The Ministry of Health has announced that over 359 thousand tests were conducted, 28,662 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 196 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

The court has issued an arrest warrant for defendant police officer Songul E.K., whose testimony hasn't been taken.

The prosecutor’s office has requested that the mother, step father and maternal uncle of two siblings be sentenced to 11 years to 23 years in prison. It has also demanded imprisonment of the defendants on the offenses charged.

Main opposition CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said, “In a world where the climate crisis is so widely discussed, you will keep on betraying İstanbul. Those who bid in the tender for Canal İstanbul project will pay a heavy price.”

Speaking to bianet about the recent weather events in İstanbul and Ankara, Buket Atlı from the Right to Clean Air Platform says that what is seen as a fog is, in fact, smog and warns of its detrimental effects on health.

The same prosecutor who covered up the investigation now seeks a jail sentence of up to 300 years against him, Sedat Peker has said.

Having reported on the ‘banana-eating videos’ of Syrian people in protest against the targeting remarks of a citizen in a street interview, journalist Majed Shamaa, who was sent to a removal center to be deported from Turkey, has been released.

The “e-hearing” system, which allows lawyers to attend the trials at civil courts via video conference, has entered into force all across Turkey as of November 9, 2021.

Having turned a small caravan into a darkroom, photographer Salih plans to go from village to village, reach out to children in need and help them express themselves in photography. Salih awaits support so that he can reach out to more children.

Citing the violations of rights in prisons in İzmir, İstanbul, Kocaeli and Manisa as an example, HDP İzmir MP Kemalbay has requested that the related problems be probed by the Human Rights Investigation Commission.

The anniversary of the establishment of the YÖK by the then military government has been protested.

The Laz Institute has declared November 7 the Laz Language Day in order to protect and keep alive the Laz, a “World Language in Danger”, and to raise awareness about the issue.

Women from Mardin, Şırnak, Van, Hakkari, Diyarbakır, Batman and İstanbul wanted to visit the spot where the Şenyaşar family have been keeping a justice watch for their killed and arrested family members. Their visit was prevented by the police.

The moderate earthquake reportedly happened 10.61 kilometers deep in the central Anatolian province of Konya on 8.43 pm on November 8. Three derelict buildings have been damaged, according to a statement by the Interior Ministry’s AFAD.

Addressing the public after the cabinet meeting, Erdoğan targeted the İstanbul Convention, from which Turkey has withdrawn by a Presidential decision. Several women and women’s organizations have denounced his words on social media.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 357 thousand tests were conducted, 27,824 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 187 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

Minister Gül says, “Our mentality is not based on ‘doing something, then letting the law follow us’, but on ‘letting the law walk ahead of us and adjusting our pace accordingly’.” Minister Soylu previously said, “Demolish it; let the court ruling follow us.”

The replacement of the presiding judge means a special court has been established for the Kobanî case, which is against the Constitution, the defense attorneys have argued.

“If we are talking about a problem of survival, the ones whose divide and polarize this country are jeopardizing the survival of the country,” says DEVA Party leader Babacan: “Kurdish is still written down as an ‘unknown language’ in the minutes of the Parliament.”

Kılıçdaroğlu has sent letters to all diplomatic missions in Turkey in their own languages, warning them against the ecological destruction to be caused by the project.