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Turkey’s daily cases drop below 15 thousand
HEALTH MINISTRY DATA
Turkey’s daily cases drop below 15 thousand
According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 282 people died of coronavirus and 13,604 people tested positive with slightly over 213 thousand tests in a day. 2,983 patients are reportedly in a critical condition.
11 May 2021
Embassy of China: Vaccine delivery not stopped due to political reasons
Embassy of China: Vaccine delivery not stopped due to political reasons
Based on the statements of his sources from the Embassy of China in Ankara, journalist Murat Yetkin has written that 26 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine were delivered to Turkey as of May 7, 2021.
10 May 2021
‘İstanbul has seen a drop in the number of intensive care patients’
İSTANBUL HEALTH DIRECTOR
‘İstanbul has seen a drop in the number of intensive care patients’
While İstanbul Director of Health Prof. Memişoğlu has said that “there has been a drop in the number of COVID-19 inpatients and intensive care patients in the last week,” Interior Minister Soylu has been “expecting one more sacrifice from the nation.”
10 May 2021
Turkey’s coronavirus death toll tops 43 thousand, cases 5 million
HEALTH MINISTRY DATA
Turkey’s coronavirus death toll tops 43 thousand, cases 5 million
According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 283 people died of coronavirus and over 15 thousand people tested positive with less than 200 thousand tests in a day. 3,081 patients are reportedly in a critical condition.
10 May 2021
Unable to sell their crops during lockdown, farmers send them to garbage
Unable to sell their crops during lockdown, farmers send them to garbage
Farmers' Union Chair Ali Bülent Erdem has stated that the "complete lockdown" was an example of a complete lack of planning and said, "At least the farmers should have been supported in such a period."
7 May 2021 Hikmet Adal
‘58 percent don’t find statements on missing Central Bank reserves satisfactory’
OPERATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER
‘58 percent don’t find statements on missing Central Bank reserves satisfactory’
67.4 percent of the participants do not think that there is a danger of coup in Turkey. More than half also find the government unsuccessful in COVID-19 vaccination.
7 May 2021 Ruken Tuncel
Seasonal agricultural workers: ‘Deprived of hygiene, detached from education’
PROBLEMS AGGRAVATED BY PANDEMIC
Seasonal agricultural workers: ‘Deprived of hygiene, detached from education’
Problems of seasonal agricultural workers in Manisa are aggravated even more by the pandemic. In addition to a dire need for hot and clean water, the income inequality and the number of children detached from education rise every year.
7 May 2021 Esmer Değirmen
Minister Soylu: Ban on alcohol sales is a matter of health
Minister Soylu: Ban on alcohol sales is a matter of health
Commenting on the ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages in Turkey during the ‘full lockdown’, Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu has said, “There is no need to politicize this, there is no need to take an ideological attitude, this is a matter of health.”
7 May 2021
Turkey’s coronavirus death toll tops 42 thousand
HEALTH MINISTRY DATA
Turkey’s coronavirus death toll tops 42 thousand
According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 304 people died of coronavirus and over 22 thousand people tested positive with over 250 thousand tests in a day. 3,378 patients are reportedly in a critical condition.
7 May 2021
‘Prioritize people’s needs, give basic income to 5 million people’
‘Prioritize people’s needs, give basic income to 5 million people’
The Guaranteed Basic Income Saves Lives Platform has released a statement and recommended that five million people should be provided with a monthly basic income of 2,000 lira for an indefinite period of time.
6 May 2021
Putin and Erdoğan discuss pandemic over the phone
Putin and Erdoğan discuss pandemic over the phone
In a phone call on May 5, President and AKP Chair Erdoğan and Russia’s President Putin discussed the struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic and the Sputnik V vaccine as well as the situation in Syria, Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh.
6 May 2021
COVID-19: Turkey has more than 350 deaths in 24 hours
HEALTH MINISTRY DATA
COVID-19: Turkey has more than 350 deaths in 24 hours
According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 356 people died of coronavirus and over 26 thousand people tested positive with less than 230 thousand tests in a day. 3,418 patients are reportedly in a critical condition.
6 May 2021
Musicians sell their instruments, return to their hometowns
PANDEMIC IN TURKEY
Musicians sell their instruments, return to their hometowns
For more than a year, stages have been closed and concerts have not been held. Five different musicians who are having a hard time spoke to bianet about how they are trying to survive.
5 May 2021 Dara Demiralp
‘This is not the way to impose a lockdown’
İSTANBUL MEDICAL CHAMBER
‘This is not the way to impose a lockdown’
İstanbul Medical Chamber Chair Prof. Pınar Saip has said that while millions of workers are forced to work, the government is trying to save the day with half measures and inadequate precautions.
5 May 2021
‘A prisoner with no money cannot even send a letter’
LETTER FROM PRISON
‘A prisoner with no money cannot even send a letter’
Sending a letter from Sincan Prison, Yücel says prisoners are prevented from paying for other prisoners’ personal needs such as sanitary pads, underwear and cleaning supplies; the ones who have no money in their accounts cannot buy anything.
5 May 2021 Ayça Söylemez
COVID-19: Turkey's weekly case map updated
COVID-19: Turkey's weekly case map updated
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 530 in Istanbul and 360 in the capital city of Ankara on April 24-30.
5 May 2021
COVID-19 in Turkey: 336 daily fatalities, nearly 29 thousand cases
HEALTH MINISTRY DATA
COVID-19 in Turkey: 336 daily fatalities, nearly 29 thousand cases
According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 336 people died of coronavirus and nearly 29 thousand people tested positive with slightly over 240 thousand tests in a day. 3,452 patients are reportedly in a critical condition.
5 May 2021
Debt instead of cash support
TURKEY'S RESPONSE TO THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC
Debt instead of cash support
In the Covid-19 period, the government has preferred to make citizens indebted instead of putting money in their pockets, which is the primary criterion, as was done in many countries of the world.
4 May 2021 Aziz Çelik
Turkey reports 347 new coronavirus deaths, daily cases below 25,000
Turkey reports 347 new coronavirus deaths, daily cases below 25,000
The country's overall tally is now near five million, according to the official figures.
4 May 2021
COVID-19 in Turkey: Media authority urges TVs ‘to not use jam-packed images’
COVID-19 in Turkey: Media authority urges TVs ‘to not use jam-packed images’
İlhan Taşçı, a member of the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) from the CHP, says that RTÜK Chair Şahin “sent an instruction to the executives of TV channels on private line, asking them to not use jam-packed images.”
3 May 2021
Turkey reports 340 coronavirus deaths in a day
HEALTH MINISTRY DATA
Turkey reports 340 coronavirus deaths in a day
According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 340 people died of coronavirus and nearly 26 thousand people tested positive with slightly over 240 thousand tests in a day. The country will now drop PCR test obligation for visitors from 16 countries.
3 May 2021
Turkey grants emergency approval for Sputnik V vaccine
COVID-19
Turkey grants emergency approval for Sputnik V vaccine
"Emergency use of Sputnik V vaccine was approved following the assessments and evaluations by our Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency," Turkey’s Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca has announced.
30 April 2021
Lay-off ban extended till the end of June
Lay-off ban extended till the end of June
The Presidential decision extending the lay-off ban till June 30, 2021 and the Presidential decision extending the period of financial support to shopkeepers and artisans for another month have been published in the Official Gazette.
30 April 2021
‘Ban on alcohol sales’ during lockdown taken to Council of State
‘Ban on alcohol sales’ during lockdown taken to Council of State
The Ankara Bar has appealed to the Council of State and requested the suspension of the execution of the ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages imposed on shops during the ‘full lockdown’ despite not being included in the Interior Ministry’s circular.
30 April 2021
COVID-19 in Turkey: 339 people lose their lives in a day
HEALTH MINISTRY DATA
COVID-19 in Turkey: 339 people lose their lives in a day
According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 339 people died of coronavirus and over 37 thousand people tested positive with less than 280 thousand tests conducted in a day. 3,581 COVID-19 patients are reportedly in a critical condition.
30 April 2021
Permission to investigate state officials over set designer’s death of COVID-19
Permission to investigate state officials over set designer’s death of COVID-19
A permission has been granted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to launch an investigation against State Theaters’ Director General, İzmir State Theaters’ Director and Vice Artistic Technical Director over the death of Ali Cem Köroğlu.
29 April 2021
‘COVID-19 becomes a “pretext” in Turkey’s prisons’
HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION
‘COVID-19 becomes a “pretext” in Turkey’s prisons’
The İHD İstanbul Branch has released its quarterly report on violations of rights in Marmara region’s prisons: “All social rights have been denied in prisons under the pretext of the outbreak, isolation and segregation have intensified.”
29 April 2021
‘Vaccine supply getting harder to reach out for the next 2 months’
HEALTH MINISTER KOCA
‘Vaccine supply getting harder to reach out for the next 2 months’
According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 341 people died of coronavirus and over 40 thousand people tested positive with over 283 thousand tests conducted in a day. 3,558 COVID-19 patients are reportedly in a critical condition.
29 April 2021
‘We might face a dangerous mutation unique to Turkey’
COVID-19 VACCINATION
‘We might face a dangerous mutation unique to Turkey’
İstanbul Family Medicine Association Chair Dr. Demir has spoken to bianet about the vaccination efforts in Turkey: “The Health Ministry gives appointments only for the second doses. The ones aged 55 and over are not given appointments now.”
28 April 2021 Ruken Tuncel
Report on domestic workers: ‘3 out of every 10 women subjected to violence’
BY MAIN OPPOSITION CHP
Report on domestic workers: ‘3 out of every 10 women subjected to violence’
CHP Vice Chair Gülizar Biçer-Karaca’s report on domestic workers has shared the following remarks of a domestic worker: “I say it on behalf of all friends doing domestic work: Believe us, we are of no value. What we do is not visible.”
28 April 2021
‘What does the ban on alcohol sales have to do with coronavirus outbreak?’
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION BY HDP
‘What does the ban on alcohol sales have to do with coronavirus outbreak?’
HDP İstanbul MP Kenanoğlu has asked Vice President Oktay a series of questions regarding the de facto ban on alcohol sales during the 17-day full lockdown even though the Interior Ministry’s circular does not refer to such a ban.
28 April 2021
‘Full lockdown’ on humor magazine's front page: ‘We have eaten up the house’
‘Full lockdown’ on humor magazine's front page: ‘We have eaten up the house’
Criticized for the government’s lack of financial support, Turkey’s three-week ‘full lockdown’ has hit the cover of Uykusuz humor magazine.
28 April 2021
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