While the HDP politicians and MPs were talking to citizens, another flood happened in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority eastern province of Van. Citizens complained that “the efforts were insufficient and another flood happened for this reason.”

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 251 thousand tests were conducted, 20,890 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 96 people died of the disease and 233,338 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

Having suffered more than 70 wildfires in two days, Turkey was able to deploy only three firefighting planes, two of which were leased from Russia.

Four people and scores of animals have died in the fires that erupted in 21 provinces throughout Turkey. Authorities don't rule out "sabotage."

The Governor’s Offices of İzmir and Balıkesir have announced that entries to the forests in the provinces have been temporarily forbidden. A similar decision has also been given for a national park in Aydın province.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 261 thousand tests were conducted, 22,161 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 60 people died of the disease and 1,336,724 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

Heavy rainfall in Turkey’s eastern province of Van has led to a flood. While two shepherds are missing, dozens of people have been stranded in the flood-hit region.

After Antalya, forest fires broke out in multiple locations in Adana, Mersin and Osmaniye.

While the fire in Manavgat has been taken under control, the efforts to put out the fire in Akseki are ongoing from both air and ground. An 82-year-old person has lost his life due to the smoke in Akseki three others have died in Manavgat.

Drawing attention to the Delta variant’s rate of transmission, Dr. Nesanır from the TTB Pandemic Working Group warns that if measures are not taken and the rate of vaccination is not increased, the Delta will be the dominant variant in Turkey.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 257 thousand tests were conducted, 22,291 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 76 people died of the disease and 1,077,627 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

Climate disasters are forcing many people to leave the country and to seek asylum and protection. How ready is the national legislation of Turkey for this wave?

Among the hospitalized patients, the share of the unvaccinated is 95 percent, the minister of health has said.

Fires have erupted and quickly spread in the neighborhoods of Kavaklı, Sarılar, Kalemler and Yeniköy in Manavgat. Antalya Mayor Böcek notes that he has never seen such a fire while Sub-Governor says that “the fire is far away from the tourism region.”

Mayor Tanju Özkan introduced a plan to increase water prices and waste taxes for refugees in the city.

The agreement aims to improve the cohesion of the refugees in İstanbul, Mayor İmamoğlu has said.

With her kilometers long journey from Turkey’s Antep to England’s Manchester, Little Amal will raise concerns and publicity about the problems faced by refugee children on their journey to Europe with or without their families.

The Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency of Turkey has refuted the allegations that expired medicine is given to COVID-19 patients for treatment.

Van Governor Bilmez has announced that a wall will be built along the 295-kilometer Turkey-Iran border. He has also noted that a 160-kilometer ditch will be dug and 500 village guards will be employed to work on the border by the end of the year.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 246 thousand tests were conducted, 19,761 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 51 people died of the disease and 1,214,958 vaccine doses were administered in a day.