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Turkish parliament debates coronavirus release bill that excludes political prisoners: report

Turkey’s parliament debated a prisoner release bill on Tuesday that aims to ease overcrowding in prisons and protect detainees from the coronavirus but which critics slam...

Turkey to construct 2 hospitals in Ä°stanbul to treat COVID-19 patients: report

Turkey will build two hospitals in the country's largest city of Ä°stanbul for COVID-19 patients, Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan said late on Monday, the Xinhua...

Turkey’s COVID-19 cases surpass 30,000, death toll hits 649

Turkey had 30,217 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Monday, with an increase of 3,148 in the last 24 hours, while the death toll grew by...

Turkish labor rights watchdog says 14 workers died of coronavirus in March

Turkey’s Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG) has said that at least 113 workers died in March due to work-related accidents and diseases, 14 of them...

Ä°stanbul Municipality announces 92 pct drop in use of public transport on Sundays

Ä°stanbul Municipality spokesperson Murat Ongun has announced that the use of public transportation on Sundays has seen a decline of nearly 92 percent since the beginning of...

Turkish military has dismissed more than 19,000 members over Gülen links since coup attempt

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has since a coup attempt in 2016 dismissed 19,203 of its members due to alleged ties to the faith-based Gülen movement,...

Turkey will assemble board to discuss sociological, religious aspects of coronavirus outbreak: minister

Turkey’s Health Ministry added seven new professors to a scientific board that is assisting the ministry in the fight against the coronavirus, while a second board...

Turkish authorities investigate 750 people for coronavirus-related offenses

Turkish Minister of Justice Abdülhamit Gül has announced that prosecutors across 66 cities have launched investigations into 750 people for various offenses in connection with the COVID-19...

Turkey starts distributing free face masks due to coronavirus outbreak

Turkey has started providing people with free of charge masks due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on Monday. The masks will reportedly be delivered...

86-year-old Turkish woman beats coronavirus, then has brain hemorrhage: report

An 86-year-old Turkish woman who became a source of inspiration after recovering from the coronavirus despite multiple chronic health problems has suffered a brain hemorrhage and...

Yet another family ruined as mother dies while purge-victim father is in jail

Two-year-old Elif Zehra Çalışkan is now without parents as her mother died after falling from a balcony and her father, an academic, has been in jail...

Workers aged 18 to 20 exempted from curfew imposed in Turkey: report

Workers between the age of 18 and 20 in Turkey will be exempt from a curfew on young people imposed last week to help slow the...

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