TEV- DEM announcing that Turkey has shut down the water station providing water for hundreds of thousands of people in Hesekê Canton despite the coronavirus, called on to UN and said: "Fulfill your responsibility".
A retirees union has reacted to discriminative social media messages and attacks on older people for not abiding by the curfew declared due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Haberin Var Mı” (Have You Heard the News) Initiative criticizes the regulation on criminal execution. Requesting the release of arrested journalists, the Initiative says, "Journalists, whose only crime was to practice their profession, will remain behind bars."
HDP MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu announced that a 70 year old prisoner in Sincan Prison has tested positive for coronavirus.
Stating that the execution footage of Menderes, published on the distance education system EBA TV, was not made accidentally and unambiguously, Eğitim Sen Istanbul No.1 Branch President Mesut Mike said that this was part of the current education system.
14 bar associations have criticized the 3rd Judicial Reform Package which will pave the way for the release of 100 thousand inmates while allegedly excluding political prisoners: “What makes a state powerful is its justice.”
Istanbul Medical Chamber Member of the Board of Directors Dr. Osman Öztürk who criticizes the government for not fighting the coronavirus transparently, said said that the government, which should partner with NGOs for public benefit and public health, did not do this to avoid telling the public about the gravity of the situation.
The mayor of Yenişehir who was arrested yesterday, has been released and put under house arrest, while the detained co-mayor of Ergani was released with a ban on leaving the country.
While the co-mayor of Eğil was remanded in custody, co-mayors of Lice and Silvan were sentenced to house arrest.
7 more people have died of the coronavirus in Turkey today, while 343 more people tested positive.
Silvan Co-Mayor Naşide Toprak and Lice Co-Mayor Tarık Mercan were sentenced to house arrest by the court.
SDF confirmed their commitment to guarantee an effective response to this crisis and facilitate the access of both local and international health workers to all areas controlled by their forces.
HDP Education Policies and Sports and Culture-Art Commission Spokesperson Sevtap Akdağ Karahalı said that the distance education process was designed according to the AKP's ideological needs.
Police raided a number of houses in the early hours of the morning in Siirt.
Halfeli Municipality co-mayor, Hasan Safa, was asked to issue a "message inviting people to stay calm" despite the news of dismissal of HDP-run municipalities. Safa was detained when he refused to issue the message.