Academic Akyüz has been sentenced to 2 years, 6 months in prison for “knowingly and willingly aiding a terrorist organization as a non-member.” The court has not reduced the sentence “on the ground of his attitude and behavior during the hearing.”

Announcing its verdict regarding the death of Orhan Tunç, who was killed in operations during the period of curfews in Cizre three years ago, the ECtHR has found the application “inadmissible” on the ground that “all domestic remedies have not been exhausted.”

HDP MP Remziye Tosun has submitted a legislative proposal regarding March 8 Women's Day's declaration as a public holiday: "This shall be a big gain for women in Turkey."

Chair of the Great Unity Party (BBP) Destici has spoken about the declaration of April 24 as the Commemoration Day for the Armenian Genocide by France: “There are 100 thousand Armenians in Turkey. What I am saying is the following: Let’s deport them.”

The project of a coal-based thermal power plant to be built on a oak forest in Pınarça Village has been cancelled upon the release of a negative Environmental Impact Assessment report. The people of Pınarça have long been struggling against the project.

The first hearing of the case of Assoc. Prof. Bülent Şık, who is prosecuted for announcing the findings of a cancer research study by the Ministry of Health, will be held today.

In a first, PM of Greece Alexis Tsipras has visited the Halki Seminary, which has been closed for 48 years. Tsipras and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew expressed their wishes about the reopening of the Seminary.

Releasing a statement about the collapse of a building in Kartal, the Governorship of İstanbul has announced that three people have died and 12 others have been wounded. It has also been reported that three storeys of the building were unlicensed.

In the first hearing of the case regarding the murder of Şule Çet, who suspiciously fell off the 20th floor of a high-rise building in Ankara and lost her life, the court has ruled that the pre-trial detention of the arrested defendants shall continue.

In the case regarding the fire that took lives of six children in a Quran course building, one educator has been sentenced to 9 years and 3 months in prison while the other five defendants have been acquitted.

While academic Sinem Aydınlı has been given a deferred prison sentence of 1 year, 3 months, the Presiding Judge interrupted the defense of attorney Soydan, who said, “If our client came here today as a mafia leader, she would be acquitted."

In the trial regarding the news reports on National Intelligence Agency (MIT) trucks, the court has ruled that the file of Can Dündar shall be separated and adjourned the hearing of the case to May 15 so that Gül and Berberoğlu will make their last defenses.

France recognized the Armenian Genocide in 2001. Declaring April 24 as a day for the commemoration of the genocide was one of Macron's election promises in 2017.

Having his second hearing, lawyer Can Tombul from the Law Bureau of the Oppressed has stated, “If I was not arrested today, I would be at the hearing where police officers are tried for Suruç massacre.” The court has ruled for the continuation of his arrest.

Former CHP MP Eren Erdem has ended the hunger strike, which he began last week because "being tried for FETÖ hurts his pride".

Academics İnci Özkan Kerestecioğlu and Biriz Berksoy have been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison. The court board of the İstanbul 36th Heavy Penal Court has ruled that the announcement of all three verdicts shall be deferred.

The claims that Turkey processes olive taken from Syria's Afrin and sells it to the EU countries have been brought into the parliament of Switzerland.

Speaking to bianet about the judicial process of Atilla Taş, Prof. Dr. Akdeniz has stated that they submitted a request for his release, emphasizing that a verdict of release on probation can be given for Taş since he has less than a year to serve in prison.

HDP MP Beştaş has submitted a parliamentary question regarding the courts' and high courts' use of judicial discretion in favor of men in cases related to male violence.

AKP’s Metropolitan Mayor candidate for İzmir, who defended his statement “İzmir is the most beautiful girl in neighborhood” by saying, “I didn’t call it a woman, but a girl”, has called himself “Farhad” and İzmir “Shirin”, referring to a love story from the 12th century.