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Coronavirus death toll in Turkey hits 725, number of cases surges to 34,109

Turkey’s coronavirus death toll reached 725 on Tuesday, while the number of confirmed cases increased by 3,892 to 34,109, according to a chart posted on Twitter...

Erdoğan takes legal action against TV anchor over tweet about a speech

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a criminal complaint with İstanbul prosecutors against Fox TV news anchor Fatih Portakal, due to a tweet about a speech...

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...

PACE Turkey rapporteurs call on authorities to free political prisoners

Thomas Hammarberg and John Howell, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey, on Friday urged Turkish authorities to ensure...

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...

Turkey’s COVID-19 cases rise to 27,069, death toll hits 574

Turkey had 27,069 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Sunday, with an increase of 3,135 in the last 24 hours, while the death toll grew by...

COVID-19 release bill passed by Turkish parliament committee excludes political prisoners

A committee in the Turkish Parliament on Saturday approved a bill that will allow the release of up to 100,000 inmates from Turkey’s overcrowded prisons due...

Turkey’s COVID-19 death toll rises to 501, confirmed cases number 23,934

Turkey had 23,934 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Saturday, with an increase of 3,013 in the last 24 hours while the death toll grew by...

Turkey imposes partial curfew on youths, shuts borders of 31 provinces: report

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that Turkey was imposing a partial curfew on people under the age of 20 effective from midnight on Friday...

Confirmed coronavirus cases in Turkey increase to 20,921, death toll at 425: minister

Turkey had 20,921 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Friday, with an increase of 2,786 in the last 24 hours, the health minister said, while the...

Veteran journalist arrested for tweet mocking Erdoğan’s donation campaign

A veteran Turkish journalist was arrested on Friday for provoking public hatred and enmity with a tweet mocking the government’s national pandemic relief campaign. Turkish President Recep...

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...

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