Turkey’s minister for agriculture, Ibrahim Yumakli, has said livestock markets across the country will begin to reopen in the course of this week. 

Markets were closed in July after a widespread outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.

Mr Yumakli said on August 18 that the authorities had distributed more than 11 million doses of a vaccine. He said farmers should vaccinate their animals and pay no attention to messages circulating on social media suggesting that the vaccines would do more harm than good.

He also warned traders not to take advantage of the situation by trying to buy livestock at unfairly low prices.

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