Several healthcare workers went on a one-day strike in several provinces across Turkey on December 6, demanding that the improvements in payments be the case for all healthcare workers as healthcare is a teamwork.

The Van Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has indicted Osman Şiban, whom soldiers threw from a helicopter in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority eastern province of Van.

While the prosecutor has demanded the defendants’ penalization for “gross negligence” over the explosion at Coşkunlar Firework Factory in Sakarya, the relatives of the deceased have objected, saying that they should be penalized for “eventual intent”.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 354 thousand tests were conducted, 20,033 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 187 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

The investigation into the declaration of 103 retired admirals has been completed. The prosecutor’s office has said that “the seized digital materials of some suspects were examined and written correspondence under investigation is added to the indictment.”

In the Kobanî trial, the court held the hearing without waiting for the upper court to examine the defendants’ request for recusal. It has rejected the jailed politicians’ requests for being exempted from the hearings.

The Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) has decided to hold a rally where the demands of the working class and laborers are widely expressed. The rally will take place in İstanbul on December 12, 2021.

The administration of daily Cumhuriyet has announced that “the decision to cancel the labor contracts of eight employees has been halted.”

Journalist Mimar Kaya, who filmed the argument between the police and the driver of a service vehicle in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Hakkari province, was taken into custody. He has been released after giving his statement.

Launching a similar campaign itself, Siirt Municipality has requested damages from dismissed co-mayors Işık and Turhan and 23 municipal council members who were investigated for "writing off the default interest of outstanding water bills."

According to the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake hit Van’s Tuşba district; the Kandilli Observatory of Boğaziçi University has announced the magnitude as 5. No losses of life or property have been reported.

Briefly detained for dancing on the gate of the Surp Takavor Armenian Church in İstanbul’s Kadıköy in July 2021, three people now face up to 1 year in prison each for “publicly degrading the religious values of a segment of society.”