ANKARA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- A new dam in Turkey's eastern province of Kars was inaugurated Saturday, semi-official Anadolu Agency reported.
A ceremony was held for the inauguration attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan via a video conference from his office, according to the report.
Erdogan hailed the achievement of dam construction of the country in his speech, underlining that Turkey has made progress in its economic development since the COVID-19 outbreak.
"We've faced the pandemic, in which even developed countries have been left helpless, both with our health infrastructure, our food and cleaning supply chain and exemplary management in terms of public safety," Erdogan said. "Recovery signals are quite strong in the economy."
Turkey reported 1,214 new COVID-19 cases and 23 more deaths the previous day, taking the tally of infections to 185,245, and the death toll to 4,905. Enditem
