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Following the allegation that Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu’s relative was accepted in a post-graduate course despite his low results in the Academic Personnel, Post-Graduate and Foreign Language Examinations, the exam results were removed from the Internet.

A summary was prepared against People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Kocaeli MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu due to “making terrorist organization propaganda.”

Constitutional Court (AYM) issued 18 thousand TL compensation against the Ministry of Justice due to the torture against Adem Erdem in the prison he was convicted in, as well as due to lack of effective investigation on the matter.

Journalist-writer Fehim Taştekin’s book, “Syria: Be destroyed and leave, resist and stay!” was not allowed in Denizli Type-T Prison, despite a lack of verdict to pull off shelves.

International Press Institute, PEN International and Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) wrote a letter to support journalist Nedim Türfent, who is arrested for 1000 days in prison.

Free Journalists Initiative (ÖGI) launched the January report on rights violations against journalists.

The summary judgment of the lawsuit filed against Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Gültan Kışanak and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Co-Chair Sebahat Tuncel was held at Malatya 1st Assize Court.

Ankara West 9th Criminal Court of First Instance acquitted trustee defendant Süleyman Sarıyıldız in the lawsuit filed on the death of Emre Tombuloğlu, who died by falling down in the elevator shaft.

Kaos GL Association launched the 2018 Media Monitoring Report on how LGBTI+s took place in the Turkish media.

Republican People’s Party (CHP) former MP Eren Erdem started a hunger strike in Silivri Prison, where he remains arrested.