HDP Muş MP Gülistan Kılıç-Koçyiğit has submitted a legislative proposal, underlining that “the consumption of safe food is directly related to a healthy life for children and it needs to be ensured that every child has access to this right.”

While opposition İYİ Party İstanbul Bağcılar Chair Karabal faces allegations of violence against a woman from the party, his son attacked the ones who stood in solidarity with her. One person was hospitalized for a month due to the blows he had received.

The delivery workers of Trendyol, one of the largest e-commerce companies in Turkey, gathered in İstanbul’s Maltepe and Yenikapı and expressed their demands, including a 50-percent pay rise and not dismissing the workers seeking their rights.

The TTB has called on people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, underlining that associating the omicron variant with the expectation for a mild disease is a misconception and the vast majority of deaths have occurred in the past six months.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 418 thousand tests were conducted, 76,341 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 174 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

All flights have been canceled at İstanbul Airport since yesterday. Passengers had to sleep on cardboards. Riot police have been deployed as tourists started chanting slogans.

The Dersim Associations Federation (DEDEF) has announced that the legal proceedings against the planned construction of two dams in Munzur Valley have been finalized by the Council of State and the projects have been canceled.

The Ankara Branch of the Health and Social Service Laborers Union has released its report on violence in healthcare: The number of incidents of violence in healthcare reported with code white increased by 56 percent in 2020 during the pandemic.

The European Court of Human Rights has concluded that Turkey violated the freedom of expression and right to liberty and security of journalist Deniz Yücel, who was held in prison for 367 days in the country.

The country has dropped 43 places in the corruption index since 2013.

The International Press Institute (IPI) has called for the release of journalist Sedef Kabaş, who has been recently arrested for “insulting the President” over her remarks during a TV program: “There can be no democracy when the press is silenced.”

The number of child abuse cases increased in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakır recently. We spoke to experts about the issue.

A lawsuit has been filed against lawyer Efkan Bolaç for “insulting the President” with two Carlos Latuff cartoons that he shared on Instagram. However, the cartoons were posted in 2014, when Erdoğan had not yet been elected the President.

President and AKP Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a complaint against main opposition CHP MPs Engin Özkoç and Aykut Erdoğdu for “insulting the President”.

Over a thousand citizens including artists, writers, lawyers and scientists have signed a joint statement touching upon the continued arrest of ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk and businessperson Osman Kavala, threats to Sezen Aksu and arrest of Sedef Kabaş.

US Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price has answered a question about the recent arrest of journalist Sedef Kabaş in Turkey: “We are aware of and we are disappointed by the arrest of Sedef Kabaş.”

PEN Turkey Center has released a statement in the wake of musician Sezen Aksu being targeted over the lyrics of a song and the arrest of journalist Sedef Kabaş for “insulting the President” with a proverb.

Main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu says that it will be “very nice” if the parties “which have failed to hold down a place” in the ruling People’s Alliance or the main opposition Nation’s Alliance form an alliance themselves.

In the trial over the feminicide of Pınar Gültekin, a panel of experts has prepared a forensic medical report and found that Gültekin was subjected to the flames when she was alive and lost her life.

Amid heavy snowfall in İstanbul, İstanbul Airport has been closed until 1 pm and Atatürk and Sabiha Gökçen Airports until 4 am today, January 25. Entries to İstanbul through the TEM highway from Anatolia and Thrace have also been stopped.