There are two types of bureaucrats in the state, according to Kılıçdaroğlu: those who work for the state and those who work for "the palace, rent-seekers and drug barons."

Şerefxan Cizîrî, the Spokesperson for the Kurdish Language Platform, has said, “We need to bring the problems about language to the agenda of politics. Mother language must be guaranteed by the Constitution.”

A YPG spokesperson has said that Russia pursues its own interest in Syria while the Damascus government acts "irresponsibly."

The European Court of Human Rights has concluded that the conviction of Vedat Şorli for “insulting the President” violated his right to freedom of expression.

There are no women neighborhood heads in a total of 88 neighborhoods in Adalar, Arnavutköy, Bahçelievler, Kağıthane and Sultanbeyli districts.

The political violence debate • TÜGVA papers reveal “systematic favoritism” • Journalists discuss trust in the media • The government's apetite for armament • Turkey becomes a leading country in organized crime

Main opposition CHP MP Tanal has drawn attention to the obstacles faced by the Şenyaşar family during their Justice Watch and demanded an on-site examination of the allegations regarding the attack in Urfa’s Suruç in 2018.

Vice President Fuat Oktay has filed a criminal complaint against CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu over his video where he made a call to bureaucrats.

The Diyarbakır Bar Association has applied to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for the implementation of the ECtHR ruling of rights violation and immediate release for jailed politician Selahattin Demirtaş.

10 embassies made a statement calling for Kavala’s release in the 4th year of his detention. Ministers and AKP politicians have denounced the statement while the AA has reported that the envoys have been summoned to the Foreign Ministry.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 350 thousand tests were conducted, 29,240 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 214 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

Awarded by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, together with the German Publishers and Booksellers Association, this year’s Raif Badawi Award for Courageous Journalists will be granted to Alican Uludağ from Turkey.

University student women have protested the administration of İzmir Cihannüma Higher Education Credit and Hostels Institution (KYK) dormitory for banning women students from wearing pyjamas outside their rooms.

Having ratified the Paris Agreement, Turkey set a net zero emissions target by the year 2053. However, the country has to reduce its total greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent in order to reach the declared target, says the Ekosfer Association.

Behind bars for almost five years, former HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş says, “I think the elections will definitely be held before June 2023. Everyone must be ready for the election anytime. Because there is no sustainable governance."

A recent survey conducted by MetroPoll Research company has shown that 49.8 percent of the respondents do not believe that President and AKP Chair Erdoğan can win the Presidential election.

Killed in a police raid on her house six years ago, Dilek Doğan’s mother Aysel Doğan has criticized the fact that the police officer Y.M. will serve only 45 days behind bars if the Court of Cassation upholds the ruling of the local court.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 340 thousand tests were conducted, 24,114 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 186 people died of the disease in Turkey in the last 24 hours.

With the participation of over 30 editors from the Western Balkans and Turkey, the Editors’ Forum in Montenegro aimed to stress the potential power of editors in restoring trust in the media in the face of hate narratives, disinformation, propaganda.

As part of her "farewell trips," Germany's outgoing chancellor met President Erdoğan in İstanbul.