A letter was sent to jailed journalist Nedim Türfent. It explained how the expression “We won't look down” came up, with an article titled “A brief history of the command to look down” attached. Both the letter and the article have been found ‘objectionable.’

The warships were set to reach the Black Sea on April 14 and 15 and remain there until May 4 and 5, according to the diplomatic sources.

The Court of Cassation has given a ruling of release for journalist-writer Ahmet Altan, who has been behind bars for 4 years, 7 months and for whom the ECtHR has recently given a ruling of right violation. Altan has been released from Silivri Prison.

We have talked about the recent Constitutional Court ruling with journalists from Hayatın Sesi TV and İMC TV, two outlets closed during the state of emergency after the 2017 coup attempt.

The summaries of proceedings are against eight main opposition CHP MPs, including CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, and two MPs of the HDP. The summaries seek lifting the legislative immunity of the MPs.

In the main trial of jailed politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who has not been released despite an ECtHR judgement, the court board has requested that the file of the main trial be merged with that of the Kobanê trial.

A group of women have gathered in front of Turkey’s Embassy in Paris and protested the country for not giving an equal seat to European Commission President von der Leyen with European Council President Michel and President Erdoğan.

Standing trial for “entering a forbidden military zone” in Edirne while reporting on the situation of refugees heading towards Turkey-Greece border, Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporters Naci Kaya and İdris Sayılğan have been acquitted.

Dismissed with ‘Code 29’ after joining a labor union, the workers of Migros supermarket chain have been once again taken into custody in front of the house of their employer Tuncay Özilhan on the 100th day of their protest.

İYİ Party Chair Meral Akşener has said, “While the countries that take the outbreak seriously are normalizing one by one, Turkey is going through its worst period, which is a result of gross incompetence.”

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Stripped of his legislative immunity and discharged from the HDP over allegations of sexual assault, Tuma Çelik has released a statement for the press and said, “Since the beginning, I have been saying that all allegations are groundless.”

The opposition and economists have accused the government of draining the reserves by selling 128 billion dollars in an unsuccessful attempt to keep the US dollar's exchange rate from rising.

Struggling against a crime group which forced her to sex work, Sibel Y. calls on everyone to follow the first hearing tomorrow, on April 15, 2021: “Don’t leave me alone."

The academics of Boğaziçi University have filed a lawsuit against the appointment of Prof. Selami Kuran as a dean to the Faculty of Law, which has been established by a Presidential decision shortly after the rector appointment.

Going into effect today, the expanded weekday curfews will start at 7 p.m.

On the first Wednesday after April 13 each year, Yazidis celebrate the festival of “Çarşema Sor” (Red Wednesday). HDP has marked the day, saying, “May this day be the harbinger of peace and fraternity”.

Shortly after President Erdoğan announced “partial lockdown” measures following the cabinet meeting, the Interior Ministry has issued COVID-19 guidelines on partial curfew. A Presidential circular has also been issued about flexible work in public institutions.

The Meyra Mining Company has been expanding its copper-lead-zinc mine in Bursa despite all objections of villagers. The women of Kirazlıyayla say that water sources of the village are destroyed and cattle do not graze in the pasture any longer.

Ahead of the first hearing of the trial over violence against a child worker in Afyon, Ezgi Koman has called on everyone to stand up against the economic exploitation of children and impunity for violations of children’s rights.