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The lawsuit of ‘insult’ filed by Van Governor Murat Zorluoğlu against journalist Oktay Candemir due to the expression, “almond-shaped mustache,” was concluded.

The application of Cembeli Erdem, who was shot in the back by the police in Diyarbakır in 2010, was concluded at the Constitutional Court.

Petrol-Labour Union decided for a strike following the lack of consensus in the mass contract negotiations at Soda Industry Inc. in Mersin.

The indictment against the 21 arrested Gün Printing employees was completed. A police operation was conducted on Özgürlükçü Demokrasi Newspaper and the printing house of the newspaper, Gün Printing, on March 29.

An investigation was filed against Asst. Prof. Dr. Bülent Şık, who was previously dismissed from Akdeniz University with an emergency decree.

Turkey has invited the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) to monitor the Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Turkey on June 24.

The indictment prepared against Republican People’s Party (CHP) MP Eren Erdem with the allegation that he aids the Fethullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) was accepted by Istanbul 35th Assize Court.

Former Minister of Justice and Association to Support Contemporary Life Chairwoman Aysel Çelikel, Hrant Dink Foundation Chairwoman Rakel Dink, former Boğaziçi University rectors Üstün ergüder and Ayşe Soysal, former Istanbul Bar Association Chairmen Turgut Kazan and Yücel Sayman, as well as former diplomat Murat Özçelik called for the release of Anadolu Culture Executive Board Chairman, human rights activist and businessman Osman Kavala, who is arrested since 1 November 2017.

Educator Acun Karadağ had been protesting in front of the Human Rights Monument on Yüksel Street since November 2016 to get his job back after being dismissed from profession with an emergency decree.

Journalist İrem Afşin announced that she was harassed by police officers at a subway exit in Istanbul after being asked for her identity card.