Prisoners staying in Tarsus T Type 2 Closed Prison stated that they are worried because of the necessary precautions against the coronavirus outbreak are not taken in prisons.
SES Kocaeli Branch President Murat Harata, who said that health workers have a lack of protective mask and gloves in the fight against coronavirus, noted that the ministry should solve this problem as soon as possible.
SES Union's Istanbul branches shared their demand list of 13 articles regarding the problems faced by healthcare professionals due to coronavirus outbreak with the Provincial Health Directorate.
68-year-old imprisoned Kurdish politician Mahmut Alınak who has chronic illnesses, requested his release due to coronavirus outbreak but his request was rejected on the grounds of "suspicion of absconding" His lawyer and his son Bişar Alınak stated, "My father did not flee neither from Kenan Evren fascism nor from Mehmet Ağar's "white Toros" attacks, would he escape now?"
Silopi Municipality Co-Mayor Adalet Fidan, who warned the public to stay home due to the coronavirus pandemic, said that they started to detect families with poor economic conditions considering a possible curfew.
SES Antalya Branch Co-chair Şükran İçöz, who stated that the information about the pandemic is not shared transparently, raised the demand that the health workers should be given individual protective equipments and should be tested by health screenings continuously.
The 217 workers who were interviewed three times with a court order in order to move from the subcontractor status to the staff were not hired by the trustee appointed to the Van Metropolitan Municipality, claiming they were 'unseccessful'. The trustee asked questions about the names of the soldiers who died in Afrin and how to pray.
The Turkish Ministry of Justice has extended cancelation of visits to prisoners, including by lawyers.
Lawyer Ceren Şimşek stated that the reduction of execution of sexual crimes is "a culture of impunity", said: "Because of the government that introduces law proposals against children, a system that launders the criminals have been institutionalized."
AKP Chair and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed his Transport and Infrastructure Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan earlier Saturday.
An indictment was prepared against imprisoned Derik Municipality Co-Mayor Nalan Özaydın who was replaced with a trustee. The activities of Sarya Women's Cooperative which planted green beans had been a subject to the charges against Özaydın.
Sultan Deyiş whose two children are in prison, stated that the sick prisoners must be released, Mazlum Teke's mother Nezahat Teke said they will take to the streets if necessarry measures are not taken.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced tonight that the new measures will be meticolously implemented in the bigger 30 cities.
42 patients have recovered from the coronavirus so far.The death toll for coronavirus in Turkey rose to 92 today, Friday, said Health Minister Fahrettin Koca.
Kurdish poet and writer Cegerxwîn’s son Keyo Hassan Cegerxwîn died at the age of 84 in Stockholm as a result of a coronavirus infection.