Six people were killed and 81 injured in Nov. 13 bombing on the pedestrian avenue in Taksim, İstanbul which is a popular tourist spot.

Considered the key party for the elections this year, the HDP announced that it will nominate its own candidate rather than supporting a joint opposition candidate.

The justification of the Chief Prosecutor requesting the blocking of election funds to HDP was revealed. Also requesting the closure of the party, the prosecutor associated the case with the ECtHR Herri Batusuna versus Spain judgment of 2009.

"Is it possible to have a healthy and unified society without confronting this bloody history – of which I have only given some examples – and the wounds it caused? Can a genuine, healthy, functioning democracy be built without facing this history?" asks Cafer Solgun.

In the October-November-December period, nine Kurdish media employees were arrested and 11 journalists were detained. 171 journalists appeared before the court. Four of the eight attacks on journalists came from the police. Happy January 10 Working Journalists' Day.

"I am calling out to those who are trying to construct a political story out of this murder; our candidate is named and our decision is clear. Our candidate for the presidency is Erdoğan," said MHP leader Bahçeli.

China was identified as a strategic target market by the tourism sector in Türkiye and the number of tourists coming from this country was on the rise.

There was a blockade to those who wanted to participate in the funeral ceremony and gendarme intervention to those wishing to express condolence to the family in the funeral of Perwer who was one of the three Kurdish people killed in the Paris attack.

Five journalists were strip-searched during their admission to the prison because there were CDs in their belongings. The prosecutors refused to investigate their complaint, concluding that the search was in line with the regulations.

Thirteen people, including those who planned and carried out the attack, have been remanded in custody in the investigation into the armed attack.

"Nobody should link HDP with any other political party, either a or b. HDP is a great power in Türkiye," said Pervin Buldan of HDP.

Employers have withdrawn their demands of ten percent increase in workload and a ban on changing workplaces.