The ILO estimates indicate a rise in global unemployment of between 5.3 million (“low” scenario) and 24.7 million (“high” scenario) from a base level of 188 million in 2019.
A 61-year-old man has lost his life as the total number of cases has increased to 191.
There are little to no measures taken in the dormitories where 3.614 people coming from abroad are quarantined. Citizens placed in the dormitories said there were no healthcare workers.
Chairman of Diyarbakır Medical Chamber, Mehmet Şerif Demir, stated that health workers are not provided with protective clothing and gloves, and that the hospitals are not equipped to test for viruses.
The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) called on people to celebrate Newroz in an alternative way this year, given the coronavirus outbreak emergency.
Imprisoned HDP former Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş tweeted about the coronavirus pandemic and said: "It is essential that the government must cooperate with the public in a transperant and safe way. People must be certain nothing is kept from them."
Mardin Medical Chamber Co-Chair Dr. Osman Sağlam who stated that regional quarantine hospitals must be established, said: "A doctor who diagnosed coronavirus was told to take a leave of absance. Doctors are afraid of diagnosing coronavirus.
HDP Antalya MP Kemal Bülbül who stated that they divided AKP which insists on not solving the Kurdish problem into 3, said: "We divided the AKP into 3, Erdoğan, Babacan and Davutoğlu. In this sense, you can call us 'seperatist'.
Both the university and the prosecutor's office started an investigation against 9 students who did not stand up and participate in the national anthem in Mersin University during the 'solidarity' event for the 'Peace Spring Operation'. The 9 students in question were suspended from school for a month.
Attorney of Mustafa Koçak, Ezgi Çakır who was finally able to see her client, explaining the torture Koçak has been subjected to, said he conveyed this message: "I continue to resist. All these torture will be my honour."
A total of 98 coronavirus infections have been confirmed in Turkey.
Of the 20 people who were detained in Urfa, three have been remanded in custody.
Devrim Ayik, who suffers from Crohn's disease and colon cancer, is released from prison. The arrest warrant was lifted at the request of his lawyer, as Ayik belongs to the (high) risk group in the case of coronavirus infection.
The twelve-thousand-year-old cultural site Hasankeyf is gradually sinking into a reservoir. Meanwhile, the people who resettled to "New Hasankeyf" are fighting against flooding because of the unfinished sewerage system.
Attorneys of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with his clients.