Türkiye’nin koronavirüs ile mücadele politikasında Sağlık Bakanlığı covid-19 bilim kurulu uygulaması
Ministry of Health covid-19 science committee application in Turkey’s policy to fight against coronavirus

Summary/Abstract: A new epidemic, called Covid-19, that caused deaths in China in December 2019, emerged and affected the whole world. On March 11, 2020, the diseases caused by the Covid-19 virus were declared as a pandemic, that is, a global epidemic, by the World Health Organization (WHO). The first case of Covid-19 virus in Turkey was detected as of March 10, 2020. As a part of the policies implemented by the government in the fight against crisis management in Turkey, a Science Board was established under the Ministry of Health. In the Covid-19 process, the decisions that were put into effect with reference to the recommendations of the Ministry of Health Science Board came to the fore. In this study, the role of the Ministry of Health Science Board, whose foundations were laid down in the Pandemic Influenza National Preparation Plan before the Covid-19 virus, was tried to be determined within the scope of the model developed by Krick. Qualitative research method was used in the study, data compiled from newspaper news, policy texts and internet sources were analyzed by document analysis method. As a result of the results obtained from the findings, it has been determined that the recommendations made by the Covid-19 Scientific Committee in Turkey are more in the symbolic use that aims to legitimize and establish trust, rather than the (instrumental) use to produce concrete policies.

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