As part of coronavirus measures, the İstanbulites aged over 65 and under 20 will be barred from using public transport starting from January 15. The City Detective initiative has warned that this decision hinders the mobility of a large urban population.

Ministry of Justice has sent an instruction to all prosecutor’s offices across Turkey and requested information regarding the trials for “insulting the president” and “degrading the nation, state of the Republic of Turkey, the organs and institutions of the state.”

After the Competition Board, the Personal Data Protection Authority has also launched an inquiry into the messenger's new privacy terms.

In İstanbul, an agricultural land of 111 thousand square meters has been zoned for construction and declared a “commercial area.” There are currently 1,443 trees in the parcel and commercial units can now be built on 61 thousand square meters.

The HDP has accused the government ally of interfering with the judicial independence after his calls for the closure of the party.

Charged with “insulting the President” due to a banner with the drawing “Kingdom of Tayyips” on it, four students and the owner of the printing house that printed the banner have been acquitted.

In a news report in October 2020, daily BirGün documented the “public loss” of 450 thousand lira caused by the overseas trips of the members of Turkey’s media authority RTÜK. The public ads of the newspaper are now cut for three days over this report.

72-year-old Hurmüz Diril and his spouse 65-year-old Şimuni Diril got missing in Şırnak a year ago. While the dead body of Şimuni Diril was found, the fate and whereabouts of Hurmüz Diril are still unknown. Their daughter has spoken to bianet.

Still in treatment after being tortured, Osman Şiban was detained in the morning hours today (January 11). As it was documented with a medical report that he was not in a state to go from Mersin to Van, he has been released.

The president's spouse had filed a lawsuit against columnist Ender İmrek, alleging that he insulted her by "not attributing good qualities to her."

The Governor’s Office of Bitlis has announced that a curfew has been declared in 10 villages and hamlets in central Bitlis until further notice.

Addressing the public after the cabinet meeting, President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan has talked about a series of current issues, including the COVID-19 pandemic, drought and main opposition CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu’s remarks about him.

Turkey’s Health Ministry has announced that 174 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. While 10,220 new cases have been reported, the number of tests conducted in a day has been announced as 180,303.

President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan has filed a suit for damages against main opposition CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for calling him “the so-called President.” Erdoğan demands 1 million Turkish Lira in damages.

In a statement released by Turkey’s Foreign Ministry, it has been announced that the 61st round of exploratory talks between Turkey and Greece will take place in İstanbul on January 25. The last talks were held between the two countries in 2016.

Students of İstanbul University gathered in Beyazıt Square to express their support for the students of Boğaziçi University in their protest: “Our struggle goes beyond the boundaries of Boğaziçi; all appointed university presidents must resign.”

The workers have not been reinstated despite winning a lawsuit against the company.

Freedom of expression organizations ARTICLE 19 and İFÖD have criticized TikTok’s decision to appoint a local representative in Turkey in compliance with the new social media law: “This decision seriously threatens free speech on its platform.”

Mersin Medical Chamber has noted that Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp has been arrested in an unfair and unjust manner without any concrete evidence.

After WhatsApp announced its new privacy policy, it has faced backlash from users in Turkey as many are moving to other messengers.