One out of every five deaths in the Mediterranean city occur due to causes related to air pollution, the groups say.

Cooperating with the artists, İstanbul Biennial opens two artist films to online access every Friday in weekly periods: “We hope that today, art will find an even greater outreach, and reckon that imagination is incredibly vast to be defined by physical boundaries.”

The 7th anniversary of Gezi Resistance has been marked in Taksim: “The darkness that took Berkin, Ethem, Medeni, Ali İsmail, Hasan Ferit, Abdullah, Ahmet and Mehmet away from us in Gezi is the same darkness that stopped George Floyd’s breath.”

The country's death toll has climbed to 4,563 with a total of 164,769 cases.

To go to the restroom, passengers have to notice flight attendants in advance while some seats are left empty to maintain social distance.

Four professional organizations have released a joint statement and called on the Parliament to take such legislative steps in healthcare, social life and work life that they will be based on scientific data and prevent new waves of outbreak.

Domestic flights resumed, intercity travel restrictions were removed and cafes, restaurants and parks, along with many other places, reopened as of today.

Health Ministry’s Science Board Member Prof. Özlü says, “We have to start the normalization, but we definitely need to abide by the rules in doing this. What we call the rule is, in fact, extremely easy. It is so easy that people of all ages can follow.”

The Health Ministry has reported 26 deaths and 983 new cases for the past 24 hours.

The Health Ministry has reported 28 deaths and 1,141 cases for the past 24 hours.

While weekend curfews and curfews for the youth and the elderly will continue, many businesses will reopen and intercity travels will be resumed, the President has stated.

The Ministry of Interior has announced a curfew for 15 larger cities, including İstanbul and Ankara.

The Health Ministry has reported 1,182 new cases and 30 deaths for the past 24 hours.

As part of coronavirus measures, demobilization of soldiers was postponed and mass Friday prayers were suspended.

Today marks the 7th anniversary of Gezi Resistance, which started in Gezi Park in Taksim to defend the trees and spread from İstanbul to 79 of 81 cities across Turkey. Here is a brief summary of what happened in summer 2013 and after that.

A recent analysis conducted by Save the Children and UNICEF has revealed that if no urgent action is taken, the number of children living in poor households across low- and middle-income countries could increase by 86 million as a result of pandemic.

A draft report on Covid-19 in Turkey was sent to The New England Journal of Medicine but then withdrawn.

Suspended due to coronavirus outbreak, the high-speed intercity train travel has started again. Though the trains will run at 50 percent capacity, the ticket prices will remain the same, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Karaismailoğlu has announced.

An unknown perpetrator removed a cross on the gate of the church and threw it away in the second attack on Armenian churches in less than three weeks.

“We are in the second phase of our fight against coronavirus. We are in a period when there is still a risk, when the risk has not disappeared. The way of life to adopt in this period is a controlled social life,” says Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca.