Addressing an open letter to Turkey’s Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gül, Amnesty International has requested a “new prompt, independent and impartial investigation into the allegations of torture and ill-treatment” of a prisoner in Diyarbakır.

The 9th Heavy Penal Court in Diyarbakır has ruled that Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-Chair Güven shall be sentenced to 22 years, 3 months in prison. The court has also issued an arrest warrant against the politician.

Reviewing the EU-Turkey relations in 2020, The EU foreign policy chief has said that he is concerned but hopeful about the future.

After YouTube announced that it would open a local representative in Turkey in line with the country’s recently amended social media law, three rights organizations have criticized the decision in a joint written statement.

Opposition deputies said that the government ignored the pandemic when preparing the budget.

In a statement on Friday, Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca has announced that the number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases has decreased by 20 percent and that of inpatients by 15 percent in İstanbul over the past week.

"It is reported that the rate of transmission has increased in the UK with the mutation of the coronavirus,” Health Minister Koca has said, announcing that flights from the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands and South Africa have been temporarily suspended.

After the bill allowing the Interior Ministry to appoint trustees to NGOs passed the Parliamentary Justice Commission, main opposition CHP MPs Özdemir and Çakırözer have criticized the bill, raising concerns over Turkey’s ranking in freedom indexes.

12 people have lost their lives in the fire caused by a high-flow oxygen therapy machine used to treat COVID-19 patients at a private hospital in Turkey’s southeastern province of Antep on December 19.

The Health Ministry has announced that Turkey’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) death toll has risen to 18,097. While 246 people have died of the virus in the last 24 hours, the number of new cases has been announced as 20,316.

While several HDP members, including politicians Sezai Temelli and Ferhat Encü, have been battered by the police, several people have been detained during the intervention into the HDP İstanbul Organization's press statement against isolation.

The İstanbul 36th High Criminal Court has ruled that arrested businessperson and rights defender Osman Kavala shall remain behind bars. The next hearing of the case will be held on February 5, 2021.

With its digital project titled “Crossing paths: 80 years of changing lives”, British Council has been sharing the inspiring stories of 80 women to mark its 80th anniversary in Turkey.

The people of Özkonak town in Nevşehir province have appealed to the International Criminal Court and filed a criminal complaint against the executives of the Canadian Centerra Gold Company on charge of “committing a crime against humanity”.

“Osman Kavala is facing baseless, politically motivated charges in a prosecution which is part of a wider attempt by Turkish authorities to silence independent civil society,” says Amnesty International’s Europe Director Muižniek ahead of today’s hearing.

Ahead of the hearing of arrested rights defender and businessperson Osman Kavala today, 15 rights organizations have released a statement and said, “We believe that the only just outcome in the unfair prosecution against Kavala is his acquittal.”

With a new regulation published in the Official Gazette, the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency of Turkey can now give emergency use authorization for vaccines until comprehensive data can be obtained as to their efficacy, safety and quality.

Examining the application of Aydoğan, who had his arm broken during the police attack, the Constitutional Court requested Justice Ministry's opinion. “Law enforcement intervened in the unlawful demonstration in a way complying with the law,” it has answered.

Antalya Directorate of Health and Health Minister Koca have announced that Dr. Alkan, the chief physician of a public hospital, has been removed from office for forcing two nurses to write “I am an idiot” for 500 times because they left their posts.

The Health Ministry has announced that Turkey’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) death toll has risen to 17,364. While 243 people have died of the virus in the last 24 hours, the number of new cases has been announced as 27,515.