Cumhuriyet Daily reporter Alican Uludağ was sentenced to ten months of imprisonment due to the news article published on March 20, 2017 with the title, “Yes-sayer Prosecutor atFETÖ meeting.”
Former Republican People’s Party (CHP) MP Barış Yarkadaş was sentenced to 10 months of imprisonment due to the news article published on Gerçen Gündem news website in 2014 with the title, “Land negotiation for TURGEV.”
The final decree was announced in the fifth hearing of the lawsuit filed against Labour Party (EMEP) members Neslihan Karyemez and Bilal Karaman.
Istanbul 7th Criminal Court of First Instance issued the acquittal of two police officers, who were on trial in the lawsuit filed following the complaint of Gökçe Algan due to “willful injury” and “misuse of duty.”
Research agency bound to the University of London, Forensic Architecture prepared a report on the murder of Diyarbakır Bar Association Chairman Tahir Elçi. The report described the police officers in the crime scene as ‘strong criminal suspects’.
The Court of Cassation issued the acquittal of journalist Idris Yılmaz, who was sentenced to imprisonment due to covering the news of the violence against a student by the guards.
An eight-floor building collapsed in Kartal district of Istanbul.
Felicity Party Chairman Temel Karamollaoğlu announced that the broadcast of the advertisement video they prepared for the March 31 Local Elections was discontinued.
A woman named Ş.H. was arrested in Diyarbakır due to the word “heval” [“Friend” in Kurdish] she wrote to her journal as part of the lyrics of the song “Ape Musa” by Grup Munzur.