Constitutional Court President Zühtü Arslan made a speech at the oath-taking ceremony of İrfan Fidan, the previous Chief Public Prosecutor of İstanbul who has recently been appointed to the supreme court by President Erdoğan.

A physician has been given an 8-month deferred prison sentence for “provoking the public to hatred and hostility” by telling a patient, “Alevis have belly dancers dance in djemevis. They are all terrorists. Berkin Elvan is also a terrorist.”

President Erdoğan had a video call with the chancellor.

İYİ Party Chair Meral Akşener has harshly criticized AKP Chair and President Erdoğan, who targeted Ayşe Buğra amid Boğaziçi University protests: “You are talking about a woman, a scientist. You need to mind your manners and behave yourself!”

Briefly detained over her social media posts, Ayşen Şahin, a columnist for daily Evrensel, was charged with “provoking the public to hatred and hostility” as per the Article 216 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK).

Detained in İstanbul’s Kadıköy, where they gathered to declare the foundation of the United Struggle Forces platform, 53 of the 61 detained have been released by the court on probation. Eight people were previously released by the prosecutor’s office.

Arrested physician Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp will appear before the judge for the first time on February 10, 2021. Ahead of his first hearing, the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has reiterated its demand for Gökalp’s release.

Civil society organizations have made a press statement about the ongoing hunger strikes in Turkey’s prisons, calling on the authorities to protect prisoners’ rights, primarily their right to health and life.

Five weeks after he was appointed as a rector to Boğaziçi University by AKP Chair and President Erdoğan, Prof. Melih Bulu’s vice rectors have taken office.

Turkey’s Health Ministry has announced that the country’s death toll from the coronavirus has reached 26,900. The country has seen 8,103 new infections while the number of daily tests has been below 140 thousand.

About four-and-a-half years after the closure of Van TV because of its alleged “terrorist connections,” all but one defendant in the trial of its employees and owners were acquitted of “terrorist propaganda.”

"This picture shows us that we need to look after our youth more, we should take steps that will make their minds and hearts more beautiful," Erdoğan has said, without directly referring to the Boğaziçi protests.

Having defied the first Constitutional Court ruling on Enis Berberoğlu, the İstanbul 14th Heavy Penal Court has now ruled that all final verdicts against the dismissed MP as well as their consequences shall be eliminated.

Turkey has so far confirmed 199 cases of the UK, South Africa and Brazil variants.

Muharrem İnce, a former CHP MP and its Presidential candidate in the last election, has announced that he will resign from CHP membership during the day. “We will be an opportunity, a way out, an option for people,” he has said about his new movement.

The academics of Boğaziçi University have once again turned their backs to the Rector’s Office in protest. Condemning the targeting remarks about Prof. Buğra, they have also demanded the annulment of the decree opening two new faculties at the university.

The agency is channeling public ads to pro-government newspapers while preventing independent outlets' income from ads, says media ombudsperson Bildirici.

The prosecutor’s office has pronounced its opinion as to the second ruling of right violation given for dismissed CHP MP Berberoğlu. The office has requested that the court accept the request for retrial and halt the proceedings in the trial.

Amid ongoing protests against the appointed rector of Boğaziçi University, 147 writers have released a joint statement of support: “We stand with the resistance at Boğaziçi University. We won’t bow down to persecution and oppression.”

MP Gürer said the ministry shouldn't turn off the services and take legal action against subscribers during the pandemic.