Nergis Doğru claims a police officer told her, "You are very important to me, Nergis. How long will you fight? Until you are arrested? Or until you are dead? It's not worth it for this people. Give up on this."

Minister of National Education Özer has announced that 50 percent of the 15 thousand teachers to be appointed on January 31 will be employed in İstanbul. The number of teachers awaiting an appointment to work in the public sector is 500,041.

31 citizens have signed a joint statement in solidarity with HDP Kocaeli MP Dr. Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, who is facing an investigation due to his social media messages about Kurdish politician and ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk.

It has been 15 years since the killing of Hrant Dink in İstanbul. Those who organized the assassination have not been brought to justice, says the HDP.

The COVID-19 vaccines examined and approved by the European Medicines Agency can have worldwide validity. While the domestically produced vaccines of Russia, China and France are still waiting for approval, Turkovac is reportedly not even in line.

While the number of people seeking refuge in other countries due to internal disturbance, war and economic reasons in their countries is constantly increasing, refugees who have settled in Diyarbakır’s poor districts face discrimination and othering.

Amid recent incidents of violence against healthcare workers in Turkey, the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has written letters to the Ministry of Justice and the Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK).

The Adıyaman Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has sent HDP MP Semra Güzel’s pictures with a PKK member to the file of the HDP closure case.

Upon the call of the HDP, a series of socialist political parties and groups met in the capital city of Ankara. Sharing a message following their first meeting, they have decided to “incorporate all democratic, left, socialist and revolutionary forces of Turkey.”

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 418 thousand tests were conducted, 69,658 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 157 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

“A person, a good person... Novice like a child, as wise as an elder… He tries to tell people something, he isn’t after revenge, he doesn’t call people to account, he doesn’t fight. He wants to be understood, he hopes that people understand each other.”

Tomorrow, January 19, marks the 15th year since journalist Hrant Dink was murdered. The Journalists’ Association of Turkey (TGC) and the Press Council have commemorated the late journalist by releasing statements for the press.

There is a request for translating the writings of Nedim Türfent as part of a project at New York University, which is now cited as the reason for the restriction.

The Court of Cassation had overturned a ruling for "causing a death by gross negligence."

The Parliamentary Human Rights Investigation Commission has prepared reports regarding their visits to the Tarsus and Kayseri Bünyan prisons. The reports have shown that quarantine wards in prisons are in a very bad condition.

Turkey may be faced with infringement proceedings ranging from the suspension of its right to vote or membership of the Council of Eurupe to the termination of its membership over its failure to implement the ECtHR ruling on Osman Kavala.

Judging by test positivity rates, it can be assumed that the number of daily cases may be around 200,000, well above the official figures, Korur-Fincancı has said.

Constitutional Court concludes that the prohibition of ill treatment was not violated by the police intervention given that the pressurized water sprayed by the anti-riot water cannon vehicle was found “necessary and proportionate” in the investigation.

While 20,578 individual applications were made to the top court in 2014, this number increased to 66,121 in 2021, according to the Constitutional Court statistics.

48-year-old Günay Özyıldız was stabbed to death at the entrance to her house in İzmir’s Karabağlar district. An inquiry has been launched into her killing.