"It will be meaningful and important that Turkey, where most Kurds live in the Middle East, recognizes the crimes committed within the scope of Operation Anfal as genocide," the association has said.

Upon the call of the Unity for Democracy, a “Democracy Rostrum” was set up in İstanbul and joined by women from the Women’s Assemblies, Women’s Liberation, Purple Solidarity, Campus Witches, Kırkyama, Green Left Women, CHP and HDP.

Turkey should set a date for coal exit before the climate summit to be held in Egypt at the end of the year, says the Ekosfer Association.

Politicians, union members and women's rights defenders are among the detained.

Turkey's President Erdoğan has announced that Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu is set to visit Russia, followed by Ukraine, amid ongoing diplomatic efforts to end the war between the two countries. The Minister has arrived in Moscow.

Having lost his life in Germany, Şerafettin Kaya has been laid to rest in Turkey’s Muş. Defending young Kurdish people after the military memorandum in 1971, he was subjected to inhuman treatment alongside them in Diyarbakır Prison after the 1980 coup.

Trying to make her voice heard with slogans and folk dances in front of the factory from 7 in the morning to 5 in the evening, Damar says, “Joining a labor union is not a crime; we are struggling for our union rights here. Our request is reinstatement".

The Directorate General of Meteorology has warned that Turkey will be hit by cold weather and snowfall again, starting from tomorrow, March 17. Snow showers are expected in the capital city of Ankara on March 17 and in İstanbul after March 18.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 333 thousand tests were conducted, 24,614 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 115 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

The HDP co-leader has said that the ruling alliance is engaged in "political games" to keep the majority despite losing public support.

The prosecutor of the Bakırköy 47th Criminal Court of First Instance has said that the crime of “aggravated injury” was committed and requested that the ones who physically assaulted journalist Levent Gültekin be penalized.

Upon the call of professional medical organizations and labor unions, healthcare workers halted work in a strike action across Turkey again.

The Turkish Medical Association is under the constitutional guarantee and it is a public association founded with law bearing the Number 6023. 88 percent (100,000) of the country’s physicians are members of the TTB.

Main opposition CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has addressed Erdoğan: “When several young physicians went abroad, he said, ‘They may leave as they like’. We are the ones to send you away by democratic means. They will stay in their country”.

The nine-year-old stork's break in İstanbul was prolonged due to the recent snowfall.

Nationalist Movement Party leader Devlet Bahçeli has argued that the TTB is “a small minority who leads citizens to fear when the COVID-19 disease intensifies, fuels concerns and opens Turkey’s medical institutions to debate”.

The Turkish Medical Association has released a statement about 89-year-old Dr. Erdinç Köksal, who fell to the ground during the police violence against physicians who wanted to lay a wreath on Taksim Square on March 14 Doctor’s Day.

According to the İstanbul Water and Sewerage Administration, the fill rate of İstanbul’s dams stands at 84.51 percent following the recent heavy snowfall.

The Turkish Statistical Institute has announced the producer price index of agricultural products for February: The producer inflation rate was 13.74 percent monthly and 68.49 percent yearly while some prices saw a nearly 200-percent annual increase.

Human Rights Association (İHD) Hakkari Branch has released a written statement and reminded the public and authorities of the violations of rights committed during the 79-day curfew declared in Kurdish-majority Yüksekova on March 13, 2016.