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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…
32 Turkish bar associations call for release of prisoners due to coronavirus outbreak
Turkey
March 21, 2020
32 Turkish bar associations call for release of prisoners due to coronavirus outbreak
As Turkish authorities confirm rapidly increasing cases of the novel coronavirus, 32 bar associations across the country released a joint…
Turkey’s youth unemployment hit 25.4 percent in 2019: statistical institute
Business
March 21, 2020
Turkey’s youth unemployment hit 25.4 percent in 2019: statistical institute
Turkey’s youth unemployment increased to 25.4 percent in 2019 with an annual 5.1 percentage point increase, the Turkish Statistical Institute…
Turkey has detained 64 social media users over coronavirus posts: ministry
Turkey
March 21, 2020
Turkey has detained 64 social media users over coronavirus posts: ministry
Turkey has detained 64 people for sharing “unfounded and provocative” posts on social media about the deadly coronavirus outbreak since…
German neo-Nazi group sends pig’s head, hate messages to TRT Berlin branch
World
March 21, 2020
German neo-Nazi group sends pig’s head, hate messages to TRT Berlin branch
A German neo-Nazi group has sent a pig’s head to the Berlin branch of Turkish public broadcaster TRT, according to…
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…
Turkish shops to close after Erdoğan promises economic support: report
Business
March 19, 2020
Turkish shops to close after Erdoğan promises economic support: report
Turkish clothing retailers said on Thursday they were shutting stores and that shopping centers were set to close due to…
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…
Fistfight erupts at Turkish mosque after imam refuses to perform group prayer due to coronavirus
Turkey
March 19, 2020
Fistfight erupts at Turkish mosque after imam refuses to perform group prayer due to coronavirus
A heated argument and brief altercation took place at a mosque in Turkey’s northwestern province of Sakarya after an imam…
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…