Schools have reopened for first graders and preschoolers amid a recent surge in the outbreak. Asked about their opinions on the reopening, most parents say, “I have brought my child because she wanted; otherwise, I would not have done it.”

Reza Zarrab, a businessperson with a dual citizenship of Turkey and Iran, had pleaded guilty in a US court to helping evade Iran sanctions through Turkey's state-owned Halkbank.

Arrested pending trial for almost 10 months, journalist Aziz Oruç had his second hearing today. The jailed journalist has not been released in today’s hearing, either. His next hearing will be held on November 9, 2020.

In a statement about the recent racist attacks in Turkey, the Unity for Democracy (DİB) platform has called for an end to the culture of impunity: “We will wake up from this nightmare together by raising our social peace.”

An investigation has been launched against the İstanbul Bar Association due to the picture of Ebru Timtik hung on its building after the lawyer died on a death fast. The bar was previously targeted by Erdoğan and Ministers Soylu and Gül over this picture.

Schools in Turkey were closed on March 16 and resumed online on August 31.

A medical report has been prepared regarding the condition of two people who said that they were dropped from a helicopter after they were detained and tortured by soldiers in Van. The report says that “they were injured by falling from a higher place.”

Anter lost his life in an armed attack in Diyarbakır in 1992.

Speaking to Mezopotamya Agency, Batman Municipality sources have said that the area where the movie house named after late Kurdish director Güney was located will be a part of the nearby park and a decorative pool will be constructed there.

In a written statement, main opposition CHP MP Akkuş İlgezdi has raised concerns that nearly 800 healthcare workers have resigned due to their working conditions, lack of personal protective equipment and heavy workload amid pandemic.

While no casualties have been reported so far, some buildings have been damaged.

The Ministry of Health has announced that Turkey’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 7,506 and the total number of cases to 302,867. 61 people have died of the virus and 1,519 people have tested positive in the last 24 hours.

The master development plan foreseeing the construction of a “Nation’s Garden” and social facilities around Lake Salda in Yeşilova, Burdur has been approved by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization.

A recent statement by the Diyarbakır Health Platform has shown that 722 health workers, including 255 nurses and midwives and 186 physicians and dentists, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

Defense Minister Akar gave an interview to the UK's Channel 4 News, Turkey issued a new Navtex alert for exploration activities near Cyprus.

The country's death toll has risen to 7,377 as 62 people lost their lives over the past 24 hours.

Students' lack of internet access has been a concern as distance education is becoming an essential part of education in the pandemic time.

The Nationalist Movement Party chair called the government to shut down the association over its protest of the Ministry of Health.

The Research Center of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK-AR) has released a “Report on Pay Gap” on the occasion of International Equal Pay Day.

Following the Friday prayer, the President has made remarks on the increase in coronavirus cases and the Eastern Mediterranean crisis.