30 October 2009 / TODAY'S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL
İstanbul Governor Muammer Güler cleaned his hands with hand sanitizer after shaking hands with members of the military and politicians during yesterday’s ceremonies held for the 86th anniversary of the Turkish Republic.
Güler shook hands with a number of university rectors, civil society leaders, political party leaders and community leaders as well as members of the military during yesterday’s ceremonies. The governor later cleaned his hands with hand sanitizer, which is frequently used as a precaution against the spread of swine flu. İstanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş and 1st Army Corps Commander Gen. Hasan Iğsız and did the same afterwards. Güler later asked his guards to distribute packages of hand sanitizer to reporters in the hall so that they could protect themselves against the flu.