The Ministry of Health has announced that over 364 thousand tests were conducted, 54,100 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 136 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

"Tuğluk's release in order to continue her treatment under conditions that safeguard her right to live and be medically cared for, is not only a necessary condition for the fulfilment of international agreements of which Turkey is party, but also a human necessity."

Since 2019, the opposition-led İstanbul Municipality has been offering 0.5 cubic meters of water free of charge per 2.5 cubic meters of water consumed in households. The Ministry of Treasury has dismissed the claims that a ‘tax’ is to be levied on this amount.

While the official inflation rate is 36 percent in Turkey, BBC has offered a 20-percent pay rise to its employees in its İstanbul bureau, protests the Journalists' Union of Turkey (TGS). After 13 years, the first strike has begun in the press sector in Turkey.

Twitter has removed singer Leman Sam’s tweet which has sparked harsh criticism on social media for saying “ignoble Arabs”.

CHP Adana Provincial Chair Mehmet Çelebi says, “Aysel Tuğluk should be released before further deterioration of her health.”

The Ministry of Family has announced that a broadcast ban has been imposed on the video of Enes Kara, where he talked about the pressure he faced at the dorm of a religious community and his anxiety about the future before committing suicide.

“The migration crisis would have deepened, casualties would have further increased, terror would have escalated and instability would have expanded to a much broader geography were it not for our efforts,” says President Erdoğan.

Bensiyon Pinto, the Honorary Chair of the Turkish Jewish Community, has died at the age of 85. The Turkish Chief Rabbinate Foundation has announced his passing.

Main opposition CHP MP Ali Mahir Başarır has said that Demirören Holding has not paid back the loans it received from the state-owned Ziraat Bank and noted that the bank “has neither sent a written warning nor started executive proceedings.”

The Turkish Medical Association: “Physicians working in the public sector are forced to work for wages almost as low as the starvation line while the ones working in the private sector are forced to work under a turnover pressure.”

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 410 thousand tests were conducted, 75,564 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 153 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.