In the trial over the raid on the closed Özgür Gündem newspaper’s office in İstanbul in 2016, the prosecutor’s office has pronounced its final opinion as to the accusations, demanding that 22 journalists and newspaper workers be penalized.

The Constitutional Court has concluded that dismissed and jailed HDP Kocaeli MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu’s “right to be elected and to engage in political activities” and “right to personal liberty and security” have been violated.

"You will not be able to silence the voice of the İzmir Bar Association with investigations, trials and penalties," the bar association has said.

The summaries of proceedings seeking to lift the legislative immunity of 20 MPs, including 15 HDP MPs and CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, have been presented to the Parliamentary Speaker’s Office.

In the trial over the killing of Uğur Kantar by torture during his mandatory military service, a heavy penal court in Ankara has sentenced defendant Fırat Keser to aggravated life imprisonment for “causing death as a result of torture.”

We have spoken with a medical student, a new graduate and the Turkish Medical Association secretary-general as to why medical students want to leave Turkey.

Filing a lawsuit against CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu over his speech at the CHP group meeting this week, President and AKP Chair Erdoğan demands 500 thousand lira in damages “because his personal rights were violated.”

HDP Group Deputy Chair Oluç talked about the President’s circular on public saving measures, defining it as an “arrangement of bankruptcy”. He criticized it for not including the Presidency’s Department for Administrative and Financial Affairs.

"June 2023 is Turkey's election calendar. This is our decision as the People's Alliance," the president has said as opposition parties have been calling for a snap election.

The executive board of Galatasaray Sports Club has expressed its support for its football player Taylan Antalyalı, who has recently been targeted by homophobic comments because he wore a shirt with the slogan “Powered by pride” in rainbow colors.

Amid mounting discrimination, hate speech and violence against LGBTI+s, HDP’s Kaya says, “In the face of those who are enemies of everything other than a single color, I came to the Parliament today in the most beautiful colors of nature, with rainbow…”

By a vote of 3 to 2, the Council of State has rejected the requests for the stay of execution and annulment of the Presidential decision pulling Turkey out of the İstanbul Convention, which will no longer be in force in the country as of July 1.

Kılıçdaroğlu has claimed that the scale of corruption and informal economy has reached an unprecedented level in the country.

"The colonial apparatus of this new world is the proposition of democracy that is detached from its original meaning," Bahçeli has said.

The Constitutional Court has found the criteria of “membership” and “affiliation” for being discharged from public service against the Constitution. Discharged by a Statutory Decree, Kocaoğlu is also back in public service following a court ruling.

The academics from France working at Galatasaray University are required to know at least B2 level Turkish so that their residence and work permits will be renewed. The talks with the Embassy of France in Ankara have remained inconclusive.

Witnesses were heard at the second hearing of the trial over the killing of retired teacher Metin Lokumcu. Speaking about the day of the incident, witness Ustabaş said, “Those who went to the hospital to learn about his condition were attacked with bullets.”

The municipality raises concerns over the canal while the Presidency Communications Directorate explain its possible "benefits."

Two judgeships have accepted the appeals against the fines imposed on two discharged teachers protesting to get their jobs back. Cancelling the fines, they have concluded that abiding by the COVID-19 curfew is not an obligation openly regulated by law.

The main opposition party says it "won't pay a dime" for the canal project once it assumes power as Turkey breaks the ground for the canal.