The number of severely ill patients has neared 6,000 while 227 people died over the past 24 hours.

Ahead of the 5th anniversary of Paris Climate Agreement on December 12, non-governmental organizations have called on Turkey to ratify the agreement and to improve its nationally determined contribution targets.

The number of total cases was not clear as the ministry was reporting only symptomatic cases until late November.

There were also other children in the same school who were abused by the people in detention, according to a children's rights group.

Turkey has lost 216 health workers to the virus so far, Minister Koca has said.

Minister Koca has announced the total number of cases for the first time and said the ministry has only been reporting the deaths with s positive PCR test.

Officials have told bianet that they were not aware of the situation.

Turkey has agreed to buy 50 million vaccine doses from China but the details of the agreement have not been made public.

Social media users lashed out at the ruling party after reports that shops that are allowed to stay open during curfews are banned from selling alcoholic drinks.

The country has registered more than 33,000 cases and 211 deaths.

"Deaths from June to the end of August form a straight line. This is not normally possible," says Güçlü Yaman.

Directed by Adrian Figueroa based on the letters of Osman Kavala from Silivri Prison, “Letters from Silivri” has been selected to the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, a prestigious short film festival in France.

The quarantine period has been reduced from 14 to 10 days.

İstanbul's death toll was close to the ministry's figures for the entire country.

About 16 percent of Turkey's all greenhouse gas emissions come from the transportation sector, says the Ekosfer Association report.

Main opposition CHP Dersim MP Polat Şaroğlu has announced that the temporary permission given to US businessperson Garrett van Hoose for hunting a mountain goat in Dersim province has been revoked.

Turkey started including asymptomatic cases in its daily count on November 25.

The İstanbul Statistical Office has published its second “İstanbul Barometer.” The results of the survey show that a possible earthquake, economic problems and transportation are the major problems of the city according to citizens.

This year's rainfall was below the average of the past years, said Minister Pakdemirli.

Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has announced that 63 health workers, including 17 physicians, lost their lives due to COVID-19 in Turkey in November. According to Diyarbakır Medical Chamber, 16 health workers have so far died of the virus in the city.