Minister of Family and Social Services Yanık has commented on the death of university student Enes Kara, who took his own life after having posted a video where he talked about the pressure that he had faced at the dorm of a religious community.

In the face of the Presidency’s refusal to approve the financed projects of the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Mayor İmamoğlu has asked, “Why?”

The YSK has announced that 24 political parties which established an organization in at least half of the 81 provinces at least 6 months prior to January 1 and held their grand congresses are eligible to enter the elections in Turkey.

Ahead of his hearing today, on January 17, main opposition CHP Group Deputy Chair Özgür Özel met jailed businessperson Osman Kavala in Silivri Prison and shared his message with the public.

"Tuğluk's release in order to continue her treatment under conditions that safeguard her right to live and be medically cared for, is not only a necessary condition for the fulfilment of international agreements of which Turkey is party, but also a human necessity."

Since 2019, the opposition-led İstanbul Municipality has been offering 0.5 cubic meters of water free of charge per 2.5 cubic meters of water consumed in households. The Ministry of Treasury has dismissed the claims that a ‘tax’ is to be levied on this amount.

“The migration crisis would have deepened, casualties would have further increased, terror would have escalated and instability would have expanded to a much broader geography were it not for our efforts,” says President Erdoğan.

Main opposition CHP MP Ali Mahir Başarır has said that Demirören Holding has not paid back the loans it received from the state-owned Ziraat Bank and noted that the bank “has neither sent a written warning nor started executive proceedings.”

The Turkish Medical Association: “Physicians working in the public sector are forced to work for wages almost as low as the starvation line while the ones working in the private sector are forced to work under a turnover pressure.”

After his "terrorism" accusations against the opposition-led municipality, Minister Soylu now claimed that the municipality pays some journalists to make comments in favor of them.

Turkey's problems cannot be solved by reducing the issue to election alliances and the selection of the presidential candidate, says the HDP co-leader.

HDP Spokesperson Günay says, “A 20-year-old university student… He was born when this government was in power, and after 20 years, he says that he has lost his joy of life."

On the first anniversary of Boğaziçi University protests against the appointed rectors, 2,102 citizens have signed a joint statement, calling on the authorities to take action to ensure university autonomy.

Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu has made new allegations about the “terror” investigation against the opposition-led İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, to which the municipality’s spokesperson has reponded: “I hope he will prove them this time.”

Ahead of the hearing of Nuriye Gülmen, a discharged academic currently behind bars, her sister writes: “Everytime my elder sister enters the court hall, she looks around with hopeful eyes and excitement to see the people who have come.”

In a statement on Enes Kara’s passing, the Education Union says, “Our children and young people are under the domination of systematically pursued policies on the one hand and that of the parents who give ‘consent’ to these policies on the other.”

In the trial over the murder of Diyarbakır Bar Association Chair Tahir Elçi, the witness wrote that s/he had signed the testimony under pressure and that s/he was not at the scene of the incident when Elçi was shot.

Becoming world famous as an urban dog traveling around İstanbul by using public transport, Boji has been adopted by businessperson Ömer Koç. İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has announced the news on his social media account.

University student Kemal Kurkut was an "aggressive protester" and his killing was "within legal limits," the appeals court has concluded.

“Half of the children and one third of the young people live in the poorest 20 percent in our country,” says opposition İYİ Party leader Akeşner.