The strike which has been going on for about one month has been postponed for 60 days by a presidential decree. If a solution is not reached within this time, the workers will lose their right to strike.

Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has objected to the verdict of release given for former CHP MP Eren Erdem by the İstanbul 23rd Heavy Penal Court. The 24th Heavy Penal Court has unanimously ruled that Erdem shall be arrested again.

Football player B.J. has been arrested on charge of “sexually abusing a child” in Diyarbakır. He has rejected the allegations.

The Prosecutor's Office demanded prison sentence of up to 19 years for CHP’s Party Assembly member and former MP Erdem in today’s hearing. The court has ruled that Erdem shall be released.

HDP Diyarbakır MP Garo Paylan has submitted a parliamentary question regarding the overflow of the Tigris Dam in December, causing some parts of Hevsel Gardens, which are on the UNESCO World Heritage List, to be flooded.

Ahead of the local elections on March 31, the CHP has claimed that there are imaginary voters registered in some abandoned buildings and in homes, where people actually reside, in the Princes’ Islands district in İstanbul.

Releasing a joint declaration ahead of local elections on March 31, seven Kurdish political parties, movements and associations, including Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), have announced that they have formed an alliance.

The compensation penalty given to arrested politician Eren Erdem for insulting Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak has been upheld by the court of appeal.

Ahead of US National Security Adviser John Bolton’s visit to Turkey, US President Donald Trump has made a statement regarding ‘the levels of hate of different countries for ISIS.” Trump has said, “Turkey hates ISIS, maybe not as much as we do…”

Presidency has released a statement refuting an article published on the New York Times regarding the number of people who have emigrated from Turkey: “The number of emigrants in 2017 is not over quarter of a million, but 113 thousand and 326 people.”

In Hacıbektaşlı village of the Manisa province, construction of a geothermal energy plant has been halted after the efforts of the villagers and CHP MP Özgür Özel. The construction was underway despite an ongoing legal process.

Speaking one day before his visit to Turkey, Bolton said, “We expect that those who have fought with us in Syria, particularly the Kurds, will not be put in jeopardy.” Kalın responded: “The aim of Turkey is to save Kurds from the cruelty of the terrorist organization.”

A prisoner's appeal regarding his banned letters and faxes has been deemed inadmissible by the the Constitutional Court.

The conflicts near Aleppo have spread to the Syrian province of Idlib. At least 100 people have died in the conflicts between the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and the National Front for Liberation, which identifies itself as part of the Free Syrian Army.

The objection of Metin Akpınar and Müjdat Gezen to the judicial control measures and international travel bans imposed on them has been rejected on the ground that “there is concrete evidence pointing to strong criminal suspicion.”

The court has not pronounced its verdict in the case of Şule İdil Dere, who lost her life after being hit by an earth-moving truck in Yoğurtçu Park. The court board has demanded a new expert report on the ground that the previous ones were “contradictory”.

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) MP Leyla Güven, who has been on hunger strike in prison for 58 days, has lost her mother. Güven also lost her father while she was in prison.

The Turkish Medical Association has asked the Ministry of Health why the results of a cancer research were not made public. Academic Bülent Şık, who partly revealed the results, is facing up to 12 years in prison.

One soldier has lost his life in an attack which was conducted by the PKK against a military post on Turkey-Iran border. Governorship of Iğdır has announced that two soldiers have also been wounded in the attack.

According to the research “What Has Changed in 10 Years?” conducted by Konda Research and Consultancy, farming is on the verge of disappearing, the visibility of atheism has increased and certain changes have occurred in the religious structure.