In an open letter to President Erdoğan, Council of Higher Education head Prof. Özvar and Boğaziçi University’s appointed rector Naci İnci, Scholars at Risk has called for “immediate steps to safeguard academic freedom and institutional autonomy.”

Police officers have raided the Human Rights Association (İHD) branch in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeastern province of Diyarbakır and searched the office.

Garo Paylan, the HDP Vice Co-Chair Responsible for the Economy, says, “The wage increase has melted before minimum wage earners have it in their pockets”, noting that Erdoğan has taken back a lot more than the wage increase he gave to people.

The Governor’s Office of Hakkari has announced that events and demonstrations such as protest marches, press statements and sit-in protests have been banned in the province for a period of 15 days.

Making defense in place of HDP MP Semra Güzel in the face of summaries of proceedings seeking to lift her immunity, HDP MP Filiz Kerestecioğlu said, “Anonymous witness is not lawful, it should be lifted. We are watching history repeat itself.”

Taken into custody on January 26, but quarantined at her house as she tested positive for COVID-19, Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Diyarbakır Co-Chair Seval Gülmez has been arrested for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”.

Justice Minister Bozdağ spoke at the “Meeting of Struggle Against Domestic Violence and Violence Against Women.” He said, “We have increased the penalties and measures, but incidents continue. A murder is a murder though the number drops.”

HDP MP Kaçmaz says that “it would be a dream to expect political power holders to observe the best interest of the child given that they cannot even comprehend that it is child abuse to listen and laugh at a child made to speak at a rally in taught words”.

Jailed businessperson Osman Kavala has made a statement after the CoE decided to bring infringement proceedings against Turkey: “I find it important that the judicial practices followed to continue my detention are reviewed with an impartial eye.”

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 457 thousand tests were conducted, 110,682 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 217 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

The new rule will apply to court verdicts issued on or after February 1.

A plane with 60 passengers has landed in İstanbul.