Some events and gatherings including engagement ceremonies, and similar activities will not be allowed in any indoor areas.

In lawsuits filed by life defenders, the local courts have halted tendering processes for killing 26 mountain goats in Erzincan and nine gazelles in Urfa.

HDP Şırnak MP Hasan Özgüneş says, “They force young people to get in a vehicle and say, ‘We will bury you in the grave.’ They abduct them and offer them money.”

Ministers of Interior and Justice have targeted the İstanbul Bar for commemorating lawyer Ebru Timtik, who died on a death fast demanding a fair trial.

An investigation was previously launched against writer Musa Dinç by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office of Didim in Aydın province.

Workers’ Party of Turkey (TİP) MP Barış Atay has been attacked by unidentified persons in İstanbul. Making a statement after he left hospital, he has said, “I am good now, there is nothing serious. We will hold a press statement on Tuesday.”

Firefighters have yet to control the fire in the capital.

According to a recent survey conducted by the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, only 34.1 percent of İstanbulites support the Canal İstanbul project, a planned artificial waterway between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea.

The deceased body of one more person has been found in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Giresun. The search and rescue efforts are still ongoing for five people who got missing in the flood last week.

The Ministry of Health has announced that Turkey’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 6,326 and the total number of cases to 268,546. 42 people have died of the virus and 1,482 people have tested positive in the last 24 hours.

"As confirmed by the EU Court of Justice, the EU has no authority in this matter. This request is against both the EU's own acquis and international law," the ministry has stated.

With the increasing number of tests, new cases have topped 1,500 again.

While the prosecutor's office permitted Barkın timtik to attend the funeral, the gendarmerie prevented her "due to pandemic measures."

"Outpatient clinics and intensive care [units] are full. The workload of physicians and health workers increases every day. There is an obvious burnout," says Prof. Adıyaman.

High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs Borrell has urged Turkey to abstain from any unilateral actions amid increasing tensions between Turkey and Greece. Merkel has called on EU countries to be on the side of Greece.

In a statement, the İstanbul Bar Association has underlined that while the right to a fair trial was violated in the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) case, the right to life is now also violated by arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik’s death on a death fast.

The police dispersed the people waiting in front of the Forensic Medicine Institution, Timtik's body was brought to the cemevi in Gazi neighborhood.

The uncle of the child subjected to sexual assault says, “We asked the prosecutor, ‘While it is all obvious and the defendant pleaded guilty, how could you demand his release?’ He got angry and told us, ‘The court released him, go and talk to them’.”

The Diyarbakır Medical Association has announced that 15 people died of COVID-19 in the Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital today and called on the Ministry of Health to take measures.

Having captured the photographs of several animals in Hevsel Gardens before, photograph artist Mehmet Masum Süer has now photographed long-eared hedgehogs.