"What we issued was a statement to underscore that the statement that we put out on October 18 was consistent with Article 41 of Vienna Convention," says US Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price about yesterday's statement.

President Erdoğan has said that “with the statement released by the embassies, the mistakes have been rectified.” The Court of Cassation and the Board of Judges and Prosecutors have also made statements emphasizing the judicial independence in Turkey.

With the pandemic cited as the reason, the Governor’s Office has banned all events and demonstrations to be held outdoors in Dersim for 15 days.

Van-Hakkari Medical Chamber Chair Hüseyin Yaviç and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV-HRFT) Representative Sevim Çiçek were taken into custody when they wanted to make a press statement about the death of Dr. Şen.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 350 thousand tests were conducted, 27,663 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 232 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

Following Erdoğan’s order to declare 10 ambassadors “personae non gratae” over their statement on Osman Kavala, eight embassies have made statements expressing their compliance with the Vienna Convention, a move “welcomed by Erdoğan.”

A caretta caretta released to the sea from Turkey went to as far as the Adriatic Sea, a deputy minister has said.

The HDP Law and Human Rights Commission has made a statement about the killing of Deniz Poyraz at the HDP İzmir office, listing the negligent acts in the trial.

The ecumanical patriarch is on a 12-day trip to the US, where he will meet President Biden and Orthodox leaders.

“After 4 years, it is impossible for me to be very hopeful about the functioning of judiciary,” says Prof. Buğra, commenting on her jailed spouse Kavala’s decision to not appear before the judge and Erdoğan’s ‘persona non grata’ order for 10 envoys.

The final hearing of the case of the 2015 ISIS bombing in Urfa has been held with armed gendarmerie officers present in the courtroom.

Boğaziçi University Rectorate, which dismissed Can Candan and banned him from entering the campus and teaching classes, has cancelled the event where he would talk about documentary filmmaking: “An arbitrary and unlawful decision.”