Çalık Holding had filed a suit for damages against the reporter for "insult and slander."

Minimum Wage Determination Commission has convened for the third time. In the meeting hosted by TÜRK-İŞ workers’ confederation, the state agency TurkStat has said that the minimum subsistence level of a worker is 2,792 lira (~366 USD).

The government has to ensure that trans people can access healthcare, seven LGBTI+ groups said in a joint statement.

“This is not the first time the virus mutates. There were several mutations before. We checked all the mutations in the past and we don’t see any problem,” says Prof. Şahin, the CEO and Co-Founder of BioNTech, which has developed a COVID-19 vaccine.

Clinical Microbiology Specialty Association Chair Prof. Erensoy has spoken about the faster spread of a new variant of COVID-19: “Mutation of viruses is something expected, but it needs to be followed closely. Measures must be stricter.”

The city's water administration announced that the water levels in the city's dams declined to 21.78 percent.

A person in Turkey’s southeastern province of Antep wanted to send his daughter’s cat to her in İzmir by air and contracted a courier company. However, the cat got missing in the cargo. The father and mother will now be paid damages.

Put on unpaid leave by a small home appliance factory in İstanbul, six workers have returned to work. Workers have announced that the Ministry sent an inspector to the factory and all their receivables since the first day of the leave have been paid.

More than 300 passengers have been isolated even if they tested negative for Covid-19, the minister of health has said.

Co-Chair of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) and dismissed HDP MP Leyla Güven has been arrested in Diyarbakır. Güven was previously sentenced to 22 years, 3 months in prison as part of a “terror investigation” in the province.

The Ministry of Interior has sent a circular to the governor’s offices to restrict New Year's programs of hotels and accommodation facilities. According to the circular, celebrations will not be allowed in the facilities during the New Year's curfew.

The Health Ministry has announced that Turkey’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) death toll has risen to 18,351. While 254 people have died of the virus in the last 24 hours, the number of new cases has been announced as 19,103.

In a statement released by the Directorate of Prisons amid debates on whether there is strip search in Turkey, it is said that “a detailed search is done if there is reasonable and strong suspicion that the person will bring in a forbidden material or object.”

Güven, who also co-chairs the Democratic Society Congress (DTK), was sentenced to prison for "terrorism" charges today.

EU’s Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Massralı has criticized the continued imprisonment of Osman Kavala: “The decision last Friday runs against Turkey’s stated commitment to the rule of law and the respect of fundamental rights.”

Human Rights Association (İHD) İstanbul Branch Chair Gülseren Yoleri has spoken to bianet about the bill that will enable the Ministry of Interior to appoint trustees to NGOs, if passed: “They want to break the resistance points of civil society.”

The Ministry of Interior will be allowed to carry out routine inspections on associations and tightly control charity collection.

In a statement released by the Union for Democracy (DİB) to mark the 42nd year of the Maraş Massacre, it is said that “Turkey has been going through a period when there is an attempt to institutionalize fascism by the one-man rule.”

Addressing an open letter to Turkey’s Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gül, Amnesty International has requested a “new prompt, independent and impartial investigation into the allegations of torture and ill-treatment” of a prisoner in Diyarbakır.

The 9th Heavy Penal Court in Diyarbakır has ruled that Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-Chair Güven shall be sentenced to 22 years, 3 months in prison. The court has also issued an arrest warrant against the politician.