COVID-19
Despite increasing COVID-19 cases, many Turks refuse to avoid crowds
Turkey
March 24, 2020
Despite increasing COVID-19 cases, many Turks refuse to avoid crowds
Although the number of people infected with COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus, has been increasing in Turkey, many Turks…
Curfew on the elderly might be extended to everyone, İstanbul mayor says
Turkey
March 24, 2020
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…
410 social media users detained by Turkish police for ‘provocative’ coronavirus posts
Turkey
March 23, 2020
410 social media users detained by Turkish police for ‘provocative’ coronavirus posts
A report drafted by the Jurists for Freedom Association (ÖHD) has revealed that inmates in Turkey’s overcrowded prisons are at…
Turkish consumer confidence improves slightly in March: report
World
March 23, 2020
Turkish consumer confidence improves slightly in March: report
Turkey’s consumer confidence index rose to 58.2 points in March from 57.3 the previous month, though it remained in the…
An aircraft with a batch of tests for coronavirus arrived in Ukraine from China
Ukraine
March 23, 2020
An aircraft with a batch of tests for coronavirus arrived in Ukraine from China
An IL-76 aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces delivered a batch of tests for coronavirus to Boryspil International Airport (Kyiv)…
Death toll from COVID-19 rises to 30 in Turkey, number of cases 1236
Turkey
March 23, 2020
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…
CHP politician says Turkey late in taking economic measures against coronavirus
Business
March 19, 2020
CHP politician says Turkey late in taking economic measures against coronavirus
Faik Öztrak, the vice chair of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), said the country was late in taking…
Turkey aims to test 15,000 people per day for coronavirus: minister
Turkey
March 19, 2020
Turkey aims to test 15,000 people per day for coronavirus: minister
Turkey hopes to step up coronavirus testing to some15,000 people per day, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in an address…
33 Ukrainians who were unable to leave Austria were evacuated by the presidential plane
Health
March 19, 2020
33 Ukrainians who were unable to leave Austria were evacuated by the presidential plane
The plane of the President of Ukraine transported 33 Ukrainians, who were unable to return home due to border closure…
Dozens of Turks try to escape coronavirus quarantine
Turkey
March 18, 2020
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…