Mahsuni Karaman, an attorney for jailed politician Selahattin Demirtaş, has announced that an individual application has been made to the Constitutional Court regarding his continued imprisonment despite ECtHR rulings of “immediate release.”

Standing trial for “insulting the President” over his comics, Sefer Selvi, a cartoonist for daily Evrensel, has been acquitted on the grounds that “the President must show more tolerance in the face of criticisms."

After Interior Minister Soylu complained that a social media user was released though he cursed his mother, this criticism about the judiciary caused an argument with Justice Minister Gül. The suspect is now arrested for “insulting the President.”

The Ministry of Health has announced that 140 people have died of COVID-19 in Turkey in the last 24 hours. While the country has reportedly vaccinated 1.23 million people with the first dose so far, 6.5 million doses arrived from China today.

Reports about the opposition-led İstanbul Municipality's legal action against AKP-era officials' alleged wrongdoing have been blocked by courts since last month.

In the trial of public officers over Hrant Dink murder, arrested defendant Şahin said, “The information in the intelligence registration form that we filled out and signed after the murder was the information we received six months ago. I signed it involuntarily.”

A court in February acquitted the defendants, who were charged with "attempting to overthrow Turkey's government.

Diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases are being hindered because of the fight against the pandemic, the head of the medical chamber has said.

Six rights organizations, including the Union for Democracy (DİB), have released a joint statement and condemned the recent statements of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chair Devlet Bahçeli targeting critical journalists.

In 2020, only 39 percent of the articles published in the country were considered "rights-based" while 61 percent contained hate speech and anti-LGBTI discrimination, according to Kaos GL's annual report.

A group of health workers from Ankara City Hospital applauded in protest for their employee personal rights. Police intervened into the protest, detaining several health workers. The detained have been released later in the day.

According to İstanbul Bar’s IT Law Center Founder Gökhan Ahi, if the advertisers and users want to give an ad to the social media providers which have not yet appointed local representatives, there is no obstacle in their way.

Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül has commented on the second ruling of right violation given by the Constitutional Court for dismissed CHP MP Enis Berberoğlu as the local court and the upper court defied the first ruling of right violation.

According to the “Household Domestic Tourism” statistics announced by the TurkStat for the July-September 2020 period, domestic trips declined by 32 percent to 21 million 724 thousand trips amid the COVID-19 normalization steps as of June.

Prepared by the Public Services Employees Union (Genel-İş), a recent report has shown that seven out of every 10 people are in debt in Turkey. The poverty risk is higher among women than men and one out of every two children faces poverty risk.

2020 was a year when Turkey, having serious problems with the European Union (EU) in strategic relations, could not convince the EU with its constant talks of reforms in human rights, rule of law and freedom of press and expression.

Detention warrants have been issued against three suspects as part of the investigation launched into the physical assault on Future Party Vice Chair Selçuk Özdağ. Two suspects were previously arrested as part of the same investigation.

Introduced by the opposition-led İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İMM) to meet the demand for cheaper bread in the city, the sale of bread with mobile buffets has been banned by a circular of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

Turkey’s Ministry of Health has announced that 153 people have died of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 24,640. While 6,289 people have tested positive for the virus, 6,113 patients have recovered.

An investigation has been launched against HDP MP Katırcıoğlu for giving a victory sign while passing by Diyarbakır Mothers, who have been protesting in front of the HDP Diyarbakır Office for their children whom they say were abducted by the PKK.