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.

“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 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.

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.

“According to the figures shared by the Health Ministry on November 14, 92 people lost their lives due to coronavirus across Turkey. On the same day, 164 people lost their lives due to an ‘infectious disease’ in İstanbul,” says HDP’s Kenanoğlu.

“I am not a complainant in the Gezi trial, nor am I an intervening party. Thinking that they were aggrieved, the prosecutor wrote the names of all members of the then government one by one,” says DEVA Party Chair Babacan in response to criticisms.

Celal Çelik, the attorney of main opposition CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu, has announced that they have filed a criminal complaint against Alaattin Çakıcı, who was convicted of leading a criminal organization and has insulted and threatened Kılıçdaroğlu.

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has released a statement about the lawsuit that was filed into the killing of Kemal Kurkut during Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır and has ended in the acquittal of the defendant police officer.