Announcing its verdict regarding the death of Orhan Tunç, who was killed in operations during the period of curfews in Cizre three years ago, the ECtHR has found the application “inadmissible” on the ground that “all domestic remedies have not been exhausted.”

In a first, PM of Greece Alexis Tsipras has visited the Halki Seminary, which has been closed for 48 years. Tsipras and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew expressed their wishes about the reopening of the Seminary.

Releasing a statement about the collapse of a building in Kartal, the Governorship of İstanbul has announced that three people have died and 12 others have been wounded. It has also been reported that three storeys of the building were unlicensed.

The claims that Turkey processes olive taken from Syria's Afrin and sells it to the EU countries have been brought into the parliament of Switzerland.

AKP’s Metropolitan Mayor candidate for İzmir, who defended his statement “İzmir is the most beautiful girl in neighborhood” by saying, “I didn’t call it a woman, but a girl”, has called himself “Farhad” and İzmir “Shirin”, referring to a love story from the 12th century.

At the hearing of Merve Önem, who is being tried for participating in the Gezi protests, the presiding judge has asked the anonymous witness "whether she/he has anything to say about Önem."

President and AKP Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, "Even with your enemies, you should not break ties completely. You might need that tie one day."

Thomas Hammarberg, a parliamentarian from Sweden who previously received the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Amnesty International, has nominated HDP’s former imprisoned Co-Chair Selahattin Dermirtaş for the prize in 2019.

"The ECtHR requested a defense from the Ministry of Justice. After the time expired on January 10, 2018, we learned that the Ministry of Justice got additional time from the ECtHR."

HDP İzmir Provincial Co-Chair Kadir Baydur has stated that Tunç Soyer, who is the main opposition CHP’s Metropolitan Mayor candidate for İzmir, has been accepted not only by the HDP, but also by the labor and democracy forces of İzmir.

Princes’ Islands Assembly, Beyoğlu Citizens Assembly, Güngören Democracy Platform, Electoral Process Assemblies and Şişli Democracy Assembly have made a call to all citizens to do politics with a completely new understanding ahead of local elections.

Earth-moving trucks and concrete mixers caused the death of at least 253 people throughout 2018, marking a 80-percent increase in comparison with 2017, when the vehicles in question claimed the lives of 141 people.

In the wake of Constitutional Court’s verdict that an access block imposed on a news report on bianet “violated freedom of expression”, the İstanbul 7th Penal Court of Peace has abided by the verdict and ruled that the access block in question shall be lifted.

According to a survey in 26 countries as part of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots by the Human Rights Watch, 61 percent of the people are against autonomous armed robots. In Turkey, the opposition is 78 percent.

Being nominated to Metropolitan Mayorship of İstanbul by the AKP, Binali Yıldırım, who is also the Parliamentary Speaker, has announced that he will resign from his office after he makes his application and becomes an official candidate for local elections.

Announcing its judgement on Dinçer, whose face and body were burned during the “Return to Life Operation” in Bayrampaşa Prison, the ECtHR has sentenced Turkey to pay 20 thousand Euro in non-pecuniary damages for “violating the prohibition of torture”.

A verdict of non-prosecution has been given for Prof. Dr. Yahya Mustafa Keskin, the Head of Sociology Department at Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, who called Armenian writer and journalist Hayko Bağdat “a leftover of the sword”.

AKP’s Metropolitan Mayor Candidate for İzmir Nihat Zeybekci, who previously said, “İzmir is the most beautiful girl in the neighborhood; who doesn’t want her!”, has responded to criticisms: “I called it the most beautiful girl, not the most beautiful woman.”

Holding a press conference regarding the local elections to be held on March 31, HDP Co-Spokesperson Saruhan Oluç has announced that they will not nominate candidates for the metropolitan municipalities of İstanbul, İzmir and Adana.

A notice was delivered to the Diyarbakır Bar Association Center for Children's Rights regarding the marriage of a 15-year-old child. Although the Bar has applied to the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the marriage could not be prevented.