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.

The 19th Heavy Penal Court in Ankara has ruled for the continuation of the arrest of Peoples' Democratic Party's (HDP) former Co-Chair Slehattin Demirtaş.

CHP and İYİ Party have reached an agreement on local elections. Two parties, which also formed the Nation Alliance ahead of Parliamentary elections on June 24, 2018, will cooperate in 22 metropolitan municipalities and 27 provinces in local elections.

President and AKP Chair Erdoğan has appointed Deputy Minister of Justice and former AKP MP Yıldız Seferinoğlu as a member to the Constitutional Court.

Celal Ülgen, the attorney of theater and movie actor Müjdat Gezen, has announced that the judicial control measures previously imposed on Gezen have been lifted.

European Alevi Unions Confederation Honorary Chair and former HDP İstanbul MP Turgut Öker, who was taken into custody at Sabiha Gökçen Airport in İstanbul earlier today, has been released after giving his deposition.

The case of 12-year-old Helin Şen, who lost her life by police fire, has been concluded. The court has ruled that the Ministry of Interior shall pay compensation to the family. Yet a lawsuit has not been filed for three and a half years against the officer who shot her.

Following the Day of the Endangered Lawyer's dedication to the lawyers in Turkey, main opposition CHP MP Tanrıkulu has submitted a parliamentary question, asking how many attorneys are arrested because of the defenses they raised.

Giving its judgement regarding two teachers, who were given a disciplinary punishment for attending a march demanding mother tongue based education, Constitutional Court has ruled that their right to assembly and demonstration has been violated.

An investigation has been opened against lawyer Karavelioğlu because he said, “The son-in-law speaks, the dollar rises” in a tweet. Saying that he did not make a financial gain and hence the crime has not occurred, Karavelioğlu added, “There are no lies in what I said.”

Supreme Election Council Chair Güven, speaking on the claims regarding imaginary voters, has said that 56,496 voters' registrations were suspended because of not residing in dwellings where they were previously registered.

Musicians Gökçek and Varan have been released by the court in the case of Grup Yorum. Eight members of the band are still arrested, six of them are in the wanted terrorists list.

The European law organizations have dedicated the January 24 Day of the Endangered Lawyer to the lawyers in Turkey.

Murat Arslan, the former Chair of the Association of Judges and Prosecutors (YARSAV), which was closed by a Statutory Decree, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for "being a member of an armed terrorist organization."

Cemil Kurt, who was arrested at the same prison with his lawyers, has been released. One of his attorneys, Naim Eminoğlu, is still arrested for “having visited North Korea.”

The parliamentary inquiry submitted by HDP MP Paylan, who has demanded that a parliamentary investigation be launched into Hrant Dink murder, which cannot be solved for 12 years, has been rejected by the votes of AKP and MHP MPs.

In the eighth hearing of the Aladağ dorm fire case, the court board has rejected the families’ request for a new expert report and adjourned the hearing to April 30, 2019.

According to Minister of Transport Cahit Turhan, deaths by natural causes in the construction of the 3rd Airport “were not caused by the workplace or the employer.” As for the unnatural deaths, the Minister has stated flaws of the killed workers as reason.

In the main trial of the closed Özgür Gündem newspaper, where nine people have been tried, the court board has ruled that the arrest of newspaper’s grant holder Kemal Sancılı shall continue. The next hearing of the case will be held on April 10, 2019.

HDP MP Paylan has submitted a parliamentary question regarding the Turkish Penal Code Article 301, which stipulates prison sentence for “insulting Turkishness”. Paylan said, “In last period, investigations are unquestioningly opened as per this article."