Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey might be taking new measures to stem the spread of the new coronavirus.
The Turkish president warned that people were not abiding by the self-isolation recommendations.
"We won't need further measures if all our citizens keep themselves in a voluntary quarantine."
"However, we may have to take much more advanced measures if the pandemic spreads and our citizens don't stay at home," Erdogan said during a meeting of his AK Party provincial heads in a televised video conference.
Erdogan has stopped short of announcing a full lockdown across Turkey, mainly for economic reasons, despite growing pressure to do so after cases kept on rising.
"We are determined to continue production and exports," Erdogan said earlier, Reuters reported.
Turkey has registered so far more than 13,000 in just three weeks, with 214 deaths.
