According to a recent report by the Research Center of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK), Turkey has allocated only 1.1 percent of its GDP for its citizens, including their health expenditures, during the pandemic.

The deputy head of former PM Davutoğlu's party was attacked in front of his home last month.

Taken into custody for allegedly administering the “Boğaziçi Solidarity” Twitter account, Beyza Buldağ has been arrested for “provoking the public to hatred, enmity and hostility” and “provoking to commit crimes.”

A recent report has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected women’s general health condition negatively. While 79 percent of women used to describe their mental state as good before the pandemic, this rate has dropped to 30 percent.

According to a report covering the period of AKP governments from 2002 to 2020, the right to life of at least 43 thousand 780 people, including 3 thousand 396 children, was violated in 18 years.

The court has given its ruling in the trial over the killing of two people in İstanbul’s Gazi Neighborhood. Police officers who opened fire on a vehicle and caused the death of two people “because they disobeyed the stop warning” will pay 24,300 lira.

Turkey’s Health Ministry has announced that the country’s death toll from the coronavirus has reached 26,797. The country has seen 6,670 new infections while the number of daily tests has dropped below 130 thousand.

Taken into custody for joining the protests against the appointed rector of Boğaziçi University in İstanbul’s Kadıköy district, four people have been arrested and two people have been placed under house arrest.

The platform has found that the minister's posts violated its rules about hateful conduct and abusive behavior.

The president accused the academic of provoking the protests against the rector he appointed.

Amid ongoing protests against the appointed rector of Boğaziçi University, Erdoğan has issued a Presidential decree to open two new faculties at the university. The Boğaziçi Solidarity has addressed an open letter to the President.

The president has continued accusing the protesters of "terrorism" and targeting LGBTI+s.

Despite the strong defense of the attorneys and witness statements, the İstanbul 36th Heavy Penal Court has ruled that Osman Kavala shall remain behind bars. The file of his “espionage” case has been merged with that of “Gezi”.

Academics from both universities have demanded the release of the detained protesters and the resignation of Prof. Bulu as the Boğaziçi University rector.

“I said, ‘You cannot struggle against the mafia with a judiciary which has surrendered to the mafia.’ This investigation is the very proof of what I said,” says Independent MP Ahmet Şık about the recent investigation launched against him.

Press in Arrest initiative has released its January 2021 Press Freedom Report: “In Turkey, the developments concerning press freedom and journalists’ trials in January 2021 constituted a sort of ‘handbook for prosecuting journalists’.”

PEN Norway has analyzed the indictment of Özgür Gündem trial issued against Reyhan Çapan, Hüseyin Aykol and Eren Keskin: “The indictment does not entirely meet international nor national standards.”

The allegations were "unfounded and irresponsible," the spokesperson of the US Department of State has said.

Association for Migration Research has released a new report titled “Ghosts of İstanbul: Afghans at the Margins of Precarity,” examining various forms of precarious conditions faced by Afghan population both during their dangerous journeys and in İstanbul.

Protests at İstanbul's Boğaziçi University and other parts of the country continue.