Prof. Dr. Naz Çavuşoğlu, research assistant Can Soylu, Prof. Dr. H.K.A. and retired Prof. Dr. Gençay Gürsoy from İstanbul University and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Buket Türkmen and Dr. Lecturer Gülsün Güvenli from Galatasaray University have had their second hearings.

The next hearing of 13 journalists, who have been tried for participating in the Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign launched for the Özgür Gündem newspaper, which was closed as per a Statutory Decree, will be held on March 28, 2019.

The tenth hearing in the main trial of Özgür Gündem newspaper, which was closed as per a Statutory Decree, has been held. While the court board has lifted the international travel ban of Eren Keskin, it has ruled that the arrest of Kemal Sancılı shall continue.

Three years have passed since the Ankara Massacre on October 10, 2015, which claimed the lives of 103 people and injured more than 500 others. The police has not allowed the commemoration to be held in Ankara and battered one person. Upon the reaction of people, the police has permitted entrance to the site of commemoration.

After his demand for being treated in a hospital has been accepted, ill prisoner Vefa Kartal has ended his hunger strike on its 96th day.

The Prosecutor’s Office has announced its opinion as to the accusations regarding academics Mungan, Camcı, Kaya and Ersoy in their eighth hearing held 30 months after they were arrested. The office has demanded that the academics be penalized.

In an attack that was launched on the district of Çukurca in Hakkari from Zap region, one soldier has lost his life. One civilian and three soldiers have also been injured.

According to a report by Diyarbakır Bar Center for Child Rights, the youngsters some of whom were children at that time are still having psychological issues.

Six academics from Boğaziçi University have had their second hearings. Two academics have not attended the hearings. The case files of three academics have been sent to the Prosecutor’s Office for opinion as to the accusations.

The Ministry of Interior has announced that 320 social media accounts have been investigated and legal action has been taken against 263 people over the last week.

49 people have been taken into custody in a simultaneous operation that was conducted in six cities. While the house of the family of Ethem Sarısülük, who was killed during Gezi resistance, has been raided, writer Temel Demirer has also been detained.

The 16th Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld the prison sentence of 9 years, 4 months and 15 days given to journalist Mehmet Güleş, who was a reporter at Dicle News Agency, which was closed as per a Statutory Decree.