The Health Ministry has released the weekly provincial COVID-19 rates. The new numbers have shown that the number of cases per 100,000 people was over 854 in Istanbul and 567 in the capital city of Ankara from April 17 to 23.

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 353 people died of coronavirus and over 37 thousand people tested positive with over 268 thousand tests conducted in a day. 3,563 COVID-19 patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

The lockdown measures will start from Thursday, President Erdoğan has announced.

Turkey’s Parliamentary Speaker Şentop has commented on US President Biden’s formal recognition of the Armenian genocide: “It has revealed the US contradictions of science and international law.”

The decrease marks an exception in a decade of an upward trend in the country's military expenditures, notes the SIPRI report.

"Thankfully, we have full faith in justice. Our state and nation always stand against all centers that want to divide Turkey," Altun has remarked.

In a statement to mark the 59th anniversary of the Constitutional Court, Zühtü Arslan, the President of the top court, has said that “they are faced with a heavy workload”, adding that “they keep up with their rights-oriented approach with determination.”

Speaking at Boğaziçi University, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Karaismailoğlu has said that “they are always on the side of young people who produce.” The students have announced that the police have torn down their open-air library.

A review shows four out of five TV channels mostly avoided important political issues in their main news bulletins on April 20.

Turkey’s plastic waste import increased by 13 percent in a year and 241 truckloads of plastic waste came to Turkey every day in 2020. The amount of plastic waste coming to Turkey from Europe has seen a 196-fold increase in the last 16 years.

The İstanbul Organization of the Peoples' Democratic Party attempted to hold a press statement about the ongoing trial over Kobanî protests. The police have hindered the statement, detaining several people, including two journalists.

An opposition MP has called on the ministry to fulfill its responsibilities and release the data for the relevant areas.

Facing aggravated life imprisonment over the Kobanî protests from seven years ago, the HDP politicians appeared before the judge today, on April 26. The court board has rejected the attorneys' request for recusal.

Ruhsar Pekcan was dismissed as the minister of trade after it was revealed that the ministry bought nine million lira worth of disinfectants from her company.

The Ministry of Family and Social Services has released a statement amid criticisms against Minister Yanık, who revealed the identity of a child under state protection before the press on April 23 Children’s Day.

According to the data shared by the TTB, the number of extra deaths registered on a provincial basis is 214 in İzmir, 187 in Bursa, 131 in Kocaeli and 92 in Ankara.

The Turkish Armed Forces on April 23 launched a new operation as part of the "Claw Operations" targeting the PKK.

Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has spoken to two international news outlets, Al Jazeera news channel and Reuters news agency, about US President Biden’s official recognition of the Armenian genocide.

According to a recent statement by the Ankara Medical Chamber, there are no vacancies left in the intensive care units of hospitals in the capital city and patients are kept waiting in emergency rooms for days.

The students of Middle East Technical University have put up tents and started keeping watch near the campus stairs that they painted in rainbow colors so that the METU administration will not paint over them again.