The letter reads, “The continuation of archaeological excavation and conservation work would also create employment opportunities for local residents who face an extended period of economic hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Hamza is a waste picker strolling along the streets of İstanbul, collecting waste for a living. “Even our garbage is different than that of the rich,” Hamza says and adds, "No one asks, no one cares about us... They act like we don't exist on the streets."

The government has been working on a regulation to reduce the prison population due to the coronavirus pandemic.

10 Members of the European Parliament have addressed a letter to Press Advertisement Institution (BİK) Director General Rıdvan Duran and called on the institution to lift the public advertising ban on daily Evrensel.

“Haberin Var Mı” (Have You Heard) Initiative criticizes the regulation on criminal execution. Requesting the release of arrested journalists, the Initiative says, “Journalists, whose only crime was to practice their profession, will remain behind bars.”

Older people have been subjected to discriminatory messages on social media and attacks on the streets for not abiding by the curfew due to the coronavirus outbreak.

While the number of confirmed coronavirus cases has climbed to 1,872 in Turkey as of yesterday, the death toll has hit 44. Turkey’s struggle against the virus started on January 6, when an operation center was established.

HDP Vice Co-Chair for Economic Affairs Paylan has unveiled alternative economic measures against the government’s “Economic Stability Shield,” which is criticized for prioritizing the interests of the business world rather than citizens.

The President sat apart from his aides to socially distance at the meeting where he was briefed by ministers on the efforts against the pandemic.

While HDP’s Diyarbakır Eğil Co-Mayor Mustafa Akkul has been arrested on charge of “organization membership”, Lice Co-Mayor Tarık Mercan and Silvan Co-Mayor Naşide Toprak have been released on probation.

14 bar associations have criticized the 3rd Judicial Reform Package which will pave the way for the release of 100 thousand inmates while allegedly excluding political prisoners: “What makes a state powerful is its justice.”

Seven people have died and 343 more people have tested positive for Covid-19 since yesterday.

Underlining that the recent appointment of a trustee to Batman Municipality is directly related with Ilısu Dam and hydroelectric power plant project, Hasankeyf Coordination says, “The destruction ensuing previous appointment of trustees is an indication of that.”

The parliament will vote on a bill on sentence reductions in a bid to reduce prison populations due to the coronavirus pandemic.

In a survey by Turkish Medical Association, 78 percent of health workers say that they have difficulty in accessing N5 masks, 74 percent in accessing face shields or glasses, 60 percent medical masks and 38 percent in accessing gloves.

"What is the most painful and destructive effect of stigma is that people think they are no longer members of the society they feel connected to," the association has said.

Evin Jiyan Kışanak, Hülya Oruç, Zeynep Mızraklı, Mehmet Altan and Özge Terkoğlu slam the 3rd Judicial Reform Package for excluding political prisoners from reduced prison sentences to be introduced by the amended legal regulation on execution.

Three women's organizations note that women may face increased male violence as a result of staying home during the coronavirus pandemic.

As Turkey is preparing to release as many as 100 thousand prisoners amid Covid-19 outbreak, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has welcomed the plan, but warned that “such measures cannot become a tool for targeting political prisoners.”

Speaking to bianet in the wake of a ban on waste picking in Ankara amid Covid-19 outbreak, Street Waste Collectors’ Association Chair Kahraman says, “If we don’t work, workers of factories will also lose their jobs. We wait for help from the government.”