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Turkey’s coronavirus death toll increases to 356, number of cases at 18,135: minister

Turkey had 18,135 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Thursday, with an increase of 2,456 in the last 24 hours, the health minister said, while the...

European lawyers group urges Erdoğan to release imprisoned lawyers amid COVID-19 outbreak

The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) on Thursday released an open letter addressed to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan calling for the...

Experts worried Turkey nearing critical care capacity for COVID-19 patients: report

The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus, has led to worries regarding Turkey’s intensive care units as experts warn that the outbreak might lead to capacity...

Confirmed coronavirus cases in Turkey increase by 2,148 to 15,679: minister

Turkey had 15,679 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Wednesday, with an increase of 2,148 in the last 24 hours, the health minister said, while the...

Turkish release bill should not discriminate against political prisoners: Amnesty

Amnesty International has published an online petition to Turkish authorities, urging them to avoid an exclusion of political prisoners from the scope of a bill aimed...

Turkey’s Interior Ministry bans municipalities from raising funds for coronavirus relief

The Turkish Interior Ministry on Tuesday released a circular informing municipalities that they are not allowed to raise funds to aid victims of the coronavirus epidemic without...

AKP unveils bill to reduce prison population amid pandemic, excludes inmates charged with ‘terrorism’

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on Tuesday revealed a jointly drafted bill allowing the partial release of...

Number of coronavirus cases hits 10,827, death toll at 168: Turkish health minister

Turkey’s confirmed cases of coronavirus increased to 10,827 with the addition of 1,610 new cases on Monday, and the death toll rose to 168 from 131,...

Members of Turkish cabinet are tested for COVID-19 every 4 days: report

Turkish cabinet members are being tested for COVID-19 every four days, with results determined on an urgent basis, the T24 news website reported on Monday. No cabinet member...

Amnesty, 26 NGOs call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners amid coronavirus crisis

Amnesty International and 26 other rights groups and civil society organizations from Turkey and around the world on Monday released a joint statement calling for the release...

Former Turkey goalkeeper hospitalized due to COVID-19

Turkey’s former national team goalkeeper Rüştü Reçber has been infected with the novel coronavirus and hospitalized, his wife Işıl announced on Saturday. “We are still in...

9,217 confirmed coronavirus cases in Turkey, death toll at 131

Turkey saw 1,815 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Sunday, while the death toll increased by 23, the health minister revealed in his regular social media...

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