With a ruling handed down by the Osmaniye 1st Penal Judgeship of Peace, an access block has been imposed on the website of Mezopotamya Agency (MA).

While the book published by Avesta Publishing House was banned with a court ruling on November 29, 2017, Avesta was informed about the ban yesterday (March 2, 2021). 15 books published by Avesta have been banned in 3 years.

Amid gradual normalization in effect in Turkey since March 1, the Health Ministry has reported 11,837 new coronavirus cases in a day, which marks the highest daily cases since January 7, 2021. The total death toll has also topped 28,700.

If Court of Cassation prosecutors conclude that the HDP is engaged in terrorist acts, a case may be filed for the closure of the party.

The president has had a video conference with his counterpart from France.

After ending his 215-day death fast, Ünsal was arrested again in December.

The ultimate aim of the action plan is a new constitution, the president has said.

The appointment of Prof. Bulu was against the Constitution and public interest, said the academics.

The MHP leader has been insistently calling for the HDP's closure over the past few months.

Turkey made an agreement with Japan for a nuclear power plant project in 2013.

Prof. Sait Erdal Dinçer has been named the new head of the TurkStat.

Prof. Naci İnci, a physicist, will head the university's social sciences institute.

The country has recently seen an increase in daily cases while the government announced yesterday that it lifted some of the measures.

Cafes and restaurants will reopen, in-person classes will partially resume, four risk groups have been defined for provinces.

The country's GDP grew by 5.9 percent in the last quarter of 2020, according to the TurkStat.

Shopkeepers at the bazaar complain about the pandemic measures and the country's economic situation.

Charged with "insulting the President" over their remarks during a TV program, actors Müjdat Gezen and Metin Akpınar have been acquitted.

HDP Spokesperson Ebru Günay has addressed the recent debates on HDP’s “closure” and summaries of proceedings against its nine MPs: “We are witnessing a legal system operating with purely political and racist motives.”

In the prosecutor’s opinion, it was indicated that Ayten Öztürk, arrested pending trial for three years, “watched a lynching in the neighborhood from a corner”. She now faces aggravated life imprisonment.

"The oldest generation is monolingual and this language is the Zaza language. The middle-aged generation, who learned the second language mainly at school, are bilingual. The younger generation are again monolingual but this language is Turkish," says Dr. Güntaş-Aldatmaz.