The statement “We shall not be party to this crime” was an attempt to create public awareness regarding these events and also a plea for the repudiation of the policies of force, in favor of “seeking solutions for a lasting peace.”

The United Nations Security Council has voted for a month-long "humanitarian pause" in Syria. Authorities from Turkey say ceasefire decision will not affect Afrin operation.

Departing from Turkey, Gendarmerie and Police Special Operation forces have entered Afrin through Hassa border.

Stating that 845 people who criticized Afrin operation on social media and participated in protests have been detained, the Ministry of Interior has said that “648 propagandas were carried out on social media” about the operation.

In his statement, the Syrian Representative to UN has stated that 13 anti-terror resolutions were passed and they all await “to be seriously put into effect”.

YPG has announced they will keep with the UN Security Council’s “humanitarian pause” resolution throughout Syria. Speaking on the Afrin offensive, they have said that “the right to self-defense will be exercised”.

The Independent Collective for Animal Rights and Animal Rights Investigation Committee gathered in Mersin along with members of parliament after a ship carrying tens of thousands of cattle from Brazil under poor conditions arrived at the province.

Erdoğan responding to Pentagon Spokesperson Galloway’s statement that civilians have been wounded during Afrin operation, has said called Galloway “you immoral, unscrupulous person”.

Incarcerated lawyer Şükriye Erden has written to bianet: "Prison uniforms are an affront to inmates' political identities and honor. They are geared toward alienating, de-personalizing, and militarizing inmates. We will not wear them."

"I didn’t grow up in this country, but this is the home I chose. I haven’t witnessed history here the same way many of my colleagues have, but that doesn’t mean I don’t know what violence looks like or that I don’t know the pain that conflict can cause".

Conducting an investigation about the three bombardments carried out as part of Afrin operation, the HRW has said that 26 civilians 17 of whom are children were killed, and "Turkish Armed Forces appear to have failed to take necessary precautions to avoid civilian casualties”.

The lower house of the Dutch Parliament (Tweede Kamer) has approved a motion on Thursday, officially recognizing the Armenian Genocide, while the Dutch government has said they would not follow the parliament’s judgment.

In the wake of detention of a large number of people including Community Houses Co-chair Aktaş, Community Houses Headquarters has issued a written statement. A protest has been staged in front of Community Houses.

In its decision of refusal, the courts have asserted that “the decision of banning will not cause unrecoverable consequence and it is not openly contravening law”.

Reuters citing an eyewitness in the region has reported that Syrian government forces have entered the al-Halak, Bani Zaid and Bustan al-Basha neighborhoods in Aleppo.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Hahn has told Die Welt that the focus needs to be not on Turkey’s accession negotiations but on strategic partnership, remarking that the EU cannot “ignore significant deficits in the rule of law in Turkey”.

Detention warrants have been issued for 17 people including Community House Co-chair Dilşat Aktaş. Aktaş and 10 other people have been taken into custody.

Prof. Dr. Ayşe Erzan, Prof. Dr. Özdemir Aktan and Prof. Dr. Nesrin Sungur Çakmak have presented their defenses at their second hearings held at 32nd Heavy Penal Court.

Highway tunnel planned to be built through under Maçka Park has been protested in front of İstanbul Municipality building. As many as 200 trees have been uprooted since February 12.

Rights defender, journalist, and doctor dismissed from the medical profession by executive decree Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for one of his posts on social media.