Reminding that meetings, assemblies and night marches would fall under the freedom of expression, the Constitutional Court abolished the provisions that provided that “meetings and marches must be ended before sunset, these should not be carried out on the roads and thus obstruct daily life”.

Richard Giragosian, the President of the Regional Studies Center located in Yerevan, Armenia, has talked to bianet about the nullification of the political protocols between Turkey and Armenia.

Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s Office has reported that 11 thousand 480 people have installed ByLock, an encrypted communication software allegedly used among Gülen Community, unknowingly on their cell phones.

Detention order has been issued for 172 employees including academics of the Fatih University that has been closed through a statutory decree.

While the academics are facing charges and being tried for having signed the peace declaration in Turkey, academic Muzaffer Kaya tells about the solidarity in Germany that reaches from Berlin to Turkey.

The latest hearing of Erol Önderoğlu, Ahmet Nesin and Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur-Fincancı standing trial over attending the Editorship in Chief on Watch Campaign for the now-closed Özgür Gündem daily, was held yesterday.

The Nelson Mandela Rules state that, “Whenever a prisoner is removed outside the prison for an authorized purpose, he or she shall be allowed to wear his or her own clothing or other inconspicuous clothing.”

12 bar associations have issued a joint statement criticizing the new Statutory Decree No. 696 issued under the State of Emergency and noted that the decree included many regulations that had no relevance to the State of Emergency.

Academics Asst. Prof. Dr. Esra Mungan, Asst. Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Kaya, Assoc. Prof. Dr Kıvanç Ersoy and Asst. Prof. Dr. Meral Camcı standing trial for having signed the peace declaration, had the sixth hearing of their trial today.

Here we publish defendant Ahmet Şık's full statement of defence that the court refused to hear in yesterday's hearing of Cumhuriyet daily trial.

Three academics from İstanbul University charged for having signed the peace declaration, had the first hearing of their trials today. Their next hearing will be on May 8, 2018.

The new Statutory Decree decree No. 696, released yesterday, has cleared the way for the removal of the olive groves in Bursa’s Gemlik district, population 107,000. CHP representative İrgil has stated that “this Statutory Decree is the death of these olive groves.”