Hasan Yıldırım’s friend from Uzel Factory spoke of how Hasan, whom he describes as a good person, was studying at university while also working at the factory, and how his workmates tried to comfort him after he was shot right beside them.

A recent analysis by Ember, a non-profit think tank, shows that Turkey, Ukraine and Western Balkan countries compete for top spot in coal power air pollution in Europe.

Briefly detained after saying in a street interview, “We live in the country of those who deprive people of their rightful share”, Sümeyya Avcı, a teacher discharged by a Statutory Decree, says that she was taken into custody due to her social media posts.

According to the updated map shared by Health Minister Koca, the number of COVID-19 cases per 100 thousand people was 123.88 in İstanbul, 123.02 in Ankara and 72.75 in İzmir in the week of May 15-21, 2021.

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 175 people died of coronavirus and 9,375 people tested positive with over 223 thousand tests in a day. 1,667 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

Zehra Şahin talks about her friend, Atilla Özbelen, with whom she worked at the Classroom Tools Manufacturing Centre, about how he was at work, his union activities, and how they went together from Ankara to the First of May rally in Istanbul.

Some 178 people lost their lives yesterday, bringing the official death toll to 46,446.

Fahrettin Arı talks about his brother, Nazmi Arı, about the failure to bring those responsible for his death to justice, and about how a village school was named after him but the name was later removed.

The 6th Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has announced that it will initiate a tender for killing 45 wild goats. Several social media users have protested the decision, urging the authorities to cancel the tender.

63.5 percent of the participants of a survey conducted by the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) say that city hospitals have increased the COVID-19 contagion risk due to their massive size and high number of beds and hospital attendants.

Ecosphere Association Campaigns Director Özgür Gürbüz has talked about the recent extreme weather events in the Aegean. Stressing that such events will increase gradually, he has called on the authorities to sign the Paris Agreement.

In a statement on May 22, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said that the country made deals to receive 100 million doses of SinoVac, 120 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech and 50 million doses of Sputnik vaccines against COVID-19.

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 197 people died of coronavirus and 7,839 people tested positive with over 210 thousand tests in a day. 1,843 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

Author Nedim Gürsel talks of how Ercüment Gürkut, a friend from Galatasaray High School, was interested in football and poetry, was funny and intelligent, was very interested in cinema and of how they planned to carry out a project together.

While Turkey has finalized a deal to buy 60 million more doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, with an option for an additional 30 million doses, Minister Koca has said, “Turkey has the potential to vaccinate more than 1.5 million people per day.”

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 207 people died of coronavirus and 9,385 people tested positive with over 219 thousand tests in a day. 2,041 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

The global economic and social order is reshaping in the face of stagnation and climate crises. Turkey is strengthening the dimensions and effects of the structural emergencies by not being involved in these developments.

The Ankara 6th Administrative Court has annulled the decision of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization that allowed buildings such as car parks and wedding halls as part of a landscape project in the Atatürk Forest Farm.

Turkey will procure 30 million doses of the BioNTech vaccine next month, according to the health minister.

Wastes in the ethylene polymer group made up 74 percent of Turkey's plastic waste import last year.