Sentenced to 11 years, 3 months in prison, Chair of Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) Selçuk Kozağaçlı has submitted a petition of appeal, stating, “I know that there are numerous reasons justifying the reversal of this so-called legal judgement.”

President Erdoğan has sent a letter to Aram Ateshian, the deputy Armenian Patriarch appointed by the government, saying the Ottoman Armenians "lost their lives under harsh conditions of the First World War."

Judiciary in the News: Legal Journalism Handbook is now online in Turkish and Kurdish. Penned by Şengün Kılıç Hristidis, it has been edited by Gökçer Tahincioğlu and translated into Kurdish by bia Kurdî editors Murat Bayram and Ferid Demirel.

"Even if there is one just one right defender left, the spirit against the genocide and the denial will not be absent from this region," said the Human Rights Association (İHD). HDP MP Paylan, MP Clapot from France, and EGAM Chair Abtan also made speeches at the event.

In the second session of the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipal Council chaired by Metropolitan Mayor İmamoğlu, the proposals submitted by CHP’s council members relating to expertise commissions have been rejected by members of AKP and MHP.

Yasmin Babat Kayan, who was taken into custody after staging a single-person protest against sexual abuse of children at Taksim Square in İstanbul, has been released. Speaking to bianet, she has said that she will continue protesting in different places.

While a confidentiality order has been issued for the investigation launched into the sexual abuse of a five-year-old girl in Küçükçekmece, İstanbul, feminist lawyers have stated that the girl could be discharged from hospital tomorrow.

The Bar Association has submitted a petition of complaint on Sunday's attack against main opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu.

The 1915 Commemoration to be held in Sultanahmet by Human Rights Association (İHD) İstanbul Branch, Commission Against Racism and Discrimination has been prevented by police. Commemoration and statement will be held in İHD Office in Beyoğlu.

A five-year-old girl child has been hospitalized after being subjected to sexual abuse in the district of Küçükçekmece in İstanbul. The neighborhood residents have gathered in front of the police station to protest the incident.

Levon Ekmekjian was executed after the 1980 coup. His family has been searching for his grave since then, only to be given the bones of a woman and some animals.

All nine people who were taken into custody in relation with the lynch attempt against CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu at the funeral of a soldier have been released. The last suspect released from detention has been O.S., who was seen to be punching Kılıçdaroğlu.

Teachers Tanrıverdi and Polat, who were discharged from public service by a statutory decree during the State of Emergency and have been protesting for reinstatement since then, were released from prison for the fourth time on April 15, 2019.

On the occasion of the April 23 Children's day, children "assumed office" at public posts in Turkey. They emphasized the importance of animal rights.

CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has filed a criminal complaint against the group who attacked him during the funeral of a soldier in Çubuk, Ankara. Nine people were detained in relation with the attack and eight of them have been released.

The Supreme Election Council (YSK) has rejected the objection of the ruling AKP, which previously appealed to the council, claiming that it is not legal for the people who were discharged from public service by statutory decrees to cast votes.

The mothers and relatives of convicts were beaten by the police while they were staging a demonstration to draw attention to the hunger strikes in prisons. Today, they filed a complaint against the police officers.

Releasing a statement on the occasion of April 23 Children’s Day, the Human Rights Association (İHD) has stated that children are asked to celebrate as if it was a real festive day and, as the İHD, they will not be in this unrealistic picture.

Releasing a written statement, a group of health organizations in Turkey have underlined that vaccine hesitancy and vaccine rejection are not personal decisions, but preferences far from having any scientific basis and, thereby, put the public health in jeopardy.

Sabri Uzun, the police intelligence chief at the time of Hrant Dink's murder, has been detained for insulting President Erdoğan.