The government has been running a campaign with the slogans, "Stay home" and "Life fits into home" to help prevent the coronavirus from further spreading in the country.

Making a statement on the first tender lodged for Canal İstanbul yesterday, the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) has noted that prioritizing Canal İstanbul, rather than the struggle against coronavirus, is unacceptable.

The Constitutional Court has ruled that a new investigation shall be launched against the police officers who injured teacher Melih Dalbudak on the head with a tear gas cartridge during Gezi resistance in 2013.

"No country has the luxury of implementing protectionist, unilateral policies amid the pandemic," the president has said.

Bilal Ekşi, the CEO of Turkish Airlines, has announced that the flights to New York have been cancelled. According to latest reports, 37 thousand 258 coronavirus cases have been confirmed and 385 people have lost their lives in the city so far.

Arrested for “being members of a terrorist organization” based on witness statements in December 2019, journalists Sadiye Eser and Sadık Toplaoğlu have been released by the İstanbul 22nd Heavy Penal Court.

An indictment has been brought against four accused suspects, including three police officers, five years after Diyarbakır Bar Association Chair Tahir Elçi was murdered in Diyarbakır. The indictment has been sent to court.

Turkey's coronavirus tally has reached 75 deaths and 3,629 cases as 1,196 people tested positive and 16 people died in the last 24 hours.

An association has released a report on precautions that can be taken to protect homeless people from the coronavirus outbreak.

Prisoners complain that they sleep close, everything is commonly used in closed spaces, no cleaning is done, there is not even a soap and not enough sinks, bathrooms are locked, food is unhealthy and dirty, the quarantined share the same space with others…

As the government is unwilling to declare a country-wide curfew, mayor İmamoğlu has suggested "partial restrictions" for the city of 15 million.

Criticizing the bill foreseeing reduced prison terms for sexual offenses, bar associations say, “We think that even having a debate on an amendment like this while our country is waging an all-out struggle against the virus outbreak will divide the society.”