In his monthly report on rights violations committed in January, main opposition CHP MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu has indicated that an investigation has been launched against 67 people over the social media messages about the earthquake.

Addressing the reporters during his visit to an exhibition platform in Taksim, İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu has emphasized that the square has recently been remembered for the process about Gezi Park and said, “I stand with Mr. Kahraman and others.”

HDP’s Ayşe Acar Başaran has announced that at least 99 people have been detained in Diyarbakır, Ankara, Dresim, Mardin, Van, Mersin, Kocaeli, Muş, Ağrı and İstanbul. The exact number of the detained is not yet certain.

In the first hearing of death fasting Grup Yorum music band member İbrahim Gökçek, the court has ruled that the arrested musician shall remain behind bars. Gökçek has been on a hunger strike for 241 days.

President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan has requested 500 thousand lira from main opposition CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in non-pecuniary damages over his speech at the CHP weekly group meeting at the Parliament.

Alınak has been detained over a one-person protest against unemployment, high costs of living and "oppression of the AKP government."

Announcing his opinion as to the accusations, the prosecutor has demanded up to 15 years, 3 months in prison for journalist Deniz Yücel on charges of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” and “inciting the public to enmity and hatred.”

Access has been blocked to three news articles on bianet English, Cumhuriyet newspaper and LeMan humor magazine.

Calling himself a long-time informant for the police, prisoner İ.Ö. said that they had “warned” a police officer by shooting his son with a gun and he was given a minor sentence thanks to an acquainted judge arranged for him.

Speaking at the weekly group meeting of his party, President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan has said, “We will not wait for the outcome of those endless meetings and will take steps to do whatever we need to do right now.”

A disciplinary investigation has been launched against 10 students who were attacked by private security guards and a group of nationalists while attempting to attend a symposium at Ankara University.

İstanbulites have reacted to the 35-percent increase both on social media and on the street.

193 MPs from the main opposition CHP had applied to the top court, requesting the annulment of an article of a law regarding the Canal İstanbul project.

The press advertisement authority recently cut the ads of the two dailies known for their critical stance towards the government.

Reminding his audience that “Turkey used to be a country banning music pieces and books”, President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan has said, “We now have a totally new Turkey that does not otherize its artists.”

Holding a press statement about the sixth hearing of Gezi trial to be held on February 18, Taksim Solidarity platform has said, “We have to defend Gezi to the end for our losses whose names are not even mentioned in this trial.”

While the Ministry of Defense has announced that 101 soldiers from the Syrian army have been killed after five soldiers lost their lives in Idlib, AKP Spokesperson Çelik has indicated that “Turkey’s withdrawal from its observation points” is out of the question.

"We will never surrender to such a virtual world," the President has remarked in the opening ceremony of a national agency against cyber attacks.

An investigation has been launched against lawyer Tugay Bek for calling Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu “the bald-headed person”. Charged with “insulting a public officer”, Bek says, “This expression is just an excuse.”

While almost 70 percent of the participants said they speak in Kurdish at home, official agencies are the places where speaking in Kurdish is least common, according to the study.