The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) Central Council requested the Ministry of Health to share the situation related to the coronavirus outbreak openly and transparently. In the article, TTB included 19 questions demanding urgent answer.
Turkish Airlines stopped all international flights until April 17, except for Hong Kong, Moscow, Addis Ababa, New York and Washington due to coronavirus.
The number of people who lost their lives due to the coronavirus outbreak exceeded over 13 thousand worldwide, while the number of cases exceeded 300 thousand.
'Pandemic Hospitals' in Diyarbakır have been announced.
Together with the 3rd Judicial Package, which includes regulations regarding the execution discount, 100 thousand people are expected to be released while political prisoners were excluded from the coverage.
ÖHD Ankara Branch President Şevin Kaya stated that the prisoners are in a critical period due to the coronavirus outbreak, and that they should be released without waiting for the planned changes in the execution law.
Ecologists, who said that the climate crisis and coronavirus epidemic are the result of globalization, noted that it is impossible to switch to a new system unless lessons are learned from disasters.
The shipyards, where thousands of workers work side by side, are still lacking the necessary health and safety measures despite the growing risk with the coronavirus outbreak.
President Erdoğan, who posted a video message on his social media account, said, “I hope we will get through this challenging process together. As long as we follow the rules and instructions and definitely as long as we keep staying at homes.
Children of the Greek Elefteria Fortulaki, who burned her body as a Newrox bonfire to protest the isolation against PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan, sent a message on behalf of their mother whom they love so much, and said 'Berxwedan jiyan e'.
DBB Co-Chair Selçuk Mızraklı who is being held in Bünyan Prison, celebrated Newroz with his message: "Newroz which is the fire of resistance, grows from the dungeons to the streets".
Attorney Tugay Bek pointing out that the restiction to the visits is not a measure and that the virus could be brought in the prison via prison personnel or the attorneys, said the remission of punishment should include all prisoners."
SES Co-Chairperson Gönül Erden stated that Kovid-19 epidemic process could not be overcome with the number of employees, current workload and working conditions, and that thousands of health workers that have been discharged with law decrees.
Journalist Aktaş who stated that AKP being stuck in İdlib today is a result of its wrong Syria policy, said the 'regime change' project based on blobal agreement have collapsed.
Three political prisoners are on hunger strike in the high security prison in the province of Giresun. They are protesting against the confiscation of their medicines and disciplinary punishments.