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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...

Turkish governor tests positive for coronavirus: report

The governor’s office in Turkey’s northwestern city of Kırklareli on Tuesday announced that Governor Osman Bilgin has tested positive for COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus,...

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...

Turkey’s Erdoğan wants to ‘keep wheels turning’ despite lockdown demands: report

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is under growing pressure from unions and the opposition for a lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus, but he insists...

Explosion in eastern Turkey halts natural gas flow from Iran: report

An explosion in eastern Turkey on Tuesday damaged a natural gas pipeline and halted gas flows from Iran, The Associated Press reported, citing local media. The explosion...

Turkish companies to produce 5,000 ventilators in 2 months for coronavirus patients

A team of Turkish defense and electronics firms are planning to jointly produce and deliver 5,000 ventilators to the health ministry in two months, Haluk Bayraktar, CEO...

Turkey extends quarantine of thousands returning from Mecca after some test positive for COVID-19

Turkish officials have decided to postpone the release of some 5,000 people who were put in quarantine upon returning from Umrah in Saudi Arabia after some...

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,...

Galatasaray coach with COVID-19 discharged from hospital after improvement in condition

Galatasaray coach Fatih Terim has been discharged from the İstanbul hospital where he has been receiving treatment for COVID-19, the Diken news website reported on Monday. The development was...

Turkish lira slips 2 pct against US dollar as coronavirus cases surge: report

The Turkish lira fell nearly 2 percent against the dollar on Monday as the number of coronavirus cases continued to surge in Turkey and world markets...

Turkey puts more villages under coronavirus quarantine

Six villages in the Black Sea province of Gümüşhane and the central province of Sivas have been put under quarantine due to the coronavirus  pandemic, which has...

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...

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