After his attorney announced that death fasting prisoner Mustafa Koçak was subjected to torture and forced treatment, rights organizations have made a call for a medical examination by independent physicians and an effective investigation.

Killed by police officers and a group of civilians in Eskişehir during Gezi Resistance in 2013, Ali İsmail Korkmaz would turn 26 if he were alive today.

Vice President Oktay has announced that the evacuation of 2,807 citizens who wanted to return to Turkey from nine European countries has been completed as of 6 a.m. today.

The HDP's imprisoned former co-chair has made a statement on the coronavirus pandemic, calling on the people for solidarity and cooperation.

While Gaziosmanpaşa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into the incident where two passengers from France were taken out of a quarantine bus, Minister Soylu has announced that the two have been quarantined.

Employment Expert Sinan Ok says that the current size of unemployment fund in Turkey is over 130 billion lira, which would suffice to subsidize the unemployment caused by coronavirus outbreak.

In the wake of a ban on prison visits as part of coronavirus measures, Journalists’ Association of Turkey (TGC) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have made a call for the release of all arrested journalists in Turkey.

The country also confirmed 51 additional cases of Covid-19, bringing the total tally to 98.

"Such comprehensive restrictive steps are not on the government's agenda," Fahrettin Altun has said.

Conducting a hunger strike for more than eight months, Mustafa Koçak was forcibly taken to the hospital on March 12.

While refugees are still waiting at Turkey-Greece border to cross into the other side, refugee LGBTI+s have spoken to Kaos GL Association about their living conditions and problems: “They have forgotten about us. They do not even talk about us.”

Dozens of people who were put under quarantine attempted to escape yesterday, engaging in a brawl with the police, while 28 people were rounded up as they were trying to escape.

Central Bank has reduced the policy rate (one-week repo auction rate) from 10.75 to 9.75 percent: “The pandemic disease is closely monitored for its evolving global impact on capital flows, financial conditions, international trade and commodity prices."

The Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) has released a written statement and offered a series of measures to be taken during coronavirus outbreak so that workers suffer the least harm in this period.

Three refugees have been killed by the police force of Greece as crossings continue, the Edirne Governor's Office has announced.

The citizens who will return to Turkey from Germany, Spain, France, Austria, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands will be quarantined in students’ dormitories in İstanbul and Kocaeli for a period of 14 days.

An employee of the Türkiye newspaper was killed while doing a work that wasn't included in his job description.

Listing 14 recommendations, nine rights organizations, unions and professional chambers have called on the state and prison administrations to take necessary precautions to protect the prisoners and prison personnel from coronavirus.

A recent survey by KONDA Research and Consultancy has shown that 45 percent of the society think that the state has taken necessary precautions against coronavirus outbreak and informed the public sufficiently.

Those who claimed that the government is hiding the cases and not taking necessary measures are being probed, the Minister of Interior has announced.