We have asked Ali Şeker, a member of the Health, Family, Labor and Social Affairs Commission of the parliament, about the recently passed article which foresees a ban on the use of tobacco products and the display of their images on social media.

The results of the media research jointly conducted by University of Oxford and Reuters have been published. The research has shown that while online media is the primary source for left-wing respondents in Turkey, television is for the ones on the right.

A curfew has been declared in 19 villages and 54 hamlets in the district of Lice in Diyarbakır on the ground that an operation will be launched in the region.

Five academics have had their third hearings at three separate courts. Announcing their opinions as to the accusations, two Prosecutor’s Offices at two courts have demanded that two academics be penalized for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”.

The bill of indictment that has been filed against the workers, who protested their bad working conditions and the occupational homicides that took place at the construction site of the 3rd Airport in İstanbul, has been accepted.

The Ministry of Interior has announced that 171 social media accounts have been investigated and a legal action has been taken against 142 people in one week.

No verdict has been announced in the sixth hearing of the Büyükada Rights Defenders case, the first hearing of which was held on October 15, 2017.

Leyla Güven, who has still been behind bars despite being elected as MP on June 24, has announced at her third hearing, which she attended via Audio and Visual Information System, that she has gone on an indefinite and irreversible hunger strike.

67-year-old ill prisoner Burhan Karatay, who was suffering from a heart disease and has been arrested for 3 years and 10 months, has lost his life. His deceased body will be put to rest in the district of Doğubayazıt in Ağrı.

The Constitutional Court has announced its verdict regarding İmam Bildik, who allegedly committed suicide by jumping off a vehicle during his mandatory military service. The court has ruled that his right to life and right of access to court were violated.

HDP MPs Kemalbay and Başaran, whose Instagram accounts have been closed, have said, “The univocality in the media is intended to be spread on the social media as well.”

At the hearing at 28th Heavy Penal Court, attorney Eyüboğlu has requested recusation on the grounds that the court has already announced its verdict in the previous trials of academics and her client has been subjected to subjective practices, unlike other trials.