According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 91 people died of coronavirus and 5,647 people tested positive with over 218 thousand tests in a day. 1,060 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

According to the Health Ministry, 358 thousand 308 doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered in Turkey in a day. As of June 7, 17 million 847 thousand 112 first doses and 13 million 205 thousand 812 second doses have been given.

Fehmi Işıklar, one of the organizers and directors of the 1 May 1977 rally, talks first about demonstrators’ enthusiasm, then the sounds of gunfire and the stampede that followed. He says that the state must find a way to absolve itself of this shame.

The Presidency of Religious Affairs will also be involved in the project to "shape children's character."

Climate crisis and drought have become a "class problem" in Turkey, says the HDP.

Getting online education for some time as part of coronavirus measures, secondary and high school students have started attending their classes at schools amid the ‘gradual normalization’ steps in June.

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 96 people died of coronavirus and 5,386 people tested positive with over 204 thousand tests in a day. 1,096 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

Antranik Yontan spoke of how his relative, Diran Nigiz, who he called his ‘abi’, or big brother, had a limp and was crushed in the panic, that he had a good sense of humour, and that he had migrated from Derik to Istanbul. There are no photographs of Diran.

A local environmental association has urged the government to cancel a touristic facility project near the lake, pointing out the damage caused to its distinct ecosystem by people getting into the water.

The country with a population of 83 million has fully vaccinated 12.8 million people, according to the Health Ministry figures.

While the total number of cases is 5,270,299 the death toll has reached 47,882 people, according to the Ministry of Health.

Thick layers of mucilage have been observed both on the surface and the bottom of the Sea of Marmara in Turkey's northwest.

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 112 people died of coronavirus and 7,181 people tested positive with over 224 thousand tests in a day. 1,213 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

As of June 2, 16 million 860 thousand 657 people received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, either that of Sinovac or Pfizer-BioNTech, while 12 million 676 thousand 482 people received both doses.

TTB Central Council member Erdoğdu says that the government mainly prefers burdening citizens with debt during the pandemic, thereby postponing the problems: “In the first wave of the pandemic, 2 million people used credit for the first time.”

Why are the countries involved in a geopolitical competition to secure control of fossil fuels instead of prioritizing the fight against the existential threat to our planet, the climate crisis?

According to the Road Traffic Accidents Statistics shared by the TurkStat for 2020, 150,275 traffic accidents involving death or injury occurred in Turkey last year, claiming the lives of 4,866 people and injuring over 226 thousand others.

Serço Ekşiyan, an underwater camera operator for 15 years, has captured the mucilage that covered the bottom of the Sea of Marmara in northwestern Turkey. The marine ecosystem is facing great danger, he says.

Turkey has so far administered over 29.25 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, according to official figures. The WHO has also approved the vaccine of China’s Sinovac, one of the two vaccines currently used in Turkey, for emergency use.

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 129 people died of coronavirus and 7,112 people tested positive with over 223 thousand tests in a day. 1,241 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.