktaş and right now it's so crowded even people are waiting outside
to find a table because one of the new measures is that the restaurants they can only receive
the 50% of their total capacity so it is so crowded people are waiting outside but
it feels so good to see life coming back to the city.
After Beşiktaş we decided to go to Taksim, Istiklal street and Galata Tower.
This is one of the main touristic areas in the city but also is a place where
many locals gather at one of the many coffee shops, restaurants, or patisseries,
This zone was quite active and bustling and after many months we were finally
able to see for the first time crowded streets once again.
For the past months Turkey has been implementing different restrictions and regulations in order to
reduce the positive cases of COVID-19 in Turkey, and as of March 1st finally some of those restrictions
have changed and here we're going to be explaining to you what are the new changes so you
have to keep them in mind whenever you're planning on traveling to Turkey.
Before explaining each one of these measurements we need to inform you that Turkey has been divided into different categories
in order to implement different measurements according to the positive cases they have. For
example, they have new categories such as blue which are the provinces with low risk,
the yellow ones are medium risk, orange ones high risk, and the red ones are very high risk.
As you can see from this map Istanbul is considered as a high risk and mostly the
Black Sea region is in red and those ones are high risk provinces and basically according to each
province and to each color different measurements will be taken now we will be explaining to you
according to the color and what are the new regulations imposed to those provinces.
The provinces in blue which means low risk and those ones in yellow which are medium risk
now they will have curfews the seven days a week but only between 9 pm to 5 am
remember that curfews are only for Turkish citizens and residents basically the tourists
if you're coming here to Turkey as a tourist you don't have to stay at home during the curfew hours
and also for the full weekend the curfews are finally removed for this category so basically
before that we were that we had to stay at home between Saturday and Sunday until Monday morning
now for these for these colors there are no curfews anymore also the restaurants
cafes patisseries and similar businesses have finally opened their doors
and they will only operate between 7 in the morning to 7 pm and those business will only offer
take away and delivery service between 7 pm to 9 pm and only delivery services from 9 p.m to 12 a.m
of course for each of these restaurants they won't be receiving people like a lot of people inside
the place so they can only receive the 50% of their capacity and they will be asking for the HES code
as well. Regarding the provinces in orange color which means the high-risk ones and where Istanbul is
included, here the curfews from Monday to Saturday are only between 9 p.m to 5 in the
morning and basically on saturdays we can finally go out once again we will only have full
curfews between Sundays to Monday morning at 5 in the morning we'll be finishing and
of course once again the tourists are exempted. Just as in the yellow and blue color
also here the restaurants are already open with the same restrictions and also the HES code
will be asked for. The provinces in red that means the very high risk ones the curfews will apply
just the same as the orange provinces and the only difference between these two is that in
the red ones the restaurants cafes and pastry shops will not open the doors to the public
they will continue offering their services just as take away and delivery.
The map that we have shown you before will be changing every two weeks for example in this case every province
of Turkey will be analyzing according to the numbers of positive cases in the provinces
and these provinces might be changing of color depending on the number of cases that is why
we will suggest you that if you want to keep an eye on these numbers we would like to invite you
to follow us through our social media especially Instagram because through our stories every time
when there is an update we are immediately sharing it to our followers and subscribers
Our last stops were Eminonu, Galata bridge and of course Kadikoy on the Asian side of the city
where also the places and restaurants were pretty packed.
All we saw were happy faces all around enjoying for the first time a free Saturday.
Now that you know the main new measures keep them in mind for your upcoming trip to Turkey
you can also follow them up in our blog turkeylocaltips.com
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