According to a recent report prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, in the upcoming period, Turkey’s climate will be marked by higher temperatures and less precipitation, accompanied by more severe droughts.

More than 500 contact tracing teams are working in the city, the Governor has stated.

Postponed to a later date due to COVID-19 outbreak, the 27th Istanbul Jazz Festival will meet the festival audience in open-air venues on September 2-14 and on a digital platform on September 4 - October 16.

The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization have finalized their joint works on Canal İstanbul legislation. According to the draft, the project will be undertaken with a build-operate-transfer model.

The Ministry of Health has announced that Turkey’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 5,858 and the total number of cases to 241,997. 14 people have died of the virus and 1,193 people have tested positive in the last 24 hours.

The Chairs of Diyarbakır, Antep, Van, Mardin and Batman Medical Chambers have spoken to bianet: “Pandemic services and intensive cares are full. COVID-19 patients who need to be treated in hospitals are sent home.”

"A much more important and effective method than restrictions is to understand the severity of the disease and to apply the measures in our daily life," Assoc Prof. Kayıpmaz has said.

There are currently about 3,500 Covid-19 patients in Turkey's capital, with 2,000 having tested positive and 1,500 diagnosed as "suspicious cases," the SES union has stated.

The Health Ministry has confirmed 1,182 new cases and 15 deaths of Covid-19.

According to the latest figures shared by the Diyarbakır Health Platform, 346 healthcare workers, including 128 nurses and midwives, have tested positive for novel coronavirus in the province as of August 6.

While Assoc. Prof. Cavit Işık Yavuz notes that reopening schools will lead to a further increase in COVID-19 cases, Prof. Serap Şimşek Yavuz underlines that “it is not a decision to be taken by ministries and Science Board on their own.”

The Health Ministry has reported the highest new cases since July 2.

The association has announced the findings of a survey it conducted among 410 primary health care facilities across Turkey.

A total of 54,053 people live in quarantine zones, the ministry has announced.

An MIT study explains why the Mediterranean Basin will be arider with the rising temperatures, which is expected to cause increased rainfalls in other parts of the world.

The Health Ministry has recorded 1,153 cases and 14 deaths in a day.

Medical chambers in several provinces have recently claimed that the increasing number of cases caused bed shortages in hospitals.

The checks will include accommodation facilities, malls, marketplaces, restaurants, cafes, wedding halls, barber shops, recreational areas and public transportation.

Daily cases have exceeded 1,000 following the four-day Eid al-Adha holiday.

A person with mental health problems has been detained for causing the fire.