“The government, which has normalized torture and ill treatment, has also encouraged courts to take unlawful and inhuman decisions on sick prisoners,” say the HDP Co-Spokesersons for Foreign Affairs in the wake of the death of two ill prisoners.

After eight employees of daily Cumhuriyet, also members of a labor union, were dismissed, Küçükkaya was also removed from office as the Editor-in-Chief after expressing support. With Küçükkaya having resigned, four others have followed suit.

The Association for Aging Studies has released its November report on violations of rights against older people: “Nearly all of the most affected population in all cases of violence, neglect, violation of rights and discrimination were poor older adults.”

The İHD has stated, “The ones living in deep poverty, refugee women and children must be prevented from living in conditions where they do not even have safety of life and their right to life is under threat.”

The draft Regulation for the Implementation of Law on Protection of Animals reportedly foresees a restriction on the number of animals that can be kept in a house.

HDP Spokesperson Ebru Günay has said, “The prisons of a country are the mirrors of their democracy. Unfortunately, the prisons of Turkey have turned into houses of death. Only in the last week, two ill prisoners have lost their lives in prison.”

Prof. Vedat Bulut says that the degradation of the ecosystem may lead to the outbreak of new pandemics: “The pandemic will not end without a radical global solution.”

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 354 thousand tests were conducted, 18,100 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 167 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

"In January 2021, the minimum wage was worth 386 dollars. The increased minimum wage for 2022 is worth 275 dollars," the DİSK has stated.

Lawyer Abdurrahman Karabulut, a lawyer for the Dedeoğulları family, who were massacred in Konya province, has spoken to bianet following the first hearing of the trial: “The assailant was unemployed, but there was a serious cash flow in his account.”

The government has raised the minimum monthly wage from 2,825 lira to 4,250 lira for the next year.

The municipality's Transportation Coordination Center has rejected a proposal to increase public transport fares.