Ministry of Education has announced that face-to-face exams in primary, secondary and high schools scheduled for early January will not be held amid concerns about inequalities aggravated by distance education and health risks amid COVID-19 pandemic.

Calling on the government to abandon the Canal İstanbul project, which foresees an artificial sea-level waterway between the Black Sea and Marmara Sea, İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu says, “İstanbul, İstanbulites and this country do not need irrational projects.”

Ankara Medical Chamber has made a statement about the arrest of Dr. Gökalp, the High Honorary Board member and former Central Council member of Turkish Medical Association: “His arrest is used to oppress professional organizations.”

The government's ally has dismissed the European court ruling and reiterated that the HDP must be closed.

With a Presidential Decree, the term of office of the Commission for the Examination of Proceedings under the State of Emergency has been extended for another year. Over 16 thousand applications are reportedly still in examination.

Main opposition CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has slammed President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan over his statements disregarding the ECtHR Grand Chamber judgement of “immediate release” for arrested politician Selahattin Demirtaş.

The authorities in China have approved the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to Turkey and the vaccines are set to be sent on December 27, says Health Minister Koca, adding that the vaccine has an effectiveness of 91.25 percent.

Speaking to bianet about the bill that would allow the appointment of trustees to NGOs, Kaos GL Association’s Legal Coordinator Dikmen says, “It foresees an inspection process that will spread all across civil society and has no boundaries, like a virus.”

The holding undertook a large number of construction and infrastructure projects in the AKP era.

Arrested politician Demirtaş has sent a message from prison amid statements of the President and Interior Minister disregarding the ECtHR judgement of “immediate release.” He has said, “We are right, strong and in good spirits. We will win together.”

"In the forthcoming period, tightness of monetary policy stance will be decisively sustained until strong indicators point to a permanent fall in inflation," the bank has said.

Contributing to BİA Media Monitoring Reports for nearly 20 years, Erol Önderoğlu has talked about Turkey's states of freedom of expression and violations of rights in this field.