Journalists lose their jobs due to media organizations changing hands or editorial positions. 10 journalists/media representatives face life sentences aggravated for 10 times as per the Turkish Penal Code or the Anti-Terror Law.

While the Constitutional Court has ruled that the arrest of Akın Atalay, Murat Sabuncu, Ahmet Şık, Önder Çelik and Bülent Utku is not violation of rights, it has ruled that the arrest of Kadri Gürsel and Murat Aksoy has violated their rights.

While one academic has been given a deferred prison sentence of 15 months for “terror propaganda”, another academic has been sentenced to 2 years, 1 month in prison for “aiding a terrorist organization” without deferment of the verdict.

Turkey's import of plastic waste has been put on the parliamentary agenda.

Police officer Ö.Y., who was driving the armored vehicle that caused the death of six- and seven-year-old Yıldırım brothers in Şırnak, and his superior M.M., who gave the order to Ö.Y., had their eight hearing at the Cizre 2nd Heavy Penal Court.

The court has rejected Ataman's appeal on the ground that there is not a violation of his rights.

The President has made remarks on the economy and birth control: "Some circus acrobats are in efforts to create a psychologically negative atmosphere by making ingenuine statements"

16 people have been detained in “a social media operation” in Bursa.

An investigation for “insulting the President” has been launched against activist Oktay İnce, whose 20-year archive was previously confiscated. Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu said, “Republic of Turkey is a state of law respecting human rights.”

The Constitutional Court has ruled that "the person's right to protect her material and spiritual being is violated," on an application by a woman who was subjected to a naked search.

AKP Vice Chair Ali İhsan Yavuz has defended the rightfulness of their objections and allegations regarding the unofficial local election results in İstanbul in following words: “The margin of votes fell from 29 thousand to 13 thousand.”

An arrest warrant has been issued for the person who battered an 11-year-old child for having thrown plum stones at his car in Tuzla, İstanbul.

More than a hundred people have been summoned to testify as suspects upon the complaints by the ruling AKP and its ally MHP.

The Justice Academy of Turkey, which was previously closed by a Statutory Decree during the State of Emergency, has been opened again by a Presidential Decree. The academy will provide training programs for judges and prosecutors.

İstanbul Office of the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) has announced that 119 people who attempted to celebrate the May Day in Taksim were detained, 16 of them have been released. The DHA News Agency has announced the number as 127.

May Day has been celebrated across Turkey with songs and folk dances.

People have gathered in Bakırköy for the May 1 Workers' Day Celebrations, while Taksim Square was under police blockade.

Besra Erol lost his son in the 2015 Suruç Massacre. After the police arrested her because of the speech she made at her son's funeral, the Initiative released a statement, saying that they have been waiting for justice for four years.

A group of people who managed to enter the banned Taksim Square have been detained by the police.

The Küçükçekmece 3rd Penal Court of Peace has imposed a publication and broadcast ban on the news about the sexual abuse of a five-year-old girl in İstanbul. Accordingly, access to some news articles about the issue has been blocked.