Lice Co-Mayor Mercan detained
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- 09:55 24/3/2020
Lice Municipality Co-Mayor Tarık Mercan was detained.
Lice Municipality Co-Mayor Tarık Mercan was detained.
SDF Commander General Mazloum Abdi calls in a video message for the measures against the spread of the coronavirus adopted by the autonomous administration in northeast Syria to be followed.
It is time to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus together on the true fight of our lives, said UN Secretary General.
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said tonight that the death toll from coronavirus in Turkey reached 37.
Batman Municipality has been seized by the AKP and police detained 16 people protesting in front of the cordoned off building.
31 people taken into custody in Adana due to their social media posts on coronavirus.
Ergani Municipality Co-Mayor Meryem Yıldız who was replaced by a trustee, stating that AKP government is fighting against the will of the Kurds instead of the virus, said they will not accept this usurpation of will.
The prisoners held in Patnos TYpe L Prison stated that the announcement of the ministry claiming they will distribute disinfectant does not reflect the truth. Prisoners stated that the disinfectants required for hygiene are sold in the canteen at an exorbitant price.
The curfew announced in North and East Syria came into effect as of 6:00 am.
Van Bar Association Immigration and Asylum Commission Chairperson Mahmut Kaçan said that necessary measures should be taken for refugees' access to health in order to prevent risks to be experienced due to coranavirus.
Economist Özgür Müftüoğlu who stated that the coronavirus outbreak accelerated the globally experienced economic crisis, said that Turkey is taking measures in favour of the capital instead of public interest.
Union representatives who said that the social isolation rule initiated against the new type of coronavirus should also be implemented for workers, stated that the measures should be implemented in a certain way to prevent loss of rights.
While HDP's Batman, Silvan, Lice and Ergani Co-Mayors were dismissed and trustees were appointed to replace them, the co-mayors were detained during police raids on their homes.
The Syrian Ministry of Health announced that the first case of coronavirus was detected in the country.
Nine people lost their lives and 289 were diagnosed with coronavirus in one day, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced late Sunday (March 22).