The court has announced its verdict in the case of the Progressive Lawyers Association. The lawyers have been given prison terms between 3 years, 1 month, 15 days and 18 years and 9 months.

The feast of Purim is a religious holiday that commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people from Persian King Achashverosh’s vizier Haman, who was planning to kill all the Jews. Purim begins tonight and continues through March 21.

The Governorship of Hakkari has announced that 31 places in the city center of Hakkari and its districts of Yüksekova, Çukurca, Şemdinli and Derecik have been declared as ‘special security zones’ from March 20 to April 4, 2019.

As a result of the explosion of an IED that was set up by the PKK, one soldier has lost his life and one has been wounded in Şırnak province.

An investigation has been launched against Akit TV News Director Özmen, who said, “The public opinion of Turkey does not only want the execution of Öcalan and Gülen by hanging, but also that of others like Kılıçdaroğlu who took them under their wings.”

Political party representatives express their views on the HDP voters, but what do the HDP voters think about those statements?

Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison has responded to the remarks of President Erdoğan, who said, “Your grandparents came, some of them returned in coffins. We will send you back like your grandparents if you come with the same intentions.”

Journalist Sevgül Uludağ, known for her efforts in searching out the Cypriot Turks and Greeks who went missing in the periods of conflict, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Imprisoned journalist and writer Ahmet Altan has been sentenced to pay a judicial fine of 7 thousand Turkish Lira on the ground that he insulted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with an article that he penned in 2016.

Former Managing Editor of Evrensel Newspaper Sarı, against whom Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the time Berat Albayrak and his brother Serhat Albayrak filed a lawsuit of insult and libel for reporting on Paradise Papers, has been acquitted.

PhD student Nevim Borçin from Boğaziçi University and Dr. Lecturer Canay Şahin from Yıldız Technical University have been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison. The pronouncement of both verdicts has been suspended.

Speaking to bianet about Ministry of Justice’s statement of “Turkey’s request of appeal has been accepted by the ECtHR”, lawyer Mahsuni Karaman has indicated that the court has accepted the requests of appeal of both Selahattin Demirtaş and Turkey.