Electricity prices for households have been raised by 127 percent. Prices of natural gas and fuel have als increased.

The Turkish Statistical Institute has announced that the Consumer Price Index increased by 13.58 percent monthly and 36.08 percent annually in December 2021.

Making a statement in front of the Silivri Prison in İstanbul, the students of Boğaziçi University said, “We, students, are coming. We will free the positions occupied by trustees. We will build our own future away from this rotten mentality.”

Mehmet Tacettin from the Prison Commission of the Human Rights Association says prisoner Civan Boltan, who has a shrapnel piece in his brain, is prevented from release as the Forensic Medicine Institution’s report says “he can stay in prison”.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 362 thousand tests were conducted, 33,520 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 129 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

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.

The family of university student Gülistan Doku, who went missing on January 5, 2020, have started a sit-in protest in front of the Tunceli Courthouse.

The Journalists’ Association has released its December 2021 report: 67 journalists faced 412 years, 1 month to 1,334 years, 1 month in prison and three life sentences in Turkey in a month while eight journalists were sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Two children of the woman reportedly walked to a village in Van’s Özalp and took shelter there. The Governor’s Office has announced that the children have been handed over to the soldiers of Iran by villagers.

Women's struggle for the İstanbul Convention, massive wildfires, political violence, Sedat Peker's revelations, Boğaziçi University protests and more... A lot happened in Turkey in 2021. Here is a selection of our most read articles of the year.

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.