Having their hearings at three different courts, five Academics for Peace signatory to the peace declaration have been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison. The pronouncement of all five verdicts has been suspended.

The opposition's candidate for İstanbul has responded to AKP's claims that it gained 11,109 more votes after the recount, saying that he is ahead of the AKP candidate Yıldırım by 19,552 votes.

Academic Can Irmak Özinanır has been sentenced to 1 year, 10 months and 15 days in prison; the announcement of the verdict has been suspended. The statement of defense of one academic has also been interrupted by the presiding judge.

Paylan asks, "If we were ahead of AKP by 3 votes in if they objected to these results, would the objections be accepted or not?"

A different face of March 31 Local Elections in Turkey: A village head taking down the children’s park after not being elected for another term, a mayor burning his office chair after being elected, a mayor having his office door removed…

The second hearing of the case regarding the murder of Şule Çet, who suspiciously lost her life by falling off the 20th floor of a high-rise building, will be held on May 15. Women have demanded justice for Şule Çet with a video: “Query the Criminal!”

While the tension between Turkey and the US over the S-400 defense missile system and F-35 jets has been mounting, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey has responded to the call made by the US “to accept local election results."

Mehmet Fatih Maçoğlu, who has been elected Mayor of Dersim as the candidate of the Communist Party of Turkey, has not been given the mandate on the ground of "a security problem." Election Council later said he will be given mandate tomorrow.

The main opposition party's Spokesperson Öztrak has announced that 21 districts in İstanbul will recount votes after objections. AKP İstanbul MP Çamlı has said that the recount has been completed in Fatih district.

Yalova District Election Council has announced that main opposition CHP’s mayor candidate Vefa Salman has won the elections by a margin of 332 votes. In 2014, the local elections were held again in Yalova upon AKP’s objection, the CHP won again.

Upon the objection of the ruling AKP against the unofficial election results in the capital city of Ankara, votes cast for the Metropolitan Mayorship will be counted again in 11 districts. Votes are also being counted again in 18 districts of İstanbul.

CHP Spokesperson Öztrak has said that the recounting of the votes has been completed in three districts in İstanbul and the difference between the candidates did not change much.

One more Academic for Peace signatory to the peace declaration has been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison. While the pronouncement of the verdict has been suspended, a verdict of rejection of venue has been given in files of 13 academics.

After the objection of HDP against the local election results has been rejected, HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan has denounced the rejection: “If our objections in in Muş are not accepted, we will appeal to the Constitutional Court and ECtHR.”

AKP votes in Kartal district increased by 10 after the recount. In Beykoz, it increased by 2. In Şile, CHP votes increased by 8, AKP votes did not change.

In the lawsuit filed against 13 journalists for participating in Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign in solidarity with Özgür Gündem newspaper, 9 journalists have been sentenced to prison. The sentences of Can and Kocakaya have not been deferred.

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Cahit Turhan has announced that the last flight will take off from İstanbul Atatürk Airport on April 6 and during the transfer to the new İstanbul Airport, no flights will be made at two airports for 12 hours.

The main opposition CHP's candidate for İstanbul has made another statement, claiming that he has won the elections. He ended his words, saying, "Thank you. Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Mayor of the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality."

The drama is going on in the race of İstanbul, even if the opposition candidate is declared ahead. While the AKP side claims "irregularities," the ball is at the pitch of the election body.

In the eastern province of Kars, HDP remained as the winner after the recount. In Bartın, AKP appealed against MHP's win, the result did not change.