Prof. Dr. L.N. from Sabancı University has been sentenced to 25 months in prison. The announcement of the verdict has not been deferred as the sentence is longer than 24 months. In another hearing, an arrest warrant has been issued for Dr. Yalçın.

İşçi and Arcan from Human Rights Association have spoken to bianet about the families who appealed to them, alleging that their relatives were kidnapped: “We have either received no answer or a single sentence of ‘Examination has been conducted’.”

Around the world, 46 Syriac organizations, including the Federation of Syriac Associations (SÜDEF) from Turkey, have sent a letter to the President of France concerning the Syriac genocide. SÜDEF Chair Türker has told bianet about their demands.

Musician Ferhat Tunç, who has been given a prison sentence and is being tried in three other cases, has left Turkey, saying, "I will continue to think, speak, produce abroad for a while."

The curfew previously declared in eight villages and their hamlets in the district of Dicle in Diyarbakır on March 1 has been lifted. Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır has been the city where the highest number of curfews have been declared.

Sise Bingöl has been released on parole after the execution of her 4 years and 2 months prison sentence for "knowingly and willingly aiding a terrorist organization" has been completed.

The indictment against 16 people, including Osman Kavala and Yiğit Aksakoğlu, who have been arrested as part of the investigation, has been accepted by the İstanbul 30th Heavy Penal Court. The indictment was completed on February 20.

HDP İstanbul Provincial Organization and Peoples and Beliefs Commission have made a statement for the press to denounce the statements of President Erdoğan, who said, “There is a Kurdistan in Northern Iraq; if you wish, you can go there.”

Artist Gianluca Costantini's work covers the most important happenings in Turkey since the 2013 Gezi Park protests.

The court of appeal has upheld the 15-month prison sentence previously given to Prof. Dr. Zübeyde Füsun Üstel, an academic signatory to the declaration entitled “We will not be a party to this crime” prepared by Academics for Peace.

Announcing its judgement on children subjected to maltreatment, battery and naked body search in prison, the Constitutional Court has ruled that the prohibition of ill treatment has been violated and a compensation of 90 thousand TRY shall be paid to children.

A curfew has been declared in eight villages and their hamlets in the district of Dicle in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakır as of March 1 on the ground that an operation will be conducted in the region.