According to a recent report prepared by the Class Research Center of the United Metalworkers’ Union (BİSAM), the starvation line has increased by 5.2 times in the last 17 years while the consumer inflation rate has increased by 4.69 times.

Rejecting death fasting lawyers’ request for release, the Constitutional Court neither examined the medical reports nor their statements on not being treated at hospital. “There is no serious danger posed to their material or immaterial integrity,” it has concluded.

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has fined KRT TV over the criticisms of Dr. Serdar Savaş about coronavirus and fined Radio Harman over HDP Group Deputy Chair Oluç’s criticisms about Turkey’s Syria policy.

Lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal have been on a death fast for 223 and 192 days, respectively, demanding "a fair trial."

Main opposition CHP MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu has released his monthly report on rights violations in Turkey: At least 55 people, including four children, were subjected to the torture of security forces in or outside detention centers in July 2020.

"All measures interfering with fundamental rights and freedoms must have a legal basis," the İHD has stated.

"With their release, we guarantee that we will insist our colleagues to reconsider the decision they have made about their lives," the bar associations have said in a joint statement.

404 citizens, including prominent artists, writers and journalists from Turkey, have expressed support for “101 Grey-Haired Elders,” who previously called on all opposition forces in Turkey to come together in a democracy alliance.

Press Council Chair Pınar Türenç previously filed a lawsuit against the five-day blackout of opposition broadcasters TELE 1 and Halk TV by the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK).

The Governor’s Office of Bitlis has announced that a curfew has been declared in 36 villages and hamlets in the province until further notice.

Rights and health organizations have made a statement for death fasting arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who are not released despite a Forensic Medicine Institution report and are currently hospitalized in İstanbul.

Taken into custody in a police raid against İdil Cultural Center ahead of Grup Yorum concert in İstanbul, Nuriye Gülmen and Rıdvan Akbaş have been arrested, Yasemin Karadağ, Fırat Kaya and Ezgi Kul have been released on probation.