The court of appeal has upheld the 15-month prison sentence previously given to Prof. Dr. Zübeyde Füsun Üstel, an academic signatory to the declaration entitled “We will not be a party to this crime” prepared by Academics for Peace.

Attorneys of rights defender Yiğit Aksakoğlu, who has been arrested as part of the investigation into the Gezi Park protests, have applied to the Constitutional Court on the ground that “his right to a fair trial has been violated.”

Announcing its judgement on children subjected to maltreatment, battery and naked body search in prison, the Constitutional Court has ruled that the prohibition of ill treatment has been violated and a compensation of 90 thousand TRY shall be paid to children.

Bursa Metropolitan Mayor and the ruling AKP's candidate for March 31 local elections Alinur Aktaş has come under criticism after his comments on the late public figures Nazım Hikmet, Uğur Mumcu, Türkan Saylan and Bahriye Üçok.

Stating that “administrative, political and financial pressures have reached an unbearable point”, Flash TV channel has announced that it will stop broadcasting for two months.

The Çorlu Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has given a verdict of non-prosecution on the train drivers and the train chief. It has prepared a bill of indictment for four State Railways employees.

A curfew has been declared in eight villages and their hamlets in the district of Dicle in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakır as of March 1 on the ground that an operation will be conducted in the region.

The expert report has been announced at the hearing of Kemal Kurkut, who was shot dead by the police in 2017 Newroz celebrations: "Police officer Y.Ş. aimed and shot directly at Kemal Kurkut."

Ayşegül Devecioğlu, Prof. Dr. Ayşe Erzan, Nesteren Davutoğlu, Dilek Gökçin, Filiz Karakuş and Feride Eralp have visited HDP Hakkari MP and DTK Co-Chair Leyla Güven, who has been on the 113th day of her hunger strike.

HDP MP Güzel has said in a parliamentary question that the six inmates who are on a hunger strike at the Edirne Type F Prison have been put in solitary cells and are not able to receive vitamin B.

Solidarity of İstanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences met in front of courthouse for their lecturers sentenced to prison: “We are proud to stand together with our lecturers who have not surrendered despite all pressures and continue their rightful struggle.”

Announcing its verdict on the applications of the relatives of people who died at the collapsed Bayram Hotel, the Constitutional Court has ruled that there was no violation of the right to life.

Inmates who have been arrested on charges related to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Kurdistan Free Life Party (PAJK) have announced that they will start an indefinite and irreversible hunger strike as of March 1.

Having their hearings at the 37th İstanbul Heavy Penal Court, two academics have been sentenced to 15 months in prison on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” The pronouncement of their verdicts have been suspended.

According to the 2019 report of the DİSK-AR, only 7 percent of the workers benefit from collective labor agreements. Women's unionization rate is significantly less than men's.

Occupational associations on mental health have criticized The Directorate of Relgious Affairs' "spiritual consultancy" project, saying that people who are not competent in the area cannot give mental health services.

Announcing its opinion as to the accusations, Prosecutor’s Office has demanded that Önderoğlu, Nesin and Korur-Fincancı be penalized for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”, “inciting to commit crime” and “praising the crime and the criminal.”

In the case of Berkin Elvan, who died after being shot with a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests in 2013, the court has ruled that an examination shall be conducted at the scene of incident. Defendant police officer has not been arrested again.

Holding a joint press conference, rights defenders have stated that “they stand together against the attempts to eliminate independent civil society.” They have also raised concerns about the indictment against Osman Kavala and 15 civil society representatives.

The Education and Science Workers' Union has criticized the protocol between the Ministry of National Education and the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey as it will pave way for the use of children as cheap labor.