Attorneys applied to visit İmralı
Attorneys of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with his clients.
112 Emergency Service: We don't even have masks, we don't know we won't be infected tomorrow
While it was revealed that the 112 Emergency Service do not have protective equipment to protect themselves, it was learned that two floors of Diyarbakır Gazi Yaşargil Education and Research Hospital was evacuated and turned into a quarantine unit for coronavirus patients.
Joint statement from 33 Bar Associations: Suspend execution in prisons during outbreak
Prisoners can be put under house arrest to reduce the prison population, 33 bar associations have said in a joint statement.
Workers launch strike action due to lack of outbreak measures
İzmir Municipality Parks and Gardens workers, IZSU workers and workers in other branches organized in Genel- İş İzmir No 2 Branch, started a strike action due to the lack of outbreak measures.
'If no measures are taken, healthcare workers will be active vectors'
Murat Ekmez, Member of the Board of Istanbul Medical Chamber, who warned that if healthcare workers are not provided with adequate preventive equipment, health professionals may become active vectors of the epidemic, said: "If we want a healthy society, health workers should be prioritized."
Mother of Bölek on death fast: This is psychological torture
Aygül Bilgi, mother of Helin Bölek, stating that the forced feeding they tried on Helin Bölek and İbrahim Gökçek who are on death fast is voilating the Turkish Civil Code, said what they did is psychological torture.
No medicine left in Maxmur Camp under embargo
Embargo for Mahmur Camp, which has been going on for 8 months, increases the risk of coronavirus. Mayor Bedran Pirani demanded that the embargo be lifted, saying "There is no medicine left in our hospital and our healthcare professionals are not allowed to go out of the camp."
NASA shares the photograph of the destruction in Hasankeyf
The article said that the effort is designed to help promote economic growth and energy independence for the country, warning; “But there will also be a cost.”
ILO: Almost 25 million jobs could be lost worldwide over COVID-19
The ILO estimates indicate a rise in global unemployment of between 5.3 million (“low” scenario) and 24.7 million (“high” scenario) from a base level of 188 million in 2019.
People lost their lives increases to 2, case number increases to 191
A 61-year-old man has lost his life as the total number of cases has increased to 191.
There are no healthcare workers in the dormitories reserved for quarantine!
There are little to no measures taken in the dormitories where 3.614 people coming from abroad are quarantined. Citizens placed in the dormitories said there were no healthcare workers.
'There is no equipment to test coronavirus in Diyarbakır'
Chairman of Diyarbakır Medical Chamber, Mehmet Şerif Demir, stated that health workers are not provided with protective clothing and gloves, and that the hospitals are not equipped to test for viruses.
Alternative Newroz Celebration from HDP
The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) called on people to celebrate Newroz in an alternative way this year, given the coronavirus outbreak emergency.
Coronavirus message from Demirtaş: People must be certain nothing is kept hidden from them
Imprisoned HDP former Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş tweeted about the coronavirus pandemic and said: "It is essential that the government must cooperate with the public in a transperant and safe way. People must be certain nothing is kept from them."
Dr. Sağlam: Doctors are afraid of diagnosing coronavirus
Mardin Medical Chamber Co-Chair Dr. Osman Sağlam who stated that regional quarantine hospitals must be established, said: "A doctor who diagnosed coronavirus was told to take a leave of absance. Doctors are afraid of diagnosing coronavirus.
HDP's Bülbül: We divided AKP in 3
HDP Antalya MP Kemal Bülbül who stated that they divided AKP which insists on not solving the Kurdish problem into 3, said: "We divided the AKP into 3, Erdoğan, Babacan and Davutoğlu. In this sense, you can call us 'seperatist'.
Investigation about the students not participating in the Turkish National Anthem
Both the university and the prosecutor's office started an investigation against 9 students who did not stand up and participate in the national anthem in Mersin University during the 'solidarity' event for the 'Peace Spring Operation'. The 9 students in question were suspended from school for a month.
Mustafa Koçak tortured under custody for 5 days!
Attorney of Mustafa Koçak, Ezgi Çakır who was finally able to see her client, explaining the torture Koçak has been subjected to, said he conveyed this message: "I continue to resist. All these torture will be my honour."
Turkish Minister of Health announces first death from coronavirus
A total of 98 coronavirus infections have been confirmed in Turkey.
Three people including a lawyer jailed in Urfa
Of the 20 people who were detained in Urfa, three have been remanded in custody.
Sick prisoners Ayık released
Devrim Ayik, who suffers from Crohn's disease and colon cancer, is released from prison. The arrest warrant was lifted at the request of his lawyer, as Ayik belongs to the (high) risk group in the case of coronavirus infection.
New Hasankeyf flooded
The twelve-thousand-year-old cultural site Hasankeyf is gradually sinking into a reservoir. Meanwhile, the people who resettled to "New Hasankeyf" are fighting against flooding because of the unfinished sewerage system.
Attorneys applied to visit İmralı
Attorneys of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with his clients.
85 thousand prisoners released in Iran due to coronavirus
85 thousand prisoners, including political prisoners were released in Iran. HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan made a call for the prisoners in Turkey to be released too.
3 quarantined in Adana
Three people working in Iraq on the passenger bus from Cizre to Adana were quarantined with suspicion of the new type of coronavirus.
ATO Secretary General: Sick prisoners must be released immediately
Stating that coronavirus precautions taken in prisons are insufficient, Ato Secretary General Ali Karakoç said: "The sick prisoners must be released without losing any time."
ÇHD Second Chair: Meet the demands of our friends
ÇHD Second Chair Ümit Büyükdağ stated that the demands of his friends who are on hunger strike are affordable demands and demanded that concrete steps must be taken as soon as possible.
Food-Trade Union President: Workers have the right to stop production if no measures are taken
Food- Trade Union President Seyit Aslan who reacted to the government who took some precautions against the coronavirus in public sector but only gave advices to the private sector, leaving the initiative to them, said the workers have a right to stop production if necessary measures are not taken.
Grup Yorum members discharged from hospital
Grup Yorum members İbrahim Gökçek and Helin Bölek who are on a death fast were discharged from the hospital they were admitted to where they were taken to for forced feeding.
Minister of Health Koca: COronavirus case number increased to 47
The Turkish government has announced that they have detected 29 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
Journalist Alptekin Dursunoğlu released from prison
Behind bars since March 1, Yakın Doğu Haber news website Editor-in-Chief Dursunoğlu has been sentenced to 50 days in prison for “praising an offense and offender.” The court has turned his prison term into a judicial fine and ruled for his release.
#HaveYouHeard of Arrested Journalists in Turkey?
A group of journalists have formed an initiative entitled “Haberin Var Mı” (Have You Heard) and launched a campaign on Twitter to raise concerns and publicity about the arrested journalists in Turkey: “We will not bow to anyone, we will not stay silent.”
Depositions of the attorneys started: They are being accused because of their meetings with their clients
The deposition of dozens of people including attorneys in Urfa have started.
Ministry of Interrior: Bars and night clubs will be closed
While the Ministry of Interior has ordered the temporary closure of all bars and nightclubs in all 81 provinces in Turkey as of 10 a.m. today, flights from nine countries have been suspended as of this midnight.
Students of the dorm where the people coming from Omra were placed, spent the night out
The students who were removed from their dormitories where the people coming from Omra were placed, stating that they were removed from their rooms with the pretext of disinfecting the dorm rooms, said: "Our belongings are still in there. Many of our friends had to spend the night out on the street."
Corona effect on economy: We are facing a more unstable economy
Economist Bahadır Özgür, stating that a more unstable economy will be faced globally because the coronavirus brought the production in China to a halt and that will increase the costs, said Turkey will also be greatly effected by this.
Only measure taken in prisons is to postpone visitation
TUHAYDER manager Nazım Adıgüzel drawing attention to the prisons which are a risk group in terms of the spread of the coronavirus, said the areas used by the guards are being disinfected while the wards of the prisoners aren't.
Syria postpones parliamentary elections because of coronavirus
The planned parliamentary elections in Syria have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to official information, there are no infections in Syria yet, SOHR, however, reports 113 cases. There are no testing possibilities in NE Syria.
Minister Koca confirms 18th coronavirus case
Number of new COVID-19 cases is 12 while total number is 18, says country’s health minister Fahrettin Koca.
Turkish Directorate of Religious Affairs: Travels to Umrah are stopped since February 27
Turkish directorate of religious affairs said in a statement regarding Umrah that the departures from Turkey to Umrah have not been allowed since February 27 2020.
Disinfection in Habur began after 15 days
The vehicles reaching to Turkey's Habur Border Gate from the buffer zone between the Turkey and the Federal Kurdistan Region began to be disinfected after 15 days.
Avalanche disaster in Van: his funeral was reached after 40 days
The funeral of the firefighter Mehmet Can Daşdemir, who were stuck under the avalanche, which had caused the death of 41 people in Van's Bahçesaray highway, was reached after 40 days.
Death spread with apple smell
Ramazan Öztürk, a journalist, who announced the Halabja massacre, which was engraved to the memories with the death of more than 5 thousand people, with his “Silent Witness” photograph, expressed the brutality over which 32 years has passed, saying, “It was a human drama too big to fit in two lines of a newspaper”.
Health Minister Koca: Tests are performed on those who came from Umrah
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca spoke regarding to those who were put under quarantine after they returned from Umrah: "The suspected people taken to the hospital as soon as they arrive and the tests are performed".
Military operation in the Lice countryside
A military operation was launched in 3 rural neighborhoods of Lice.
Turkish Airlines will stop flights from 9 countries
Turkish Airlines (THY) has decided to stop its flights departing from 9 countries on March 18 due to Coronavirus.
Covid-19 measures inadequate in Iran's neighbour Van
In Van, where anxiety increased due to the high numbers of Coronavirus cases in their border Iran, the citizens said that the measures were not taken neither on time nor adequately, and that they do not find the statements of the Ministry of Health realistic.
Missing for 52 days, decision of non-prosecution for Mehmet Bal’s case!
In the investigation started to find the whereabouts of Mehmet Bal, who has been missing for 52 days after coming to İstanbul from Batman to visit his son in prison, it was decided that "there is lack of grounds for legal action".
Trump's coronavirus test turns out to be 'negative'
The coronavirus test of US President Donald Trump turned out to be negative.
'The measures of the Ministry of Justice are not enough to protect detainees'
Stating that prisons have more prisoners than their capacity, İHD Central Prison Commission Spokesman İlhan Öngör said that the measures of the Ministry of Justice are not enough to protect prisoners, demanding that the executions of the prison sentence of severely ill prisoners to be postponed.