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Although these measures required serious re-considerations of public health strategies, they were still grounded on pre-existing contexts of countries\u2019 health systems, namely the \u201cnew public health\u201d paradigm. Turkey\u2019s neoliberal health reforms since 2003 coincide with the principles of this paradigm\u2019s trends toward marketizing services and responsibilizing individuals; yet the Turkish context of the pandemic also stands out due to its mixed and unique form of governance. Utilizing the tweets of the Turkish Health Minister between March 13th and October 1st, 2020, we conducted a thematic qualitative analysis investigating the Turkish state\u2019s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our analysis revealed that state responsibility was framed around building new pandemic hospitals, informing the public, and building trust. Conversely, his tweets assigned Turkish individuals an active role in shaping pandemic outcomes through their \u201cinformed\u201d and \u201cempowered\u201d agency. Finally, he coined \u201ctogetherness,\u201d referring to the sum of individual actions, as an indispensable goal in assuring public compliance with precautions. 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