Attack has been launched on post on Diyarbakır-Bingöl highway by a bomb-laden vehicle, then PKK members fired on the post. Three soldiers killed, 24 others wounded in the attack. Broadcast ban has been imposed.

Lawyer of Syrian refugee Fadi Mansour who was kept in “Problematic Passengers Room” for a year at the airport has explained the legal status of the room, who are kept, and who administrates it.

CHP Prison Inspection Committee has visited Assist. Prof. Dr. Esra Mungan, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kıvanç Ersoy, and Assist. Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Kaya. The academics have talked about what happened.

According to UNICEF warning that “the new agreement could push children and families to take other more dangerous routes including the central Mediterranean Sea”, the deal “does not address the pressing humanitarian needs of 19,000 refugee and migrant children stranded in Greece”.

AKP Group Deputy Chair Naci Bostancı has announced that a motion on setting up an investigation commission on child abuse would be submitted at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey plenum on the basis of an agreement reached with CHP, HDP and MHP.

Boğaziçi University students and academics of the Boğaziçi University and Academics for Peace Initiative are on watch in front of the prison where the three academics are arrested.

Boğaziçi University students and academics of the Boğaziçi University and Academics for Peace Initiative are on watch in front of the prison where the three academics are arrested.

Academic Stephenson returned to Turkey yesterday (March 22), and to lecturing today. Stephenson added that he is not hopeless for Turkey while joking that he will “be careful about his personal situation” as he continues to act in solidarity with the imprisoned academics.

Families of those who lost their lives in Gezi protest, and Suruç and Ankara bomb attacks have expressed on İstiklal street that their pain is common, and demanded trial against the ones who are responsible for the killings.

In the explosion which has occurred while armoured vehicles had been passing, two police officers and a soldier have been killed and nine security officers injured. The curfew enters its 22th day in the district.

BirGün correspondent Onur Erem has been sued on charges of “defamation” on basis of an interview he had with author Tarık Ali.

Syrian refugee Mansour released yesterday (March 21) after being kept at the airport for a year has been sent to Kumpakı Repatriation Center.

During operations carried out in Nusaybin district of Mardin province, four soldiers have been killed five others and a police officer injured in the clashes between YPS members and security forces.

Newroz celebration has begun in Diyarbakır. On the square where Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Kışanak said “We are on this square to grow our hopes for peace”, journalists take and share photos.

Academic Chris Stephenson getting prepared to return to Turkey following the announcement that he is not barred from entering the country, has replied to our questions as to arrest of the academics and “spy” rumors over him.

Curfew declared in Bağlar district of Diyarbakır province in southeastern Turkey six days ago has been lifted as of this morning. Newroz celebrations will be held in the province today.

An explosion took place on Balo street of İstiklal street in Beyoğlu district of İstanbul at around 11:10 a.m. Suicide bomber and four other people killed, 36 others of whom seven have been heavily wounded.

Of arrested academics Assist. Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Kaya and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kıvanç Ersoy have written a letter from Metris Prison.

One of the three police officers wounded in the explosion resulting by the improvised explosive device planted on the road be detonated in Nusaybin district, lost his life in the hospital.

Boğaziçi University academic members have expressed that their colleagues Esra Mungan, Kıvanç Ersoy, Muzaffer Kaya, Meral Camcı and Chris Stephenson have practiced their right to freedom of expression. They demanded release of the academics.