TNT Coronavirus Edition: Opportunists Knock

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Milliyet Newspaper, 20 March 2020)


                          Seems like an attack to me...

Some famous names have joined those trying to take advantage of the
coronavirus outbreak.  Seda Sayan, Seren Serengil, Ebru Akel, Seda
Akgül, Seray Sever and Şeyma Subaşı are among the celebraties with
millions of social media followers promoting a product named
'No Attack' (!), which claims to be effective against the virus but which
is not on the Agriculture Ministry's Approved Reinforcing Foods List.

In addition, 'No Attack', touted with the pitch line "a fabulous product
that helps the body resist all kinds of viruses", is marketed by a
cosmetics firm and is not available in pharmacies, although the
celebrity pitch-ladies say that it is.

Cenap Sarıalioğlu, the head of the Istanbul Pharmacists Chamber,
stated that "at a time when the public is in panic mode, advertising
such a product is nothing short of immoral.  The product has been
put on the market by a cosmetics firm and has no approval from
the Health Ministry.  The claim that the product is available in
pharmacies is a lie.  This is fraud, pure and simple.  We will file
a complaint with the proper authorities."


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