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Turkey adopts regulation on ‘emergency use authorization’ for COVID-19 vaccine
Turkey adopts regulation on ‘emergency use authorization’ for COVID-19 vaccine
With a new regulation published in the Official Gazette, the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency of Turkey can now give emergency use authorization for vaccines until comprehensive data can be obtained as to their efficacy, safety and quality.
18 December 2020
Children have to go up a mountain for online classes: ‘We freeze in cold’
Children have to go up a mountain for online classes: ‘We freeze in cold’
Amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, students across Turkey have to follow their classes online. However, the students in a neighborhood in eastern Turkey have to climb a mountain everyday because there is no service in their neighborhood.
17 December 2020
Health Minister evaluates Turkey's COVID-19 vaccine
Health Minister evaluates Turkey's COVID-19 vaccine
Following his meeting with the Coronavirus Scientific Committee, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has released a written statement and shared information about the COVID-19 vaccine to be imported and the ongoing vaccine research in the country.
17 December 2020
28-day ‘total lockdown’ in Turkey in 8 steps
PROPOSAL BY HDP
28-day ‘total lockdown’ in Turkey in 8 steps
HDP has proposed an action plan against the pandemic in Turkey. The party has recommended that citizens without any income and shop owners who have to close their businesses should be financially supported during the proposed total lockdown.
17 December 2020
Face-to-face education amid pandemic: ‘We want to live’
COVID-19 IN TURKEY
Face-to-face education amid pandemic: ‘We want to live’
A group of medical school students from İzmir Katip Çelebi University say, “We want to live and keep people alive. Make decisions by considering students’ health so that we can have life, strength and desire left to be a hope for people!”
16 December 2020 Evrim Kepenek
Musicians in Turkey: ‘State wants to create a society of beggars’
Musicians in Turkey: ‘State wants to create a society of beggars’
Several nightclub workers, dancers, roadies and tonmeisters have been unemployed due to the pandemic. Though most of them criticize the Culture Ministry for planning to give only a thousand lira in aid, some think that it will help them, at least a little bit.
16 December 2020 Ayşegül Özbek
‘Turkey abandoned to a single COVID-19 vaccine with nonproven efficacy’
HDP STATEMENT ON PANDEMIC
‘Turkey abandoned to a single COVID-19 vaccine with nonproven efficacy’
Dr. Samet Mengüç, the Co-Spokesperson for HDP’s Health and Social Policies Commission, has criticized the vaccine policies of the government, underlining that “Turkey needs a minimum of 120 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine.”
15 December 2020
Turkey to impose 4-day curfew over New Year’s
COVID-19
Turkey to impose 4-day curfew over New Year’s
The holiday lockdown will last from 9 in the evening on December 31 to 5 in the morning on January 4, President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan has told reporters after a Cabinet meeting in the capital of Ankara.
15 December 2020
Alcohol sale bans add more to small shop owners' struggles in pandemic
Alcohol sale bans add more to small shop owners' struggles in pandemic
Authorities have banned liquor shops from selling alcoholic drinks during the weekend lockdowns that have been imposed to slow down the coronavirus spread.
14 December 2020 Dilek Şen
Turkey completes phase-1 studies of ‘domestic’ COVID-19 vaccine
ERCİYES UNIVERSITY
Turkey completes phase-1 studies of ‘domestic’ COVID-19 vaccine
Erciyes University Vaccine Research and Development Center has announced that the phase-1 studies of its coronavirus vaccine have been completed.
14 December 2020
Over 39 thousand people fined for violating COVID-19 curfew
Over 39 thousand people fined for violating COVID-19 curfew
Turkey’s Ministry of Interior has announced that a legal or administrative action has been taken against 39,146 people during the curfew on weeknights and full weekend curfews, a restriction which has been introduced as part of COVID-19 measures.
14 December 2020
Council of State doesn’t recognize COVID-19 as an occupational disease
Council of State doesn’t recognize COVID-19 as an occupational disease
The 10th Chamber of the Council of State has rejected the request for the stay of execution of a Social Security Institution (SGK) circular that does not classify the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as an occupational disease.
14 December 2020
COVID-19 in Turkey: 23 health workers lost their lives in a week
COVID-19 in Turkey: 23 health workers lost their lives in a week
According to the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), 243 healthcare workers have so far lost their lives during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Turkey.
14 December 2020
Turkey updates coronavirus case count as 1.74 million
Turkey updates coronavirus case count as 1.74 million
The number of total cases was not clear as the ministry was reporting only symptomatic cases until late November.
10 December 2020
Education Ministry distributes 60,000 free tablets while millions can't access online classes
Education Ministry distributes 60,000 free tablets while millions can't access online classes
More than six million students were not able to access the online education network in the last school year.
10 December 2020
‘Pandemic seen as an “opportunity” for rights violations’
DECEMBER 10 HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
‘Pandemic seen as an “opportunity” for rights violations’
The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has released a statement to mark December 10 Human Rights Day, reminding the authorities that the struggle against the pandemic must be waged in line with fundamental human rights.
10 December 2020
Minister: More than 120,000 health workers infected with Covid-19
Minister: More than 120,000 health workers infected with Covid-19
Turkey has lost 216 health workers to the virus so far, Minister Koca has said.
10 December 2020
İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu calls for ‘total lockdown’ again
COVID-19 IN TURKEY
İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu calls for ‘total lockdown’ again
34 workers of the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality have so far lost their lives due to coronavirus, according to Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who has reiterated his call for a total lockdown to curb the spread of the virus.
10 December 2020
Minister admits Turkey has surpassed 1.5 million Covid-19 cases, explains low death figures
Minister admits Turkey has surpassed 1.5 million Covid-19 cases, explains low death figures
Minister Koca has announced the total number of cases for the first time and said the ministry has only been reporting the deaths with s positive PCR test.
9 December 2020
Opposition MP: People close to AKP secretly receiving Covid-19 vaccine
Opposition MP: People close to AKP secretly receiving Covid-19 vaccine
Turkey has agreed to buy 50 million vaccine doses from China but the details of the agreement have not been made public.
9 December 2020
Reports: Turkey bans alcohol sales during weekend curfews
Reports: Turkey bans alcohol sales during weekend curfews
Social media users lashed out at the ruling party after reports that shops that are allowed to stay open during curfews are banned from selling alcoholic drinks.
9 December 2020
Software developer finds three times more excess deaths than Turkey's official Covid-19 toll
Software developer finds three times more excess deaths than Turkey's official Covid-19 toll
"Deaths from June to the end of August form a straight line. This is not normally possible," says Güçlü Yaman.
8 December 2020 Dilek Şen
‘We ask for help’: Distance education in eastern Turkey amid pandemic
‘We ask for help’: Distance education in eastern Turkey amid pandemic
Students from Iğdır ask the Minister of Education for help. According to Iğdır Education Union Chair Gürcan, only half of students in the province have Internet access. Families do not have the financial means to buy the necessary equipment, either.
8 December 2020 Ruken Tuncel
COVID-19 spreads very fast in prison, warns rights organization
PANDEMIC IN TURKEY
COVID-19 spreads very fast in prison, warns rights organization
From the Human Rights Association (İHD) report on prisons in Black Sea: “They need to stop referring patients to hospitals in stuffy and cold shuttles in winter and hot ones in summer and keeping them waiting in the shuttles in front of hospitals for hours…”
8 December 2020
Turkey's official Covid-19 death toll exceeds 15,000 with record high new fatalities
Turkey's official Covid-19 death toll exceeds 15,000 with record high new fatalities
İstanbul's death toll was close to the ministry's figures for the entire country.
7 December 2020
WHO says it wasn't aware of Turkey's real Covid-19 numbers
WHO says it wasn't aware of Turkey's real Covid-19 numbers
Turkey started including asymptomatic cases in its daily count on November 25.
7 December 2020
‘63 health workers died of COVID-19 in November’
TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
‘63 health workers died of COVID-19 in November’
Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has announced that 63 health workers, including 17 physicians, lost their lives due to COVID-19 in Turkey in November. According to Diyarbakır Medical Chamber, 16 health workers have so far died of the virus in the city.
7 December 2020
‘13 journalists died of coronavirus in Turkey’
FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS OF TURKEY
‘13 journalists died of coronavirus in Turkey’
“As they are face to face [with people], our colleagues must be vaccinated against COVID-19 right after healthcare workers so that they can work in an healthy environment,” says Yılmaz Karaca, the Chair of the Federation of Journalists of Turkey.
7 December 2020
Countrywide weekend curfew comes into effect
Countrywide weekend curfew comes into effect
A Turkey-wide curfew will be effective between 9 p.m. today and 5 a.m. Monday.
4 December 2020
Police detain trans women, cordon off their street 'to prevent coronavirus spread'
Police detain trans women, cordon off their street 'to prevent coronavirus spread'
Nine trans women in İstanbul's Beyoğlu district have been left homeless in the midst of the pandemic.
4 December 2020 Evrim Kepenek
Antalya Mayor back home after 108-day Covid treatment
Antalya Mayor back home after 108-day Covid treatment
Böcek spent 64 days in the intensive care unit.
4 December 2020
Nurse given warning by hospital after contracting coronavirus
Nurse given warning by hospital after contracting coronavirus
A nurse in southern Turkey has been warned for violating distancing rules after being diagnosed with Covid-19.
4 December 2020 Evrim Kepenek
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