The Constitutional Court has concluded that the prohibition of ill treatment was violated when a convict was kept in a cold room for five days with his hands and feet tied behind his back in what is known as the “hogtie” method, a notorious form of torture.

HDP Dersim MP Alican Önlü and Iğdır MP Habip Eksik allegedly violated the Law no. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations by joining the party’s “Democracy March” from Hakkari to Ankara in June 2020.

In a vehicle accident in the Haftanin region of Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government, two soldiers have lost their lives and one soldier has been wounded.

The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has released a written statement after Vice Minister of Health Muhammet Güven was removed from office with a Presidential decree and Sabahattin Aydın was appointed in his place.

Health Minister Koca has spoken about the COVID-positive people not considered “patients” as “they don’t show symptoms”: “The number of our critically ill patients has increased eightfold. Is the number of asymptomatic people at home important for you?”

MHP Chair Bahçeli has backed Alaattin Çakıcı, who has insulted and threatened main opposition CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu in two separate open letters. Convicted of leading a criminal organization, Çakıcı previously served 16 years behind bars.

The Health Ministry has announced that Turkey’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 11,820 and the total number of patients to 425,628. 116 people have died of the virus and the number of new patients has been announced as 4,215 in the last 24 hours.

“According to the figures shared by the Health Ministry on November 14, 92 people lost their lives due to coronavirus across Turkey. On the same day, 164 people lost their lives due to an ‘infectious disease’ in İstanbul,” says HDP’s Kenanoğlu.

“I am not a complainant in the Gezi trial, nor am I an intervening party. Thinking that they were aggrieved, the prosecutor wrote the names of all members of the then government one by one,” says DEVA Party Chair Babacan in response to criticisms.

Charged with “terror propaganda” and “being a member of the organization” for meeting arrested former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş in prison, lawyer Levent Pişkin has been acquitted of all charges.

Celal Çelik, the attorney of main opposition CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu, has announced that they have filed a criminal complaint against Alaattin Çakıcı, who was convicted of leading a criminal organization and has insulted and threatened Kılıçdaroğlu.

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli has announced the fill rate of dams that provide water to İstanbul and Ankara. If no precipitation falls, the water in these water bodies will be enough for nearly 3 and 5 months respectively.

Speaking at the Parliamentary Planning and Budget Commission meeting, Health Minister Koca has noted that “the rising trend in COVID-19 across major cities including İstanbul, İzmir and Bursa has spread to nearly all of Turkey.”

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has released a statement about the lawsuit that was filed into the killing of Kemal Kurkut during Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır and has ended in the acquittal of the defendant police officer.

In a statement by the İzmir Medical Chamber, it is noted that “according to official authorities, İzmir witnessed twice as many coronavirus cases on the 10th day after the earthquake compared to October 30, when the earthquake happened.”

With a Presidential decree published in the Official Gazette today, Muhammet Güven has been removed from office and Sabahattin Aydın, the President of İstanbul Medipol University, has been appointed as the new Vice Minister of Health.

The Scientific Advisory Board of İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İMM) has prepared a report recommending urgent lockdown in the city amid increasing number of cases and fatalities. Blue collars are among the high risk groups, according to the report.

Charged with “insulting state institutions” upon the criminal complaint of President Erdoğan’s attorney Mustafa Doğan İnal, journalist Uğur Güç has been acquitted.

The General Assembly of the Parliament has approved the motion that foresees “deployment of troops for peacekeeping in Upper Karabakh for one year.”

After Minister of Interior Soylu promised a solution for their problems and demands, miners from Soma have decided to end their protest until January 15. As for the miners of Ermenek, they are waiting for the meeting with the governor's office today.