Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced the first confirmed coronavirus case in the country late last night. The patient is a male Turkish citizen and has been placed in quarantine, Koca said.
The trial against the imprisoned and subsequently deposed co-mayor of Sur, Cemal Özdemir, has been held in Diyarbakır. The public prosecutor's office is demanding up to 22 years imprisonment for the politician for trumped up terror charges.
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.
Attorneys of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with his clients.
A social media account called 'JİTEM' sent threat messages to 8 HDP MPs. HDP MPs filing criminal complaint about the accounts via their attorneys said these threats are reflections of AKP turning back to 90s.
Journalists, reacting to the fact that their colleagues were released and arrested a day later, and said: "Journalism is making a not to history. We will continue to do that despite all pressures."
Greek academician and lawyer Prof. Dr. Konstantinos Tsitselikis, who evaluated the growing refugee crisis at the border of Greece and Turkey, said that the problems cannot be solved neither by opening nor by closing the borders, but by ensuring peace and stability in the Middle East.
Reyhan Yalçındağ, one of the lawyers of the Medeni Yıldırım murder case, stated that the fact that TRT, TÜBİTAK and ATK did not prepare reports even though the court demanded them is a 'scandal'.
Salih Altunışık, a convict for 28 years who was released from prison allowedly to attend his daughter's funeral, was prevented from visiting his daughter's grave. Altınışık was also prevented from speaking Kurdish, accepting the condolences on the phone.
US troops have started to leave Afghanistan for the initial troop withdrawal required in the US-Taliban agreement, a spokesman for US Forces in Afghanistan announced on Monday, amid political chaos in Kabul that threatens the deal.
A new investigation was launched against businessman Osman Kavala who was rearrested on July 15 coup attempt charges right after he was acquitted and released from Gezi Park Protests case. Kavala was arrested on espionage charge.
DDB Co-Mayor Selçuk Mızraklı who was dismissed from office and was sentenced with the charge of 'being a member of an illegal organization', sent a message via HDP Press Office and said: "We can tell the good news of beautiful tomorrows hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder. I have good news for you. These tyrants will soon FLEE.
Arrested after being detained during a house raid on his home in 15 October 2019 in Yüksekova, Yüksekova Municipal Co-mayor İrfan Sarı was released on charges of “organizational propaganda” for 1 year and 3 months.
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. Mızraklı was sentenced to 9 years and 4 months in jail with the accusation of 'being a member of an illegal organization'.