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.

Reviewing the EU-Turkey relations in 2020, The EU foreign policy chief has said that he is concerned but hopeful about the future.

After YouTube announced that it would open a local representative in Turkey in line with the country’s recently amended social media law, three rights organizations have criticized the decision in a joint written statement.

Opposition deputies said that the government ignored the pandemic when preparing the budget.

In a statement on Friday, Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca has announced that the number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases has decreased by 20 percent and that of inpatients by 15 percent in İstanbul over the past week.

"It is reported that the rate of transmission has increased in the UK with the mutation of the coronavirus,” Health Minister Koca has said, announcing that flights from the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands and South Africa have been temporarily suspended.

After the bill allowing the Interior Ministry to appoint trustees to NGOs passed the Parliamentary Justice Commission, main opposition CHP MPs Özdemir and Çakırözer have criticized the bill, raising concerns over Turkey’s ranking in freedom indexes.

12 people have lost their lives in the fire caused by a high-flow oxygen therapy machine used to treat COVID-19 patients at a private hospital in Turkey’s southeastern province of Antep on December 19.

The Health Ministry has announced that Turkey’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) death toll has risen to 18,097. While 246 people have died of the virus in the last 24 hours, the number of new cases has been announced as 20,316.

While several HDP members, including politicians Sezai Temelli and Ferhat Encü, have been battered by the police, several people have been detained during the intervention into the HDP İstanbul Organization's press statement against isolation.

The İstanbul 36th High Criminal Court has ruled that arrested businessperson and rights defender Osman Kavala shall remain behind bars. The next hearing of the case will be held on February 5, 2021.

With its digital project titled “Crossing paths: 80 years of changing lives”, British Council has been sharing the inspiring stories of 80 women to mark its 80th anniversary in Turkey.

The people of Özkonak town in Nevşehir province have appealed to the International Criminal Court and filed a criminal complaint against the executives of the Canadian Centerra Gold Company on charge of “committing a crime against humanity”.