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.

Three freedom of expression organizations have penned a letter and launched a petition for Metin Türfent, who has been imprisoned for 1,000 days. “We tell you that you are not alone,” the letter said.

Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras will start his two-day official visit to Turkey today. Tsipras, who will also visit the Halki Seminary in Heybeliada, will be the first Prime Minister of the country who has paid a visit to the seminary.

HDP Ağrı MP Dirayet Dilan Taşdemir has submitted a parliamentary inquiry, requesting that a parliamentary investigation be launched into the allegations of battery and maltreatment as well as poor quality of water and epidemics in Patnos Prison.

HDP MP Danış Beştaş has submitted an application to Human Rights Commission of Parliament for 85-year-old ill prisoner Sise Bingöl. In a medical report previously issued for her, it was stated that “she doesn’t know her age, where she is or what year it is.”

The Platform for Libertarian Lawyers (ÖHP) has announced its report regarding the hunger strikes in prisons. The report stated that a hunger strike is not a way of suicide but protesting and that the inmates' rights to health and life are violated.

Diyarbakır MP Remziye Tosun, reminding the killed child workers Berivan Karakeçili and İbrahim Halil Oruç, has brought the topics of child labor and seasonal agricultural labor into the parliamentary agenda.

Amnesty International Turkey has launched a campaign and demanded that the street in front of the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in İstanbul, where journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered, be renamed after the deceased journalist.