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Revolutionary Youth Associations (DGD) Secretary General and Istanbul University Department of Sociology student Berkay Ustabaş was released.

A disciplinary penalty was issued against former People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Hakkari MP Abdullah Zeydan due to his declaration of 10-day hunger strike in order to support the hunger strike of Leyla Güven in prison.

Artist Ferhat Tunç was detained at Istanbul Atatürk Airport while travelling back from Germany within an investigation in Diyarbakır.

Lawyer Metin İriz received the “scientific opinion” of Ankara University Faculty of Law Department of Criminal Law and Law Criminal Procedure Prof. Dr. Türkan Yalçın on Article 7/2 of the Anti-Terror Law.

Human Rights School (IHO) aiming to create an alternative, critical academic zone, was opened.

The “Election Measures” declaration, signed by Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, was sent to the Governorates of 81 provinces and was published on the official website of the Ministry as well.

Republican People’s Party (CHP) Istanbul MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu launched the “rights violations” report for December 2018.

A lawsuit was filed against Gazete Karınca owner Necla Demir due to the news and interviews published on the Afrin Operation.

The prosecution of journalist Halil İbrahim Erbil, who was charged with “making illegal organization propaganda” due to a social media post criticising Gaziantep Mayor Fatma Şahin, started at Gaziantep 2nd Assize Court.

Sakarya University cancelled the auditorium assigned for the theater play of Fırat Tanış due to the actor “having political agenda” and “being a Gezi Park protester.”