The three-day hearing of the ÇHD case began today at the Silivri Prison Complex in İstanbul.

Former minister and President Erdoğan's son-in-law Berat Albayrak has appealed against journalist Okatan's acquittal.

Forty-one people had lost their lives after a train derailment on the then newly introduced "accelerated train line." Only the train drivers received sentences for the incident.

Ahead of their first hearing on January 7, 22 rights organizations have released a joint statement about Berke Gök and Perit Özen, who have been arrested after protesting Naci İnci, the appointed rector of Boğaziçi University, at their campus.

On the first anniversary of the protests against appointed rectors, the Boğaziçi University International Community calls for solidarity: "Boğaziçi has been unyielding in its resistance and calls for international solidarity in its endeavour for academic freedom."

The ELDH has filed an application with the ECtHR, demanding the ÇHD case be considered as an "impact case."

Locals have been collecting signatures to keep the bazaar in its old place.

Shortly after she claimed to be systematically tortured and sexually assaulted, Garibe Gezer lost her life. The cause of her death was announced as "suicide."

The Ministry of Interior is investigating the opposition-led İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality for possible "terror ties" of hundreds of municipal personnel.

One CHP deputy and 24 HDP deputies are on the list. The files of the deputies have been sent to a parliamentary committee for a vote.

Berke Gök and Perit Özen have been arrested since October for having participated in the Boğaziçi University protests.

HDP Parliamentary Group Deputy Chair Saruhan Oluç raises concerns that the prices of all basic necessities including electricity and natural gas were increased by over 100 percent on the last day of 2021: “We are faced with a grave picture.”

Students and academics continue to protest the rector, the dismissal of academics, and the arrest of two students.

HDP Mersin MP Turan has indicated that the Yolgın family were subjected to violence though they objected to the police, saying that “they came to the wrong house” for the raid. Turan has also applied to the Human Rights Commission.

İra Tzourou, the spouse of writer Sevan Nişanyan, has made a statement on social media and said that the judge will decide to which country he will be deported.

Ruling AKP Vice Chair Numan Kurtulmuş has mentioned the increases in prices of a series of goods and services that entered into effect on January 1. He has recalled that “a historic increase” was made in the minimum wage.

Many voters who have drifted away from the AKP for economic reasons still have an emotional bond to President Erdoğan, says MetroPoll's founder, Özer Sencar.

The main opposition party had prepared brochures, where they listed President Erdoğan as a "political contact" of a businessperson facing fraud charges in Turkey and the US.

The reason for the establishment of the institute is to gain one more seat in the university senate, an academic has said.

Recently, many people have complained on social media that they were not appointed to the positions they applied for despite getting high scores in the Public Personnel Selection Examination.