Diyarbakır Bar Association has stated that right to live of Kurkut, who was shot to death in Newruz, has been violated as a result of disproportionate use of using arms.

Some students who wanted to organize an event in Yıldız Technical University with the slogan “We are pedalling for NO” have been stopped, 17 of them have been taken into custody.

Conscientious objector Onur Erden has been sentenced to 10 months in prison on charge of deserting mandatory military service. Erden will go to prison in case the penalty is approved by the Military Supreme Court.

According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, the unemployment rate which was 10,3% in 2015 has reached 10.9% by the end of last year. In 2016, 273,000 more people were left unemployed. Unemployment rate of women is higher than men.

One soldier has lost his life, three others have been injured in a bazooka attack carried out in Çukurca district of Turkey’s southeastern Hakkari province.

Human Rights Association Deputy Chair and its Diyarbakır Bureau Chair Bilici has been released on probation following one week of detention.

Detention warrants have been issued for eight people concerning the photos taken with Samast being covered in the media. Six of them including Muammer Ay have been detained.

A statement for the press has been issued concerning the disciplinary investigation launched into the 24 students who protested academic expulsions at İstanbul Technical University.

Hinrich Schultze, a journalist from Germany who wanted to report the latest developments regarding the Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır has been arrested in Ofis district of Diyarbakır province. Kept in custody for half an hour, Schultze was released after giving testimony.

HDP Diyarbakır MP Yiğitalp has requested that the ongoing curfews, operations and rights violations be investigated, and those who are responsible for those be determined.

The Human Rights Association Diyarbakır Branch has issued a statement about İHD Deputy Chair and Diyarbakır Branch President Raci Bilici being detained.

Disciplinary investigation has been launched into 24 students of the İstanbul Technical University who protested against the dismissal of academics.

An improvised explosive device allegedly planted by PKK on the Mazıdağı junction on Mardin - Diyarbakır highway has been detonated. Two soldiers have lost their lives.

Human Rights Association Deputy Chair and Diyarbakır Branch Chair Raci Bilici was taken into custody in a house raid this morning.

Boğaziçi University academic members have issued a press statement in support of their colleague Assist. Prof. Dr. Noémi Levy-Aksu whose contract was cancelled.

Gülmen, Özakça and Karadağ, who declared to start a hunger strike after 120 days passed over their protest in Ankara, have been detained following making a statement to the press.

Boğaziçi University academic member Assist. Prof. Dr. Noémi Levy-Aksu whose contract has been cancelled by the Council of Higher Education says the decision was rendered due to her being a signatory academic.

New footage has been disclosed in the case of Dilek Doğan, who was shot by police during a house raid in İstanbul’s Sarıyer district. The police officer who shot the incident says the special operation police officer shot Doğan “accidentally”.

Mersin University hasn’t extended the contracts of Assist. Prof. Dr. Hakan Mercan and Assist. Prof. Dr. Tolga Tören on the grounds of the administrative and criminal investigations launched into the academics for having signed the peace declaration.

Curfews are declared as operations are to be launched in 11 villages in Lice district and one in Hazro district.