Eight soldiers have lost their lives and one soldier has been injured in an attack launched by the PKK in Turkey’s southeastern province of Batman.

An application has been filed to the Constitutional Court for house arrest and international travel ban imposed on Pastor Brunson to be lifted.

The 2nd Penal Chamber of İstanbul Regional Court of Justice has upheld the verdict of aggravated life imprisonment issued for six people including journalists Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak. An appeal will be made to the Supreme Court of Appeals.

The European Parliament has decided that 70 million Euros be cut back in EU aids to Turkey on the ground that “no progress has been made in fields of rule of law and human rights”.

The Ministry of Interior has announced that 349 social media accounts have been investigated and legal action has been taken against 285 people the last week.

The defendant, who launched an armed attack on Dündar and injured the NTV reporter Şenkal, has been sentenced to 10 months in prison and a fine of 4 thousand 500 Turkish Lira. The court has given a good conduct time to the defendant.

Kept in prison for 15 months and 11 days as part of MİT Lorries case and released by decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal, CHP MP Berberoğlu has taken parliamentary oath.

Mardin Governorship has declared curfew in Dibek Neighborhood in district of Nusaybin due to military operations until further notice.

President Erdoğan and Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel have answered the questions of journalists at their joint press conference. Police officers have forced Adil Yiğit, who wears a shirt “Freedom to journalists” written on it, out of the hall.

Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel has said, “The state of human rights in Turkey is not how I think of” and added that she will raise the issues of human rights and the situation of citizens of Germany arrested in Turkey for political reasons.

One person has been arrested in the district of Pazarcık in Maraş for propagandizing for ISIS on social media. The Ministry of Interior has also announced that legal action has been taken against 344 people due to their social media posts in one week.

Ankara 4th Penal Judgeship of Peace has banned attorney Tamer Doğan from defending his three arrested clients in court on the ground of a lawsuit that was filed against the attorneys after an operation two years ago.

European Court of Human Rights has rejected the application of Abdullah Öcalan, who previously applied to the court, claiming that he was subjected to ill-treatment by prison wardens during a search conducted in his cell.

The request for compensation of journalist Deniz Yücel, who was released from prison after being arrested for 367 days without an indictment, has been rejected by the İstanbul 17th Heavy Penal Court.

President Erdoğan has stated, “We will take steps, which are similar to the operations of Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch, in the east of Euphrates in the forthcoming period.”

Constitutional Court has announced its verdict in the case of Abdullah Altun, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by the State Security Court in 1999, and ruled that his right to an independent and impartial court has been violated. Altun will be retried.

The family of Kemal Kurkut, who was shot to death by a police officer in Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır, has requested that the officer be arrested so that the impunity could come to an end. The request of the family has been rejected again.

Former HDP MP İbrahim Ayhan has lost his life at the age of 50.

Minister of Treasury and Finance Albayrak has announced that the economy of Turkey is expected to grow by 3.8 percent in 2018 and by 2.3 percent in 2019. He has also stated that their inflation expectations for 2018 and 2019 are 20.8 and 15.9 percent respectively.

HDP Siirt MP Meral Danış Beştaş has submitted a parliamentary inquiry regarding the re-arrest of lawyers of the Progressive Lawyers Association. Danış Beştaş has asked, “Were the members of the judiciary given instructions?”