Musician Ferhat Tunç, who was taken into custody at the İstanbul Atatürk Airport on his way back from Germany, has been released after deposing to the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office via Audio and Visual Information System (SEGBİS).

Commenting on the statements of President Trump, who said, “We will devastate Turkey economically if they hit Kurds,” US Secretary of State Pompeo has stated, “We apply sanctions in many places. I assume he's speaking about those kinds of things.”

The Ministry of Interior has stated in a circular that social media posts on election day will be monitored by “combating cyber crimes teams” and added that “the international observers will be treated with hospitality.”

According to the Turkey’s Armed Violence Map and 2018 Report released by Umut Foundation, 3 thousand 679 incidents of armed violence took place throughout 2018, claiming the lives of 2 thousand 279 people and wounding 3 thousand and 762 others.

Responding to US President Trump, who said, “We will devastate Turkey economically if they hit Kurds”, Minister of Foreign Affairs Çavuşoğlu has stated, “We know the difficulty, in which Trump has found himself. His last tweet is a matter of internal affairs.”

In Turkey, Value Added Tax on Viagra is 8 percent while it is 18 percent for hygiene products, because they are not considered a necessity.

In Lice, Hazro and Kocaköy districts of Diyarbakır, curfew has been declared in 23 villages on the ground of upcoming military operations.

US President Donald Trump has made a call “to stop the endless wars.” Presidential Spokesperson İsmail Kalın has responded: “There is no difference between DAESH, PKK, PYD and YPG. We will continue fighting against them all.”

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) MP Leyla Güven has been on a hunger strike for 67 days for the purpose of the removal of the isolation on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan.

Musician Ferhat Tunç has been taken into custody at the İstanbul Atatürk Airport on his way back from Germany as part of an investigation conducted in Diyarbakır.

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Furkan Çelik, owner of the domain of the Association of Conscientious Objection's website, has deposed at the Prosecutor's Office for the charge of “provocative posts intended not to fulfill the military service duty.”

Artist Deniz Çakır has deposed as part of the investigation launched against her for allegedly insulting two women wearing headscarves. Rejecting the charged offence, Çakır has stated, “I am sorry that I have been obliged to depose for such an issue.”

The 13th hearing of the KCK Press case, which has been continuing for seven years, has been held. The next hearing of the case will be held on May 9, 2019.

After the CHP revealed the “imaginary voters” registered in Princes' Islands in İstanbul ahead of local elections, new claims have emerged regarding changing voters' registered addresses to gain advantage in some districts in İstanbul, Niğde, Şırnak and Urfa.

Prosecutor’s Offices at two different courts have announced the same opinion as to the accusations for six academics. They have demanded that the academics be penalized for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” as per the Anti-Terror Law.

Binali Yıldırım, whose nomination to the Mayorship of İstanbul without resigning as the Parliamentary Speaker raised controversy, has reacted to critics, saying that the debates around the issue are not legal but political.

Amnesty International has made a statement in front of the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in İstanbul on the occasion that it has been 100 days since Jamal Khashoggi was murdered. The organization has made a call to the UN to launch an investigation.

More than 70 million documents on illegal affairs in the football market are delivered to Der Spiegel and are being investigated by almost 80 journalists from 15 media organizations. The Black Sea reports on the documents regarding Turkey.

Aydın Gün Encouragement Award of the İstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) has been granted to young pianist Can Çakmur in 2018.