In a circular, the Ministry of Health stated that testing and treatment of Covid-19 would be free.

Briefly detained after sharing a video of himself criticizing the “stay home” calls amid COVID-19 outbreak, long-haul truck driver Yılmaz says, “I think I have been dismissed, too. Today, I called my workplace. They said ‘We will call you’ and hung up.”

The country has now lost the opportunity to implement a country-wide quarantine, the association has said.

On the occasion of LGBTI+ Health Awareness Week, the BİZ Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Studies Association and Turkish Medical Students’ International Committee have asked LGBTI+s what they expect from health workers.

Noting that the Court of Cassation is on leave due to the outbreak, the attorneys of death fasting prisoner Koçak have applied to the Constitutional Court with a medical report documenting that he was subjected to torture and “he cannot stay in prison.”

We have spoken with Assoc. Prof. Esra Arsan and Prof. Süleyman İrvan on the possible effects of the pandemic on the media.

Speaking to journalist Cüneyt Özdemir about Covid-19 pandemic and the precautions taken in Turkey, Interior Minister Soylu has said, “We do not hesitate to take any precautions. Life has withdrawn into homes by around 95 percent now.”

Gendarmerie forces implement quarantine orders, prohibiting entries to and exits from designated places.

Parents from four provinces speak to bianet about the experiences of their children who have to receive their primary, secondary and high school education via distance learning as schools have been temporarily closed over Covid-19 concerns.

Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation against HDP MP Remziye Tosun and one more person who made announcements in Diyarbakır and warned citizens to stay indoors against coronavirus.

Nazan Özcan spoke to health workers for Kısa Dalga (Shortwave) podcast. They told Özcan, “I feel like being thrown to the front line in a war”, “We all feel apprehension, we are mentally devastated before the number of cases has not yet exploded.”

Meeting with the Interior Ministry officials regarding the condition of hunger striking Grup Yorum members, Mustafa Koçak and lawyers, rights defenders have stated, “We are told that if they abandon their hunger strikes, their demands will be evaluated.”