Six people have been detained in relation with the lynch attempt against CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu. While the detained are still deposing at the Gendarmerie Commandership, AKP Spokesperson Çelik has stated that the man who punched him is an AKP member.

The main opposition party will stage demonstrations throughout the country against yesterday's attack against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu at a soldier's funeral, while the party's spokesperson said, "Who instigated the attack is clear."

Speaking about the attack against CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, MHP Chair Devlet Bahçeli has said, “He should inquire about where he will go and how. You, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, what did you do to make them to punch you in the face?

Ekrem İmamoğlu, the freshly-elected mayor of İstanbul, has addressed a crowd of thousands in a rally, said, "We will decide all together."

Attending the funeral of a soldier who lost his life in Hakkari, CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has been attacked by a group of people in Ankara. Speaking after the incident, Kılıçdaroğlu has said, “This was an attack against Turkey.”

Releasing a report on human rights violations committed in 2018, Human Rights Association (İHD) has announced that 20 people lost their lives in 11 months due to the extrajudicial executions of law enforcement officers or for disobeying their stop warnings.

Google has commemorated the distinguished feminist writer on her birthday.

Making a statement for the press in front of Çorlu Courthouse in Tekirdağ, the families of 25 people who lost their lives in Çorlu train accident in July 2018 have announced that they will start standing a justice watch as of April 19.

A court has removed the Governor-imposed ban on the LGBTI+ events in the capital, ruling that "the public order can be preserved by not imposing a ban but taking the necessary measures."

Female candidates managed to win in more neighborhoods than men in the Asian side district of Kadıköy in İstanbul.

A lawsuit has been filed against HDP Cizre District Co-Chair Tunç and lawyer Elçi due to election banners. The slogan “Freedom starts with governing oneself” on the banners is mistranslated by the Prosecutor’s Office as “Freedom starts with autonomy.”

The rates of schooling and labor participation increased, child population and early marriage of girls decreased last year, the TurkStat has announced.

Organized by the Boğaziçi University LGBTI+ Studies Club, the 7th Pride Parade was held in the university on April 17. Waving rainbow flags, the students also carried the banner, “We have brought along the METU Pride Parade to everywhere."

A court has released businessperson Can Gürkan in the case of the 2014 occupational homicide in Soma coal mine which claimed 301 lives.

Whenever a war or a conflict starts, the virtues of peace are forgotten and the voice of nonviolent people calling for peace is muted by the voice of weapons. Hence, the times when real love of peace is tested are not the times of peace, but times of war.

The extraordinary objection raised by the HDP to the decision of the Supreme Election Council (YSK) preventing the mayor-elects discharged by statutory decrees from taking office has been rejected by the YSK by a vote of seven to four.

Turkey has again ranked 157th among 180 countries in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index of Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Commenting on Turkey, the organization has underlined, “Turkey is the world’s biggest jailer of professional journalists.”

The new Finnish parliament has three winners: women, young politicians and nationalist and populist Finns party. The election last Sunday showed also that the population in this 5, 5 million people nation is much divided especially in questions of immigration and climate change.

After 46 dogs and 2 cats were found dead in the capital city of Ankara last week, four other dogs have been found dead in an empty field in Çankaya, Ankara. Sausages containing chemical substances have been found in the vicinity.

President Erdoğan has commented on the local elections the economic situation, saying that the seven elections in five years "imposed a heavy burden on the economy."