He announced this on his Twitter account.

“On the one hand, we must be vaccinated, on the other, the state must apply some restrictions, and the population must strictly observe the mask regime and social distance.

In relation to tourists from Russia, it is necessary to take stricter measures.

Otherwise, it will not be possible to stop the growth of morbidity, ”he wrote.

Ceyhan added that the daily increase in new cases in the country was 12 381, which is almost three times more than in June.

Air traffic between Russia and Turkey was resumed on June 22.  

The Turkish embassy previously denied media reports about the possible closure of the country's borders due to the spread of the delta coronavirus strain.