“All my payments have been delayed, the landlady has not been getting the rent for three months. I need to pay them all this month. We try not to use electricity and water. We constantly go to our father’s house to avoid expenses… I am still looking for a job.”

The recent data shared by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) have shown that while men’s life expectancy at birth was 75.9 years in Turkey in the 2017-2019 period, that of women was 81.3 years.

HDP deputy Gergerlioğlu had asked a question to Albayrak about Covid-19 loans for people with a low income.

Physicians of Pamukkale University Hospital have shared their experiences amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: “I saw patients who could not say their names because they could not breathe.”

In three dictionaries sent by the Press Advertising Agency (BİK), a public institution, to media outlets, there are discriminating and sexist words about women, including words that the Turkish Language Association (TDK) decided to remove from its dictionaries.

The DİSK Genel-İş union has surveyed its members about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has responded to the targeting remarks of MHP Chair Bahçeli in a written statement: “The TTB and physicians will keep on fulfilling their responsibilities today and tomorrow, just as they did in the past.”

President Erdoğan and Chancellor of Germany Merkel have discussed the escalating tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean in a video conference. Head of National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and Defense Minister were also present in meeting.

Four broadcasters, including Haber Global news channel, which broadcast the remarks of Erol Mütercimler about the graduates of religious vocational high schools, have been fined by the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK).

MHP Chair Bahçeli has targeted the TTB for protesting the pandemic management in Turkey and pressing for more effective measures. “It must be closed and a legal action must be taken against its executives,” he has claimed.

The Ministry of Health has announced that Turkey’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 7,249 and the total number of cases to 296,391. 63 people have died of the virus and 1,771 people have tested positive in the last 24 hours.

"We were completely forgotten in the pandemic time. We were presented with two options: Starving to death or getting a disease," says a refugee worker.

The İstanbul Anatolian 4th Civil Court of First Instance has ruled that defendant Cihan Araçman shall pay 5 million 330 thousand lira in pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages for throwing a chemical substance in a 3-year-old child's face.

Announcing its opinion as to the accusations, the prosecutor’s office has demanded that journalist İdris Sayılğan be penalized on charge of “repeated terror propaganda” over his Facebook posts. He previously served 1,137 days behind bars.

Both the Ağrı Public Prosecutor’s Office and the attorney of Sırrı Sakık have appealed against the prison sentence of 5 years, 10 months given to the politician over a press statement from five years ago.

The association has launched a campaign titled, "You can't manage, we are burning out," calling on the government to increase measures amid a new coronavirus surge.

The Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has reiterated its support for the İstanbul Convention in the face of countries which have opened the convention to debate, including Turkey.

Addressing the Eastern Mediterranean crisis in her annual State of the Union Address, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has noted that “nothing is justification for Turkey’s attempts to intimidate its neighbors.”

Having reversed its decision to hear two National Intelligence Organization (MİT) officers in the Hrant Dink murder case, the İstanbul 14th Heavy Penal Court has now also reversed its decision to hear MİT İstanbul Chief Ahmet Köksoy.

Health workers are not considered as "Covid-19 contacts" and those who are infected but don't show symptoms are called back to work amid the coronavirus surge in the capital, according to the SES union.