Speaking at the weekly group meeting of his party, President and ruling AKP Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has indicated that the first coronavirus case in Turkey was detected in a person who has come to the country from Europe.

The Women Lawyers' Solidarity was founded after a trainee solicitor revealed the sexual harassment by a lawyer, which led to other women lawyers joining her and eventually the arrest of harasser.

Death fasting Grup Yorum music band members Helin Bölek and İbrahim Gökçek have been taken to a hospital with an ambulance after a police raid early in the morning.

In response to President Erdoğan’s remarks that “the US seems to be softening its stance on the S-400s”, Assistant to the US Secretary of Defense Hoffman has said, “Turkey is not going to receive a Patriot battery unless it returns the S-400.”

Sharing a message from prison following his re-arrest for “espionage”, Kavala has said, “It is apparently an attempt to render void the 2-years-limitation for pre-trial detention enforced by the Judicial Reform and the violation decision by the ECtHR.”

Confirming the first case of the novel coronavirus, Minister of Health Koca has announced that “a male citizen has tested positive and been isolated,” without sharing any further information about his age, identity or province.

The HDP co-chair has called on Turkey and other intervening countries to "leave Syria to its peoples."

In a recent statement on coronavirus epidemic, Minister of Health Koca has said, “The possibility of coronavirus reaching Turkey is very high. A large number of our people go abroad and return. Who says that they were not infected there?”

The Atletik Dildoa football team, which also organized the Queer Olympix, has had a tournament with two other teams as part of the "Football vs Homophobia Month."

Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS) has denounced the arrest of journalists in a protest in front of the İstanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan. Calling out to Minister of Justice, journalists have demanded the release of their colleagues.

The TurkStat has released labor force statistics for December 2019.

While the Chancellor criticized Turkey's recent move to open its borders to Europe, she said that cooperation with Ankara is important.

The top court has concluded the application of the relatives of 11 workers who died in the 2014 explosion, which had claimed a total of 301 lives.

Following the re-arrest of Osman Kavala yesterday, his attorney Koyuncu has released a statement: “Now they will say that ‘Osman Kavala has been arrested on another charge, so the ECtHR verdict of right violation cannot be implemented’.”

The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office of Court of the Cassation has demanded that the aggravated life sentence given to death fasting inmate Murat Koçak based on witness statements be upheld as “the evidence is legal.”

Speaking at a joint press conference following his meeting with NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg in Brussels, President Erdoğan has said, “No European country can afford to remain indifferent to the conflicts and the humanitarian tragedy in Syria.”

806 lawyers from 17 countries have denounced the plight of refugees at Turkey-Greece border and said, “War and border policies should be ended immediately.”

The new verdict of arrest for “espionage” has been given for imprisoned businessperson Osman Kavala one day before the ECtHR verdict of “right violation” and “immediate release” becomes final.

Minister Koca has announced that Turkey has tested over two thousand people and has yet to find a Covid-19 case.

Mızraklı was one of the first HDP mayors to be dismissed by the Ministry of Interior in the Kurdish-majority cities after the 2019 local elections.