Some 144 people were kidnapped, threatened or offered to become informants in the first 11 months of the year, the İHD has announced.

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.

As wage hikes are determined according to the official inflation rate, the TurkStat has aggrieved workers amid high living costs, the KESK argued.

The minimum wage is becoming the average wage in the country, the DİSK-AR noted.

Halk TV, FOX TV and TELE1 will pay a fine of 2 percent of their advertising revenues.

The bank did not announce a prediction for foreign exchange rates in the 2022 monetary policy document.

The municipality will increase bus and railway services on Friday night while the ferry timetables will remain the same.

Prosecutors are investigating Buldan for "insulting behavior and statements against the court board."

The number of daily cases jumped from low 20,000s to over 36,000 within a few days while there has been no increase in hospitalizations, according to the minister of health.

In June, an armed assailant stormed the HDP's provincial office in İzmir and killed party worker Deniz Poyraz. He is facing an aggravated life sentence. The hearing has been adjourned to January 24.

bianet editor Evrim Kepenek is facing a lawsuit for "insult" after a complaint by the man who was arrested for abusing his child.

A record number of 68 new prisons have been opened in Turkey this year, according to the Ministry of Justice.

"At the start of my career, I was earning four times the minimum wage despite only two years of experience. Now I've been working for 22 years and earn 1.5 times the minimum wage," says a journalist.

No scientific information has been published about Turkovac even though the mass production of the vaccine has begun. The Turkish Medical Association has addressed several questions to the authorities about the issue.

Heavy rainfall in Edirne and Kırklareli caused floods in streams with dozens of people evacuated.

People increasingly use heating stoves amid high heating costs, according to NGOs.

Violent images are more frequently seen in both news bulletins and TV series, the media regulator has noted.

The sharp increase comes after the Ministry of Health announcement that the omicron variant is spreading in the country.

Ferhat Encü, who lost his family members and relatives in the massacre, spoke to bianet about the judicial process and impunity.

Party members said that the assailant ran away after they took away his weapons in what was the third armed attack targeting the party in six months.