In addition to the loss of smell and taste, a sudden hearing loss may also be caused by Covid-19, suggests a new peer-reviewed study carried out in Turkey.

Sociologist Slavoj Žižek has said, “Kurds... You have created a utopia that actually exists with an intellectual community. You are not only a symbol of resistance, but also the symbol of establishing a new order.”

The country didn't comply with 74.4 percent of the recommendations in 2019.

The Economy Policy Research Foundation has released its Employment Monitoring Bulletin, which shows that women’s employment has narrowed by nearly 81 thousand in the last four months amid COVID-19 measures against the second wave.

"Foreigners now view our roads, bridges, and airports with envy when they come to Turkey," President Erdoğan has said, adding, "For healthcare, thousands come to Turkey, our citizens no longer need to go abroad to seek proper treatment."

US actress Angelina Jolie has interviewed novelist Elif Şafak from Turkey for the TIME magazine about the country’s withdrawal from the İstanbul Convention, asking her what this decision means for women’s rights in her home country.

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has requested information from Turkey’s Justice Ministry about the situation of 24 journalists, including Melis Alphan, Kazım Kızıl, Elif Akgül, Hrant Dink, Levent Gültekin and Müyesser Yıldız.

Struggling for justice for her son Oğuz Arda Sel and 24 others who lost their lives in the Çorlu Train Massacre in 2018, Mısra Öz has been taken to the intensive care unit due to COVID-19. Her father has spoken to bianet.

A lawsuit has been filed against 97 people who joined in the protests against appointed rector Melih Bulu. The indictment has referred to the social media call “We will take it from here” made by the students subjected to police intervention on February 1.

Underlining that the attacks on İstanbul Convention are not independent of the attacks on women's rights in different countries of the world, Prof. Kandiyoti says, “Defending the İstanbul Convention is not a cultural, but a political struggle.”

The Ministry of Health has announced that Turkey’s daily COVID-19 case number is 55,802. While 318 people have lost their lives in the last 24 hours, 3,275 patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

More than 40 percent of the ruling AKP's women voters approve of the withdrawal while it's only 21.5 percent for the MHP's women voters, according to the survey.

"Our foreign minister put Dendias in his place," the president has said.

Several articles about former finance minister Berat Albayrak, Serhat Albayrak and Şule Albayrak have been banned due to "violation of personal rights."

Put on trial for “watching a lynching on the sidewalk”, Ayten Öztürk appeared before the judge. “You break the law if you rule for her continued arrest to hide torture,” said her attorney Şaraldı, addressing the court board at the hearing.

The Health and Social Service Laborers Union (SES) has held a press conference about the recent ban on healthcare workers’ right to take a leave of absence, retire and resign amid a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths.

According to a study conducted by the İstanbul Technical University, Esenler is the only district which has witnessed an increase in air pollution over the past year. Prof. Toros has said that carbon emissions have dropped as well.

Governors of Kocaeli and Denizli have banned the celebrations.

On April 21, the Constitutional Court will examine the application regarding the people killed in the basements of two buildings in Şırnak’s Cizre during the period of curfews. 189 people in total died in southeast Turkey during the curfews in 2015-2016.

As part of the investigation launched into the ‘Montreux declaration’, the prosecutor’s office has summoned 6 retired admirals and 1 retired general to depose and their houses have been searched. Electronic bracelets are now placed on released admirals.