During the second day of talks with Turkish counterparts Germany's Economy and Energy Minister Peter Altmaier says the countries will focus on "developing energy capability, renewable energy resources and modernization of Turkey's energy substructure."

The Ministry of Interior has sent a circular letter to the governorships around Turkey with the aim of preventing people from shooting in the air during wedding, engagement and similar other ceremonies.

HDP MP Kemalbay and CHP MP Şeker have submitted parliamentary inquiries into the death of a worker at the construction site of 3rd Airport in İstanbul. They have asked how many workers have lost their lives since the beginning of the construction.

Fox TV journalists Oğuz and Yağmur were forced to leave Pakdemirli's public presentation at the Agriculture and Rural Development Support Board, albeit they were invited and accredited to follow the event.

Sahar Zaky, a friend of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has laid a bouquet of chrysanthemum flowers in front of the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in İstanbul. In her one-person protest, Zaky has chanted the slogan, “Justice to Jamal Khashoggi”.

In the resolution of the Supreme Election Council published on the Official Gazette, the local election date has been announced as March 31, 2019.

A recent update on the website of Foreign Ministry of Germany warns citizens travelling to Turkey that after a "Like" for somebody else's posting on the social media, their holidays may end up in a detention center instead of stretching on an easy chair.

Lion's share from the 16 percent increase in government expenditures in 2019 goes to Tayyip Erdoğan's presidency under construction and to the security apparatus and the religious administration -the major pillars of the new regime.

The court board has announced its verdict in the case of journalists İnan Kızılkaya, İhsan Çaralan and Hüseyin Aykol, who have been tried on charge of “insulting the president”. While the journalists have been sentenced to a total of 4 years, 9 months and 12 days in prison, the prison sentence of Aykol has not been suspended.

The İstanbul 28th Heavy Penal Court has ruled that academic Fevziye Deniz Tarba Ceylan shall be sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison as per the Article no. 7/2 of the Anti-Terror Law. The prison sentence of the academic has been suspended.

Central Bank has not changed the political interest rate, keeping it fixed at 24 percent. The bank has also announced that it has been maintaining its “tight stance in monetary policy".

İYİ Party MP Lütfü Türkkan has submitted a parliamentary inquiry to be responded by Minister of Environment and Urbanization Kurum. Türkkan has asked the reason why the plastic waste, which England cannot send to China, has been imported to Turkey.