The committee's vote to initiate an infringement process was based on not legal but political considerations, the Foreign Ministry asserted.

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has reportedly decided to launch infringement proceedings against Turkey on the grounds of its failure to implement the ECtHR ruling of rights violation and immediate release for Osman Kavala.

The Journalists' Union of Turkey has denounced the prevention of journalists from following the meetings.

As the government is poised to determine next year's minimum wage, the DİSK-AR points out the decrease in the income of weakness.

The Middle East Studies Association of North America has awarded its 2021 Academic Freedom Award to the faculty, students, and alumni of Boğaziçi University, who have been protesting against the appointed rectors for almost a year now.

While the Omicron variant is more contagious, there is no finding that it causes a more severe illness and the existing vaccines can be effective against it, Minister Koca has said.

Men inflicted violence on at least 62 women, killed at least three children, abused at least 11 girls and boys, harassed at least 16 women and forced 56 women to sex work in Turkey in November 2021.

Arrested on charge of “irregularity and bribery”, Kırklareli Kıyıköy Mayor Ender Sevinç has also been removed from office by the Interior Ministry.

Lawyer Yalçın says, “Though the crime of torture was committed by the police in the video I watched, the Diyarbakır Security Directorate will probe it with regard to discipline, which constitutes an approach protecting the ones who committed this crime.”

With the slogan “We cannot make ends meet”, the Confederation of Public Employees Trade Unions (KESK) will hold a rally in Diyarbakır and İzmir on December 8 and in İstanbul and Ankara on December 19.

The Justice Ministry’s EU-funded project aims to improve the professional skills of candidates in courts and enhance effectiveness of newcomer judges and prosecutors in order to ensure objective, impartial and competent performance.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 355 thousand tests were conducted, 22,556 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 196 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.