http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200415-092315-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/fighting-covid-19-legal-powers-risks-and-the-rule-of-law-turkey/ Fighting COVID-19 – Legal Powers, Risks and the Rule of Law: Turkey Ünver, Serdar eng 2020-04-15 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Coronavirus COVID 19 emergency powers Turkey Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 In order to ensure a quick and flexible response in fighting against COVID- 19, Turkish presidency and administration preferred to introduce the measures against the pandemic in the form of circulars instead of declaring a state of emergency. This choice is being criticised for opening the way for arbitrariness and undermining the principle of legality.