Turkish cologne demand soars as sanitiser shelves stripped bare

Turkey is dependent on foreign suppliers for the cologne which contains 80 percent ethanol.

In Turkey, a high demand for sanitisers and hygiene products has caused their prices to soar.

Cologne containing 80 percent ethanol is also in high demand.

The country has nearly 1,600 confirmed cases of the coronavirus so far, including 37 deaths.

Al Jazeera’s Sinem Koseoglu reports from Istanbul.