The Association of Social Service Specialists has denounced the four-day disciplinary prison sentence given to social service specialist Uçar for stating that the child subjected to sexual abuse should not be heard by the court while the defendant was present.

Academic Feryal Delfin Saygılıgil from Arel University has been sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” The court has ruled that the pronouncement of the verdict shall be suspended.

A field research report prepared from 20 psychological counselors' interviews with more than 5 thousand students indicates that dating violence is a widespread problem in high schools.

The Constitutional Court has ruled that three university students who chanted the slogan “Murderer police will be brought to account” while being taken into custody uttered these remarks with the intention of criticism, not personal insult.

After Boeing 737 Max type aircraft which took off from Turkey have been diverted back in mid-air, Turkish Airlines (THY) has suspended the flight operations of 12 Boeing 737 Max planes in its fleet along with several other countries.

Releasing a joint statement, 19 rights groups and bar associations have said that civil society figures Kavala and Aksakoğlu's arrest over the Gezi Park protests "has become a punishment that is at stark odds with international human rights law and standards."

While Takanay, Bartu Candan and Korkmaz have been sentenced to 15 months in prison, Erden has been sentenced to 18 months. The sentence of Takanay has been deferred on 2-year probation. The announcement of other verdicts has been suspended.

Announcing its judgement on Gürbüz, the ECtHR has indicated, “The number of prosecutions and the length of proceedings could be regarded as a form of harassment such as to intimidate journalists and discourage them from publishing articles.”

The Amnesty International has launched an urgent action campaign for Osman Kavala, Yiğit Aksakoğlu and 14 other rights defenders: "The indictment attempts to rewrite the history of the Gezi Park protests and silence some of Turkey's most prominent civil society figures."

The 88th hearing of the case filed against the public officers accused of negligence in the murder of journalist Hrant Dink starts today. Meeting in front of the İstanbul Courthouse before the hearing, Hrant’s Friends have repeated their demand for justice.

HDP MP Ayşe Başaran has made a statement on the hunger strikes in prisons, saying that the inmates are having difficulties accessing vitamin B.

Speaking in an election rally in Hakkari, President and AKP Chair Erdoğan has stated that there were CHP and HDP behind the women, whom he accused of whistling during the call to prayer in the 17th Feminist Night March in Taksim on March 8.