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İftar Meal in Spanish Press
Spain’s news agency EFE, served a news article titled “Turkey prepares for subdued Ramadan in lockdown” by Ilya U. Topper and Doğan Tılıç. The article explains “İftar Meal” project of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality and included the statement of Metropolitan Mayor Tunç Soyer “we developed a technological iftar. With one click on the municipal website (www.bizizmir.com) you can donate 20 liras (about 3 euros), and we complete the sum from the city council to send a package of two dinners to someone in need, on behalf of the donor.” The article took place in web sites of leading news outlets such as La Vanguardia and Puplico.
İzmir Metropolitan Municipality in EUROCITIES with Maskmatic
Website of Eurocities reported on Maskmatic launched by İzmir Metropolitan municipality last week. Eurocities share model practices in Europe under its “Covid news” page.
What is İftar Meal?
Fasting during the day in Muslim countries for one month ends with a dinner called iftar. Izmir Metropolitan Municipality will support the tables of families in need during Ramadan
What is Maskmatic?
After paying transport fee, citizens can obtain 5 masks and 100 ml disinfectant free of charge from maskmatics located in metro stations by Metropolitan Municipality to facilitate access to medical masks during the pandemic.