“We stand with the struggling students and academics. This time, they are on the stage, they are on the stage of resistance and we are applauding them,” say the artists in a statement of support amid protests against the appointed rector.

In the 42nd hearing of the lawsuit filed into the “Operation Back to Life” carried out in Bayrampaşa Prison in İstanbul in 2000, the defendant soldier testified at court and stated that “he only watched the operation.”

Main opposition CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu and Group Deputy Chair Altay have commented on the recently unveiled “Human Rights Action Plan.” Altay has reminded President Erdoğan that “900 children are currently being prosecuted for insulting him.”

Summaries of proceedings for some 203 lawmakers are pending at the parliament's Joint Committee on Justice and Constitution.

The Darmstadt Prosecutor’s Office has rejected the local court’s request for taking the statement of Ferhat Tunç in Germany. The musician is charged with “provoking the public to hatred and hostility” and “insulting the President” with a social media post.

Justice Minister Gül has commented on Turkey's recently unveiled Human Rights Action Plan: “It is a step of the AKP’s constant and uninterrupted journey of reforms since its foundation. So, we are constantly pedalling; otherwise, we will fall.”

Akşener has made remarks on the summaries of proceedings against HDP deputies and President Erdoğan's new "human rights action plan."

Boğaziçi University students have supported their friends investigated for putting a sign on the Rector’s Office that reads “Trustee’s Office.” In their petitions, students want the appointed rector to launch an investigation against themselves, too.

Özkan's statements come after the Court of Cassation launched an inquiry into the HDP.

İstanbul Bar Association Chair Durakoğlu has commented on the “Human Rights Action Plan” unveiled by President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan. He has stressed that “the problem is not with the written documents, but with their enforcement.”

Having resigned from the main opposition CHP, Denizli MP Sancar alleges that some people are blackmailing him with the images they took.

If Court of Cassation prosecutors conclude that the HDP is engaged in terrorist acts, a case may be filed for the closure of the party.

The ultimate aim of the action plan is a new constitution, the president has said.

The appointment of Prof. Bulu was against the Constitution and public interest, said the academics.

The MHP leader has been insistently calling for the HDP's closure over the past few months.

Turkey made an agreement with Japan for a nuclear power plant project in 2013.

Prof. Sait Erdal Dinçer has been named the new head of the TurkStat.

Prof. Naci İnci, a physicist, will head the university's social sciences institute.

Shopkeepers at the bazaar complain about the pandemic measures and the country's economic situation.

Charged with "insulting the President" over their remarks during a TV program, actors Müjdat Gezen and Metin Akpınar have been acquitted.