According to a notice published on the Official Gazette today, private hospitals can no longer request patient shares or any other extra fees from patients treated for novel coronavirus.

Rejecting the main opposition CHP’s legislative proposal one day before, the ruling AKP and MHP have submitted a bill of law on prevention of violence in healthcare to the Speaker’s Office.

The Parliamentary debate on the bill of criminal enforcement was completed at the General Assembly of the Parliament yesterday. As the quorum for meeting was not reached, the session has been adjourned to 2 p.m. today to take a vote on the bill.

In the last 24 hours, 87 people died and 4,117 people were found to be infected from coronavirus, according to the Health Ministry.

"Health workers pay the price of the wrong policies," the chamber says, criticizing how the Health Ministry handles the coronavirus outbreak.

Peoples’ Democratic Congress (HDK) Executive Board member and Polen Ecology activist Cemil Aksu has commented on the relationship between ecology and capitalism in a video interview to bianet.

The Şok grocery chain has recently introduced home delivery due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Sharing a video that features the unlawful acts in the lawsuit filed against the lawyers from Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), 16 bar association chairs ask, “Do you know how 18 lawyers have been sentenced to over 159 years in prison?”

As many as 500 thousand seasonal agricultural workers who live in tents with poor hygienic conditions are poised to migrate.

A bomb has exploded on the roadside while a vehicle with forest workers on board was passing in Kulp, Diyarbakır. While five people have lost their lives, the Governor’s Office has announced that the incident was a bomb attack.

While the main opposition CHP has argued that bringing a bill on preventing violence against healthcare workers will be a moral support amid coronavirus pandemic, the ruling AKP has said, “We already have our preparation about the issue.”

Referring to Turkey’s struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic, Assoc. Prof. Çağhan Kızıl has emphasized that Turkey does not act like managing a crisis and does not take scientific motives into consideration.

The General Assembly of the Parliament started debating the bill on criminal execution yesterday. While the HDP protested the bill with banners “Equal execution keeps alive” and “Corona doesn’t discriminate prisoners,” the session is adjourned to today.

In the last 24 hours, 76 people died and 3,893 people tested positive for coronavirus, Health Minister Koca has announced.

The Press in Arrest group has released its March report on the trials of journalists.

Yağız, Kevser, Arda, Yağmur… Their teacher asked them: “If you had magical powers…” Children have written down their wishes to get rid of coronavirus.

Having lost their already low income after the pandemic, the Romani people face hunger.

The bill on criminal enforcement is at the Parliament today. Regarding the possibility of ill prisoners’ release, lawyer Yoleri says, “Forensic Medicine Institution had a discriminatory treatment of political prisoners. This picture does not seem likely to change.”

According to the 2019 Report of the Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of Ministers supervising the execution of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgements, Turkey ranks second after Russia in failing to execute the ECtHR judgements.

The parliament will discuss today a sentence reduction bill to reduce the prison population due to the coronavirus pandemic.