The head of the Confederation of Journalists of Turkey has welcomed the increase.

Two opposition politicians' alleged private messages about the plot were not real but an "amateurish attempt to fabricate evidence," prosecutors have said.

Lawyer and Human Rights Association Co-Chair Öztürk Türkdoğan had his first hearing in the trial where he faces charges over his rights advocacy activities. The court has ruled that his international travel ban shall remain in effect.

Lawyer Şahin says that though the former math teacher was not given a prison sentence at the lower limit, he should have been penalized at the upper limit given the indignation the incident caused and the way in which the crime was committed.

President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan has defined Russia’s recognition of Ukraine’s breakaway regions as “unacceptable”, urging the parties of the tension to “follow common sense and international law”.

Falay joined the Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band in 1970 and fused traditional Turkish music to jazz with his own band in the1980s.

Nationalist Movement Party Chair Devlet Bahçeli spoke at the weekly group meeting of his party, addressing a series of issues on the agenda including the tension between Ukraine and Russia and Tarkan’s new song “Geççek” (This shall pass).

Gülistan Doku, a university student in Dersim, has been missing since January 5, 2020.

The case against the DİAYDER association was the basis for an Interior Ministry investigation into the opposition-led İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality.

In the wake of journalist Güngör Arslan’s killing in an armed attack in Kocaeli, professional press organizations have released a joint statement and requested life safety for journalists and an end to impunity for attacks targeting them.

The results of the survey conducted by Ipsos with over 20 thousand people from 28 countries, including Turkey, for Plastic Free July have been analyzed in cooperation with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

In the trial over the feminicide of Pınar Gültekin, arrested perpetrator Cemal Metin A.’s brother Mertcan A. has been arrested. He was released pending trial.

Ankara supports Ukraine's territorial integrity, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.

Young Kurdish people remember their first years at school as a nightmare. Tan says, “As we could not spell the words, the teacher held us at school till 9 pm. He was saying, ‘You are gonna learn this language’.”

RTÜK has notified the Voice of America, Deutsche Welle Türkçe and Euronews of its decision urging them to apply for a license. With the decision published on RTÜK’s website, the outlets have three days for application.

Ahmet Soyalan, the Police Director General of Northern Cyprus, has announced that 11 people in total, eight in Turkey and three in Northern Cyprus, have been arrested over the murder of ‘betting and casino tycoon’ Halil Falyalı.

Dr. Nadire Güntaş-Aldatmaz says, “Children; you are more beautiful when you speak the language of your mother, father, maternal and paternal grandmother.”

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 461 thousand tests were conducted, 85,026 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 268 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

Migros warehouse workers have celebrated it with folk dances that their protests for their rights have ended in their favor. Workers’ lawyer Ünder says that their struggle marks an unforgettable resistance in the history of Turkey’s working class.

The court has deferred the sentence and lifted the international travel ban on the journalist.