Standing trial for having tweeted about Judge Akın Gürlek, journalist Söğütlü testified at court, where she also referred to the controversial “Lights are on” tweet of a Constitutional Court member. Her lawyer Öztürk has spoken to bianet about the trial.

Several lawsuits were filed against Boğatekin over his news reports and social media posts.

The Ovacık Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation against 81 people who formed a human chain against the landscaping project that will ruin the Munzur Springs in Turkey’s eastern province of Dersim.

Standing trial for shooting 14-year-old Berkin Elvan with a tear gas canister during Gezi, police officer F.D. has become a plaintiff in another trial where journalists face charges for disclosing the name of another officer as a responsible party in the killing.

Turkey's top court has lately been part of political debates as the ruling AKP and its ally MHP criticize the court's decisions and say that it should be "reshaped."

“Even though armed conflicts ended, they have left behind a series of issues that need to be tackled such as severe trauma, poverty, dropping out of school, unemployment and impunity,” says Yalçın from the Colorful Hopes Association in Diyarbakır.

Addressing the reporters during the AKP’s Central Decision and Executive Board meeting, Party Spokesperson Ömer Çelik has indicated that “a snap election is out of the question for the People’s Alliance” of the AKP and MHP.

After the Constitutional Court concluded that the rights of Enis Berberoğlu were violated, the İstanbul 14th Heavy Penal Court has indicated that there is no ground for retrial. Main opposition CHP Chair has denounced the ruling.

The Ministry of Health has announced that Turkey’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 8,957 and the total number of patients to 338,779. 62 people have died of the virus and the number of new patients has been announced as 1,632 in the last 24 hours.

The local court previously ruled that Emin Çölaşan and Necati Doğru should be sentenced to 3 years, 6 months, 15 days; Mustafa Çetin and Metin Yılmaz to 3 years, 4 months; Yücel Arı, Gökmen Ulu and Yonca Yücekaleli to 2 years, 1 month in prison.

İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality’s City Theaters were going to host a Kurdish theater play, in a first in 106 years of history. Hours before the play, the Sub-Governor’s Office has banned the play. The theater group will take legal action.

Turkey has prescribed all Covid-19 patients, including asymptomatic ones, with the highly debated malaria drug.