The Ombudsman Institution (KDK) has concluded that the freedom of assembly and expression of bar association chairs was violated when they were prevented by the police from marching to the capital city of Ankara against the new Attorneys’ Act.

Worldwide pesticide poisoning cases increased by 185 percent in 30 years, according to a new study.

A lawsuit has been filed against journalist Melis Alphan over a photo that she posted. Alphan now faces up to 7 years, 6 months in prison over this photo from Newroz celebrations in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

In a brief message shared on the official Twitter account of Uber Turkey, it has been announced that the ban on access to Uber has been lifted as of today. The court of appeals, last month, allowed Uber to work with yellow cabs.

Workers of a construction company have not been able to receive their salaries for two years.

Since an academic recommended hunting dolphins in the face of declining fish populations in Turkey's waters, biologists and environmentalists have been stressing that human activities are responsible for the drop in fish stocks, not dolphins.

In the first step, health care workers, people aged 65 and above, and adults living in crowded places such as shelters will be vaccinated.

Main opposition CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized the state agency TurkStat’s recent labor force statistics indicating that unemployment has declined in Turkey: “Those working there… Don’t you see the hunger and poverty of millions?”

Hit by heavy rainfall, several houses and workplaces have been flooded in the districts of Buca, Karabağlar and Konak in Turkey’s Aegean province of İzmir.

The Press Advertising Agency often imposes public ad bans on independent newspapers that are critical of the government.

It has been a year since Hurmüz and Şimuni Diril got missing; while Şimuni Diril was found dead, the fate and whereabouts of Hurmüz Diril are still unknown. The Iraqi Christian Relief Council has made a call for the couple in 12 languages.

The proposals for nominations will be accepted until April 30 and the International Hrant Dink Award winners will be announced on September 15, 2021.

Turkey’s Health Ministry has announced that 171 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. While 9,809 new cases have been reported, the number of tests conducted in a day has been announced as 179,208.

Human Rights Association (İHD): “Prisoners are not given sufficient amounts of hygiene products and masks despite the COVID-19 risk.”

In the trial over the assassination of journalist Hrant Dink, an arrest warrant was issued for Okan Şimşek, the then intelligence officer at the Trabzon Provincial Gendarmerie Command. Şimşek was detained in Manisa.

"Just as our country's nearly 60-year membership process is a strategic choice for us, the EU's acceptance of our country to full membership will also be an ontological choice for the future of the union," the president has told EU ambassadors.

During the pandemic, women's employment was affected much more than men's as the broad unemployment rate for women was 35.8 percent in October, the report says.

The TEMA Foundation has prepared a report regarding the mining activities in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Artvin. The report has shown that 71 percent of the province is currently mining licensed.

As part of coronavirus measures, the İstanbulites aged over 65 and under 20 will be barred from using public transport starting from January 15. The City Detective initiative has warned that this decision hinders the mobility of a large urban population.

Ministry of Justice has sent an instruction to all prosecutor’s offices across Turkey and requested information regarding the trials for “insulting the president” and “degrading the nation, state of the Republic of Turkey, the organs and institutions of the state.”