Fourteen years after the first Newroz rally attended by LGBTI+ groups in Diyarbakır, LGBTI+s were attacked at the Newroz rally in Diyarbakır today (March 21).

In the trial of 14 students of Boğaziçi University upon the criminal complaint of appointed rector Naci İnci, the judge wanted to expel the students’ lawyers and to take them out of the courtroom and requested lawyers for the students from the bar association.

The long queues in front of the search points could not hinder the folk dances in Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır’s Bağlar. The streets of the Kurdish-majority province were filled with thousands heading for the celebration site.

The guaranteed payments will place the burden on the public and the unplanned development caused by the bridge will lead to ecological damage, economists and engineers warn.

Main opposition CHP MP Hakverdi has submitted a Parliamentary question regarding the fact that prisoners are made to pay high electricity bills in prison and their bills have tripled following the recent price increases.

Hundreds of thousands of people celebrated the feast in many provinces throughout the country.

While the final ruling is expected to be handed down at today’s hearing, the court board of the Gezi trial has given time to rights defenders and their lawyers until April 22 as they objected, requesting time to make statements as to the accusations.

Making headlines with undue allocation of buildings, transfer of public funding and caderization, the Turkey Youth Foundation has been “aggrieved”. A lawsuit has been filed against Metin Cihan and Ramazan Aydoğdu, who allegedly leaked the data.

The main opposition CHP's popular support has remained relatively steady while their allies İYİ Party have made significant gains, according to ORC polls.

Police intervened against the protest demonstration of Furkan Foundation in Adana province. While the foundation has asked for Interior Minister Soylu’s resignation over the police violence, the videos of the incident have sparked criticisms on social media.

Seeking justice for her killed and arrested family members in Urfa, Emine Şenyaşar has been put on trial for “insulting” ruling AKP MP İbrahim Halil Yıldız in her speeches.

Upon an application to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Turkey has admitted that Zehra Doğan’s presumption of innocence was violated. Journalist-painter Doğan will now be paid 1,350 Euro in damages.