According to the recent figures shared by the Health and Safety Labor Watch, 1,734 workers lost their lives in the first 10 months of 2020. At least 325 workers have died of coronavirus since March 11, when the first case was officially confirmed in Turkey.

If the bill is passed, workers younger than 25 and older than 50 will face loses of rights, including job security and severance pay.

If the bill is passed, employees between the ages of 25 and 50 will not be able to benefit from severance pay and notice pay.

The lira's new plunge has come on the day of the US presidential election.

According to the Tourism Statistics of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), Turkey’s tourism income dropped to 4 billion 356 thousand lira in the July-August-September 2020 period amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

According to the Foreign Trade Statistics of the TurkStat, Turkey’s exports and imports increased by 4.8 percent and 23 percent respectively in September. The country's foreign trade deficit has increased by 189.6 percent in a year.

The Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) has protested in front of Taksim Training and Research Hospital in İstanbul on the occasion of Global Action Week for Health and Care Workers.

The Central Bank has announced that it raised the year-end inflation forecast for both this year and next.

Unable to receive their wages and compensation for over a year now, miners from Ermenek in Karaman province wanted to march to the capital city of Ankara on October 12. Miners’ march has been once again prevented by the gendarmerie.

"The latest data shows that our economy is on course to enter the path of growth," Albayrak has said.

The measures have been extended for the third time.

In a joint statement held by Ankara Medical Chamber, Ankara Dentists’ Chamber and SES Union Ankara Branch, it has been underlined that all health workers need to be vaccinated against flu free of charge and without delay as it is influenza season.

In a statement on June 12 World Day Against Child Labor, Minister of Family, Labor and Social Services Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk said that “Turkey’s struggle against child labor was continuing successfully.”

Also, the Euro is sold at 9.4970 on the first trading day of the week.

Turkish Airlines will put its foreign national pilots on unpaid leave starting from November 1, 2020. While it is still not yet certain whether the citizens of Turkey will also be affected, the decision will be reviewed after six months.

Delivery worker Mehmet Ali İbin, who was attacked in İstanbul “due to late delivery”, has died of cerebral hemorrhage. The perpetrator has been arrested on charge of “wilful murder” after İbin passed away.

Workers at the metropolitan municipalities of Mardin, Diyarbakır, and İzmir were dismissed on the ground of "security" reasons.

Not paid their wages and compensation for months, even years, miners in Soma and Ermenek are still protesting for their rights. Meanwhile, some workers resisting for their rights in Ermenek have been paid their wages.

The Central Bank has kept the policy rate (one-week repo auction rate) constant at 10.25 percent. Following this decision, the exchange rate of the US dollar has hit 7.95 Turkish Lira and that of Euro 9.40 Turkish Lira.

“Unable to call a trifling boss to account, the state will measure its strength against us, is that so? Is that so, the regiment commander,” asked one of the miners not allowed to march to Ankara. His words have hit the front page of LeMan humor magazine.