The Health and Social Service Laborers’ Union (SES) has denounced the incident where a nurse working in a public hospital in Antalya was forced to write down “I am and idiot, I left my post” for 500 times as a punishment for leaving her place of duty.

"For the first time, sanctions have been imposed on our country, a NATO member. What kind of alliance is this? This decision is a blatant attack on our country's sovereignty rights,” says Erdoğan in response to US sanctions over Turkey's purchase of S-400s.

The Health Ministry has announced that Turkey’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) death toll has risen to 17,121. While 240 people have died of the virus in the last 24 hours, the number of new cases has been announced as 29,718.

YouTube has announced that it will “set up a legal entity in Turkey to serve as a local representative, providing a local point of contact for the government,” in compliance with Turkey's social media law.

Central Bank Governor Ağbal says, “In 2021, all factors affecting inflation will be taken into account, and the tightness of monetary policy will be decisively sustained until there are strong indicators that point to price stability and a permanent fall in inflation.”

Despite a forensic medical report documenting that he is not in a state to stay in prison, ill prisoner Abdullah Turan, who is paralyzed from the neck down, is still held in Metris Prison, where he is made to lie on a stretcher.

14 people have been hospitalized for suspected methanol poisoning in Bursa province over the last three days, three of them have died. Since October 9, 92 people have lost their lives for having consumed bootleg alcohol.

According to the 2020 report of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), at least 274 journalists were in jail in relation to their work across the world on December 1, 2020, exceeding the high of 272 in 2016.

Established to examine complaints about negligence and abuse of children and violence against women, Turkey's Hotline for Women, Children and Social Service received 336,564 reports in 2018, according to the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services.

Muratcan Ayas, a person with autism staying in a care home in Elazığ province, has lost 35 kilos in 90 days and lapsed into vegetative state after having a heart attack. A rights group has made a call for effective investigation into the issue.

The Federation of Journalists of Turkey (TGF) has raised concerns that 17 journalists have so far died of COVID-19. The TGF has also called on the government to solve the problems of journalists whose press cards have not been renewed.

A group of medical school students from İzmir Katip Çelebi University say, “We want to live and keep people alive. Make decisions by considering students’ health so that we can have life, strength and desire left to be a hope for people!”