The country's GDP grew by 5.9 percent in the last quarter of 2020, according to the TurkStat.

Shopkeepers at the bazaar complain about the pandemic measures and the country's economic situation.

Charged with "insulting the President" over their remarks during a TV program, actors Müjdat Gezen and Metin Akpınar have been acquitted.

HDP Spokesperson Ebru Günay has addressed the recent debates on HDP’s “closure” and summaries of proceedings against its nine MPs: “We are witnessing a legal system operating with purely political and racist motives.”

In the prosecutor’s opinion, it was indicated that Ayten Öztürk, arrested pending trial for three years, “watched a lynching in the neighborhood from a corner”. She now faces aggravated life imprisonment.

"The oldest generation is monolingual and this language is the Zaza language. The middle-aged generation, who learned the second language mainly at school, are bilingual. The younger generation are again monolingual but this language is Turkish," says Dr. Güntaş-Aldatmaz.

Having prepared a report on Tahir Elçi murder, Forensic Architecture says, “The indictment charges the officers we identified, but also charges a PKK militant, despite our findings showing clearly that he could not be responsible for Elçi’s death.”

Former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş has written for Medyascope from prison: “The debates on closing the HDP and lifting the legislative immunities will apparently make no contribution to peace. I hope that this mistake will not be made.”

Each family doctor was able to vaccinate 12 people a day, according to the association's survey conducted among 765 family doctors from 65 provinces.

On the sixth day of municipal workers’ strike in İstanbul’s Maltepe, the head office of the Public Services Employees Union of Turkey has signed the collective labor agreement. The strike has officially ended amid workers’ protests against the head office.

According to the official statement, a total of 39 thousand 604 people have faced administrative and/or legal action over the past week for failing to abide by the countrywide weeknight and weekend curfews introduced to curb the spread of COVID-19.

According to a survey conducted by the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality with the participation of 702 shopkeepers in 39 districts, 92.6 percent of shopkeepers in the city are having problems with paying their rent, bills and workers’ salaries.

HDP's Oluç links the recent move to lift legislative immunities of his party's lawmakers to the talk of a new constitution.

The indictment has indicated that there was no tip-off suggesting an imminent incident during the funeral or any preparation in that regard. There is also no evidence proving that the incident was preplanned, according to the indictment.

Human Rights Watch (HRW), International Commission of Jurists and Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project have submitted a recommendation to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe regarding the Osman Kavala case.

Turkey’s Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy has answered a Parliamentary question of main opposition CHP MP Çakırözer regarding the fines imposed by the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) on broadcasters.

“We call on the Government of Greece and all sides involved to bring an end to this practice, as well as inhumane treatments and human rights violations, which are prohibited by international law, the EU Law and the 18 March Statement,” says Turkey.

Facing a summary of proceedings over the Kobane incidents of October 6-8, 2014, HDP MP Garo Paylan also faces charges for addressing arrested former Co-Chair of the HDP Demirtaş as “Dear Selahattin Demirtaş”.

Turkey’s Health Ministry has announced that the death toll from coronavirus has reached 28,569 since mid-March 2020. The country has reported over 8,400 new infections with less than 110 thousand daily tests.

Men killed at least 284 women and at least 26 children, including babies in 2020. Men also inflicted violence on 792 women.