Last Updated On: Dec 22 2020 06:28 Gmt+3
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a banquet with live music for Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa El-Kazımi, drawing criticism from critical news websites and social media users.
“Everywhere is closed, everywhere is quarantined, but there’s a song and dance at the Palace,” the Tele1 website reported.
On Thursday Erdoğan held a ceremony with the Iraqi leader to sign new agreements and the dinner following this event was attended by dozens of people who were sitting at tables. Turkey mandates lockdowns across the country on Sundays and announced it will impose another ban for outings before the New Year’s Eve. Citizens face relatively high penalties if they are caught outside or without masks on but at the palace party, invitees appeared not to be socially distancing.