Having launched a campaign to collect books for imprisoned women journalists, the Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS) Women and LGBTI+ Commission has started sending the books to the journalists.

Seven people, including Grup Yorum music band’s hunger striking member İbrahim Gökçek, will stand trial for the first time on February 14. Behind bars since March 1, 2019, Gökçek has been on a hunger strike for 238 days.

Ankara has said that it won't be deterred by the recent attacks in Idlib, where it lost 12 soldiers in eight days.

The Press Advertisement Institution has cut the ads of Evrensel newspaper for 10 days over its news article “Press Advertisement Institution has sounded the death knell for publishing in Kurdish”, originally reported by Mezopotamya News Agency.

While the Ministry of Defense has announced that 101 soldiers from the Syrian army have been killed after five soldiers lost their lives in Idlib, AKP Spokesperson Çelik has indicated that “Turkey’s withdrawal from its observation points” is out of the question.

"We will never surrender to such a virtual world," the President has remarked in the opening ceremony of a national agency against cyber attacks.

Five soldiers have been killed in an attack by Syrian government forces in Taftanaz, Idlib, where Turkey's army recently set up an observation post.

The family of Mehmet Bal, whose fate and whereabouts have been unknown for 18 days now, have held a statement for the press at the Human Rights Association (İHD) İstanbul Office.

In response to criticism by senior government officials, Mustafa Akıncı has said that he "stands by his words," favoring a federal solution to the Cyprus issue.

An investigation has been launched against lawyer Tugay Bek for calling Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu “the bald-headed person”. Charged with “insulting a public officer”, Bek says, “This expression is just an excuse.”

On a death fast for 223 days, Mustafa Koçak has sent a letter from prison. “I am a tree, too… What I want you to do is to finally see how that tree walks day by day and how hope pours wherever it touches”, Koçak says.

While almost 70 percent of the participants said they speak in Kurdish at home, official agencies are the places where speaking in Kurdish is least common, according to the study.

The TurkStat has announced the Labor Force Statistics for November 2019. Accordingly, while the number of unemployed has reached 4 million 308 thousand people, the unemployment rate is 13.3 percent with 1 percentage point increase.

The Governorship of Van has announced that all events and demonstrations have been banned in the province for a period of 15 days until February 22.

According to the figures shared by the Health and Safety Labor Watch, while 12 of the deceased workers were women, 100 of them were men. Seven immigrant/refugee workers also lost their lives is occupational homicides in January.

Pegasus Airlines has dismissed former fighter pilot Bahadır Altan, who said on TV after the plane crash, “Let’s just stop as a country. We are still talking about the 3rd airport, still opening a canal. The country is an accident waiting to happen.”

Human rights organizations and lawyers’ organizations have expressed solidarity and support for the lawyers of Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), who have recently announced that they have gone on a hunger strike.

The share of "undecided" participants was higher than any political party in a recently conducted survey.

While Osman Kavala, Yiğit Aksakoğlu and Mücella Yapıcı are charged with “attempting to overthrow the government”, Çiğdem Mater, Ali Hakan Altınay, Mine Özerden, Can Atalay, Tayfun Kahraman, Yiğit Ali Ekmekçi are charged with “aiding” this offense.

Accusing CNN Türk of "broadcasting in line with the interests of the government," the main opposition party has announced that its members will not participate in programs on the broadcaster anymore.