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Turkey Logs Record Daily COVID-19 Cases amid Omicron Surge

Municipality workers in protective suits disinfect courtyard of the Kocatepe Mosque to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Ankara, Turkey April 15, 2021. (Reuters)
Municipality workers in protective suits disinfect courtyard of the Kocatepe Mosque to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Ankara, Turkey April 15, 2021. (Reuters)
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Turkey Logs Record Daily COVID-19 Cases amid Omicron Surge

Municipality workers in protective suits disinfect courtyard of the Kocatepe Mosque to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Ankara, Turkey April 15, 2021. (Reuters)
Municipality workers in protective suits disinfect courtyard of the Kocatepe Mosque to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Ankara, Turkey April 15, 2021. (Reuters)

Turkey recorded 68,413 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest daily figure on record, health ministry data showed on Thursday, amid surging infections due to the Omicron variant of coronavirus.

It also recorded 156 deaths related to coronavirus in the same period, the data showed.

Cases in Turkey have more than doubled in just over a week as the Omicron variant became dominant in the country.

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US Envoy Expects Trump, Erdogan to Resolve Arms Sanctions on Türkiye this Year

File photo: US Ambassador to Türkiye and US special envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack, speaks after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon June 19, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
File photo: US Ambassador to Türkiye and US special envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack, speaks after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon June 19, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
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US Envoy Expects Trump, Erdogan to Resolve Arms Sanctions on Türkiye this Year

File photo: US Ambassador to Türkiye and US special envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack, speaks after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon June 19, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
File photo: US Ambassador to Türkiye and US special envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack, speaks after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon June 19, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

The US ambassador to Türkiye said he expects Donald Trump and Tayyip Erdogan to resolve long-standing defense-related sanctions on Türkiye by year end, according to an interview with state owned Anadolu Agency.

Thomas Barrack, the envoy, said the two presidents could give directions to settle the issue of sanctions, which the US imposed in 2020 over Türkiye’s purchase of Russian S-400 missile defense systems.

"In my view, President Trump and President Erdogan will tell Secretary (Marco) Rubio and Foreign Minister (Hakan) Fidan to fix this, find a way, and a resolution is possible by year-end," he was quoted as saying on Sunday.

The CAATSA sanctions, referring to the 'Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act', also removed NATO member Türkiye from the F-35 program where it was both a buyer and manufacturer of the fighter jets.

Ankara, which has closer US ties since Trump's return to the White House, has said its removal from the program was unjust and has demanded to be reinstated or reimbursed.

"We all believe there's a tremendous opportunity here, as we have two leaders who trust each other," said Barrack, who is also special envoy to neighboring Syria.