Uğur Koç, Mustafa Kömüş and İbrahim Aydın, the executives of daily BirGün, have been acquitted of “insulting a public official due to his or her duty” in the lawsuit filed by Albayrak, who has recently resigned from office as the Finance Minister.

Bülent Arınç, a member of the Presidential High Advisory Board, says that he protested when he read the indictments against Selahattin Demirtaş and Osman Kavala: “I thought that they could not be even a child’s work, I even felt like wearing my tog.”

The detentions have been made as part of an investigation against the Democratic Society Congress, many members of which have been detained and sent behind bars over the past few months in the Kurdish-majority provinces.

Sican Kurkut, the mother of Kemal Kurkut, has commented on the acquittal of the police officer put on trial for shooting him to death: “Why is there no justice? What kind of justice is it that it has freed the person who killed a young person?”

The Health Ministry has announced that Turkey’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 11,943 and the total number of patients to 430,170. 123 people have died of the virus and the number of new patients has been announced as 4,542 in the last 24 hours.

“By strengthening democracy, rights and freedoms, and the law, we will uplift investments, grow our economy and increase employment,” said President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan in a speech addressing the Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TİM).

High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell has stated, “Time is running, and we are approaching a watershed moment in our relationship with Turkey."

Ruling AKP Group Deputy Chair Turan has announced that the prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation against Alaattin Çakıcı, who shared insulting and threatening messages about main opposition CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu.

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has announced the “Health Expenditure Statistics” for 2019. According to the government agency, the total health expenditure increased by 21.7 percent in 2019 compared to the previous year.

CHP MP Atila Sertel says that 210 people died of COVID-19 in İzmir from November 11 to 17: “When we look at the number of patients and deaths announced for Turkey as a whole, we clearly see that it is nothing but deception.”

The Human Rights Association (İHD) Central Prisons' Commission has stated, “COVID-19 proves fatal especially for people with chronic diseases. Since April 15, four seriously ill prisoners aged over 70 have lost their lives.”

Central Bank has increased the policy rate from 10.25 to 15 percent: “The lagged effects of depreciation in Turkish lira, increasing international food prices and deterioration in inflation expectations affect the inflation outlook adversely.”

The pictures taken by Greenpeace in Turkey’s Mediterranean province of Adana have shown that some of the plastic waste imported from other countries has been thrown away in nature or burned.

In a joint statement, Human Rights (HRW) and ARTICLE 19 call on the authorities in Turkey to immediately release Yüskedağ and Demirtaş, the arrested former Co-Chairs of the HDP, and other former HDP MPs behind bars for over four years.

The Constitutional Court has concluded that the prohibition of ill treatment was violated when a convict was kept in a cold room for five days with his hands and feet tied behind his back in what is known as the “hogtie” method, a notorious form of torture.

HDP Dersim MP Alican Önlü and Iğdır MP Habip Eksik allegedly violated the Law no. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations by joining the party’s “Democracy March” from Hakkari to Ankara in June 2020.

In a vehicle accident in the Haftanin region of Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government, two soldiers have lost their lives and one soldier has been wounded.

The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has released a written statement after Vice Minister of Health Muhammet Güven was removed from office with a Presidential decree and Sabahattin Aydın was appointed in his place.

Health Minister Koca has spoken about the COVID-positive people not considered “patients” as “they don’t show symptoms”: “The number of our critically ill patients has increased eightfold. Is the number of asymptomatic people at home important for you?”

MHP Chair Bahçeli has backed Alaattin Çakıcı, who has insulted and threatened main opposition CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu in two separate open letters. Convicted of leading a criminal organization, Çakıcı previously served 16 years behind bars.