US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has spoken to the Washington Post about possible sanctions against Turkey over S-400s: “The law requires that there be sanctions and I’m confident that President Trump will comply with the law.”

President and ruling AKP Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated that if the U.S. does not deliver the F-35 fighter jets to Turkey although the country has made the necessary payments, it will be called “seizure.”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that six citizens of Turkey who were detained by General Khalifa Haftar’s forces in Libya have been released. The Ministry previously released a statement and warned of “legitimate targets.”

Çavuşoğlu has said, "No one can give an ultimatum to Turkey. Turkey has purchased the S-400 defense system from Russia, as our President said," in a joint press conference with his counterpart from France.

The Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) has released its Global Peace Index 2019. Accordingly, Turkey has ranked 152nd in the list, deteriorating by three ranks since 2018 and ranking worse than civil war-ridden Sudan.

While the House approved a bill that calls Turkey to choose between the S-400 and the F-35, pilots from Turkey has been barred from accessing the aircraft, according to the US media.

The European Union (EU) has released its Progress Report on Turkey for 2019. The report has underlined that there has been a serious backsliding in the fields of freedom of expression, human and fundamental rights and economy.

Spokesperson of the Cypriot Government has said that they may issue an international arrest warrant against Turkey's drilling activities, while Turkey's Foreign Ministry has responded to a warning by the US.

Raising their concerns over the hunger strikes against isolation, 50 Nobel Prize Laureates have made a call to the government of Turkey and international community to “take immediate action at this critical moment to end the solitary confinement.”

April 17, when Mahmoud Bakir Hijazi, known as the first prisoner liberated in Palestine, was released from prison, marks the Palestinian Prisoners’ Day since 1974. Abdul-Razeq Farraj, who was imprisoned in Israel for 15 years, has penned this article.

Director Gasmelbari from Sudan, whose film “Talking About Trees” is granted Special Jury Prize and FIPRESCI Award in 38th İstanbul Film Festival: “I hope Sudanese revolution will be a beginning to build Sudanese cinema in an environment of true freedom.”

While the tension between Turkey and the US over the S-400 defense missile system and F-35 jets has been mounting, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey has responded to the call made by the US “to accept local election results."