Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca has also announced that the road and rail transits from Iran to Turkey as well as all international arrival flights from Iran have been unilaterally halted over coronavirus outbreak.

Having gone on a hunger strike because she was insistently given non-vegan food in prison, vegan trans inmate İda Koçak has ended her hunger strike on the ninth day as her demands have been met.

Law professor Ceren Damar Şenel was stabbed and shot dead by a student in her room at the university.

The court has ruled for the release of HDP Şişli District Co-Chair Mutlu Öztürk and eight HDP members, who were detained and arrested in İstanbul while they were attending an event marking the seventh foundation anniversary of the HDP.

Dr. Şık was sentenced to prison for releasing the findings of a study on the effects of environmental factors on cancer cases.

30 bar associations have called for the resignation of Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) members, who granted authorization for an investigation into three judges that handed down the verdict of acquittal in Gezi trial.

PEN Turkey Center has released a statement on the re-arrest of Osman Kavala. Quoting a poem by Turgut Uyar, the organization says, “I am losing my hope, I want justice, we want justice for Osman Kavala.”

The recent arrest of the businessperson and rights defender over the 2016 coup attempt ensured the continuation of his imprisonment.

HDP has announced that the bilingual Parliamentary questions and inquiries submitted by its 22 MPs in mother languages on the occasion of International Mother Language Day have been returned to the MPs without being processed.

Commenting on the re-arrest of Osman Kavala, HRW Executive Director Roth said, “It shows how Turkey’s criminal justice system is politically manipulated, with detention and prosecutions pursued at the political whim of the president.”

"I am appealing for neighboring countries, including Turkey, to broaden admissions, so that those most in danger can reach safety, even knowing that capacities and public support are already strained," Grandi has said.

Ahead of February 21 International Mother Language Day, five teachers of “Living Languages and Dialects” spoke to bianet Turkish. Here is a snapshot of their remarks about their own struggles for their mother languages and teaching experiences.

Over 40 civil society actors of the Network for Monitoring, Documenting and Reporting on Language Rights (DHİBRA) have marked the International Mother Language Day in 12 languages: “Happy ‘Mother Language Day’ to all the languages of the world!”

Two soldiers have lost their lives as clashes continue in Nayrab village, the state-run agency reported.

A complaint has been filed against Bakırköy District Governor, who banned two teachers' demonstrations despite court rulings.

Trans activist Diren Coşkun has announced that vegan trans inmate İda Koçak has been on a hunger strike as she is insistently given non-vegan food in prison.

Eleven people in two shisha bars have been killed by an armed attack that authorities believe was carried out with "xenophobic motives."

The court of appeals has overturned the judicial fine of 7,100 lira given to daily BirGün Editorial Coordinator Varlı in a lawsuit filed by Minister Berat Albayrak over two news reports on Panama Papers. The court has ruled for the acquittal of the journalist.

After Kavala was acquitted in the Gezi trial, he was remanded in custody as part of an investigation into the 2016 coup attempt.

Korkmaz has been sentenced to 23 years, 9 months in prison based one the statements of permanent witness İ.Ö. though both the prosecutor’s office and the security directorate said that “he had no links with the organization.”