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Disinfection in Habur began after 15 days

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17:19 15/3/2020

The vehicles reaching to Turkey's Habur Border Gate from the buffer zone between the Turkey and the Federal Kurdistan Region began to be disinfected after 15 days.

Avalanche disaster in Van: his funeral was reached after 40 days

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17:12 15/3/2020

The funeral of the firefighter Mehmet Can Daşdemir, who were stuck under the avalanche, which had caused the death of 41 people in Van's Bahçesaray highway, was reached after 40 days.

Death spread with apple smell

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17:09 15/3/2020

Ramazan Öztürk, a journalist, who announced the Halabja massacre, which was engraved to the memories with the death of more than 5 thousand people, with his “Silent Witness” photograph, expressed the brutality over which 32 years has passed, saying, “It was a human drama too big to fit in two lines of a newspaper”.

Health Minister Koca: Tests are performed on those who came from Umrah

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17:07 15/3/2020

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca spoke regarding to those who were put under quarantine after they returned from Umrah: "The suspected people taken to the hospital as soon as they arrive and the tests are performed".

Military operation in the Lice countryside

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17:06 15/3/2020

A military operation was launched in 3 rural neighborhoods of Lice.

Turkish Airlines will stop flights from 9 countries

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16:13 15/3/2020

Turkish Airlines (THY) has decided to stop its flights departing from 9 countries on March 18 due to Coronavirus.

Covid-19 measures inadequate in Iran's neighbour Van

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11:06 15/3/2020

In Van, where anxiety increased due to the high numbers of Coronavirus cases in their border Iran, the citizens said that the measures were not taken neither on time nor adequately, and that they do not find the statements of the Ministry of Health realistic.

Missing for 52 days, decision of non-prosecution for Mehmet Bal’s case!

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10:24 15/3/2020

In the investigation started to find the whereabouts of Mehmet Bal, who has been missing for 52 days after coming to İstanbul from Batman to visit his son in prison, it was decided that "there is lack of grounds for legal action".

Trump's coronavirus test turns out to be 'negative'

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09:52 15/3/2020

The coronavirus test of US President Donald Trump turned out to be negative.

'The measures of the Ministry of Justice are not enough to protect detainees'

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09:51 15/3/2020

Stating that prisons have more prisoners than their capacity, İHD Central Prison Commission Spokesman İlhan Öngör said that the measures of the Ministry of Justice are not enough to protect prisoners, demanding that the executions of the prison sentence of severely ill prisoners to be postponed.

Confirmed Coronavirus cases in Turkey increased to 6

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09:45 15/3/2020

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced that the Coronavirus test of a citizen, who had returned last week from Umrah, turned out to be positive.

Dede calling for the Minister of Justice: Pave the way for releases from prison

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16:45 14/3/2020

HDP Co-Vice Chair Ümit Dede drawing attention to the risk of spreading coronavirus in prisons, made a call to the Minister of Justice and said: "Old and sick prisoners must be released and the sentences of old and sick convicts must be reprieved."

Joint statement from 24 Bar President: Release our colleagues immediately

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16:44 14/3/2020

24 Bar Presidents including Ankara, İstanbul and İzmir made a joint statement and said: "Defense cannot be silenced, release our colleagues immediately."

Second newborn baby tests positive for coronavirus

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11:52 14/3/2020

Another newborn has tested positive for the coronavirus Friday, marking what appears to be the second such case as the pandemic worsens.

Bodies of 7 refugees found at the border

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11:51 14/3/2020

It was announced that bodies of 7 refugees found at the Iran border of Çaldıran.