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Curfew on the elderly might be extended to everyone, İstanbul mayor says

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu said Turkey’s curfew on the elderly could be extended to the rest of the population amid measures to combat the novel coronavirus,...

Turkey’s attempt to protect inmates from coronavirus must include political prisoners: HRW

Turkey’s efforts to protect prisoners amid the coronavirus outbreak should include all inmates, including those charged with violation of anti-terror laws, which may include strong opposition...

Death toll from COVID-19 rises to 30 in Turkey, number of cases 1236

Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has announced that nine more people have died from the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll...

Turkey’s COVID-19 death toll rises to 21, number of cases reaches 947

The number of people in Turkey who died due to the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours has risen to 21, while the total number...

Number of confirmed coronavirus cases hit 670, death toll increases to 9: minister

In his daily Twitter briefing on Friday Turkey’s health minister, Fahrettin Koca, said the number of confirmed coronavirus cases had increased to 670, while five more...

Wife of jailed Kurdish politician calls on gov’t to release inmates amid coronavirus outbreak

Başak Demirtaş, the wife of Selahattin Demirtaş, a jailed Kurdish politician, on Friday urged the Turkish government to immediately release prisoners due to the coronavirus outbreak. Posting...

Turkey considering release of 100,000 inmates charged with non-terror offenses

Turkey’s ruling party is preparing a bill to release “as many prisoners as possible” from jails amid the coronavirus outbreak, according to a party official. However, rights...

Turkey now has 359 patients, 4 deaths due to COVID-19: minister

The number of coronavirus cases in Turkey has reached 359, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca tweeted late on Thursday, adding that another citizen had died, bringing the...

Turkey suspends all league matches until coronavirus danger abates: minister

Turkish Sports and Youth Minister Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu on Thursday announced that all league matches had been suspended until the danger of the coronavirus pandemic eases, the...

Pro-gov’t Turkish news network TRT registers as foreign agent in the US: report

Turkish state broadcaster TRT has registered as a foreign agent in the United States, becoming the latest foreign government-linked news outlet to be listed under the same...

Second patient dies due to coronavirus, number of cases rises to 191: health minister

Turkey has announced the second death caused by the novel coronavirus, while the number of confirmed cases had increased to 191 as of Wednesday. “We have lost...

Dozens of Turks try to escape coronavirus quarantine

Dozens of Turkish citizens who recently returned from abroad have tried to escape the facilities where they were being kept under quarantine over suspicions of the...

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