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.”

After the Competition Board, the Personal Data Protection Authority has also launched an inquiry into the messenger's new privacy terms.

In İstanbul, an agricultural land of 111 thousand square meters has been zoned for construction and declared a “commercial area.” There are currently 1,443 trees in the parcel and commercial units can now be built on 61 thousand square meters.

The HDP has accused the government ally of interfering with the judicial independence after his calls for the closure of the party.

Charged with “insulting the President” due to a banner with the drawing “Kingdom of Tayyips” on it, four students and the owner of the printing house that printed the banner have been acquitted.

In a news report in October 2020, daily BirGün documented the “public loss” of 450 thousand lira caused by the overseas trips of the members of Turkey’s media authority RTÜK. The public ads of the newspaper are now cut for three days over this report.

72-year-old Hurmüz Diril and his spouse 65-year-old Şimuni Diril got missing in Şırnak a year ago. While the dead body of Şimuni Diril was found, the fate and whereabouts of Hurmüz Diril are still unknown. Their daughter has spoken to bianet.

Still in treatment after being tortured, Osman Şiban was detained in the morning hours today (January 11). As it was documented with a medical report that he was not in a state to go from Mersin to Van, he has been released.

The president's spouse had filed a lawsuit against columnist Ender İmrek, alleging that he insulted her by "not attributing good qualities to her."

The Governor’s Office of Bitlis has announced that a curfew has been declared in 10 villages and hamlets in central Bitlis until further notice.

Addressing the public after the cabinet meeting, President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan has talked about a series of current issues, including the COVID-19 pandemic, drought and main opposition CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu’s remarks about him.

Turkey’s Health Ministry has announced that 174 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. While 10,220 new cases have been reported, the number of tests conducted in a day has been announced as 180,303.

President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan has filed a suit for damages against main opposition CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for calling him “the so-called President.” Erdoğan demands 1 million Turkish Lira in damages.