Taken into custody on November 15 and charged with “membership of an armed terrorist organization and terror propaganda”, HDP’s dismissed Co-Mayor of Suruç district Hatice Çevik has been arrested.

The court has ruled that Grup Yorum music band members Helin Bölek and Bahar Kurt shall be released from prison. They were behind bars for almost two years.

Releasing a report entitled “Trustee Regime in Turkey & Usurpation of the Right to Elect and to be Elected”, the HDP has announced that elected co-mayors of HDP’s 24 municipalities have been replaced with state-appointed trustees.

US Department of Defense (Pentagon) Chief Spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman has addressed the allegations that the oil revenue to be collected in northern Syria will go to US companies.

HDP has submitted a Parliamentary inquiry, requesting that male violence against women be investigated by the Parliament. The inquiry has been rejected by the ruling AKP and MHP. İYİ Party has abstained from the vote.

Private security guards have bludgeoned the students who attempted to attend the “Symposium on Turkey’s Modernization Process and Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences”.

The Constitutional Court has concluded that the freedom of expression and press of pro-government daily Yeni Akit has been violated: “Freedom of expression needs to be considered independently of the emotional impact created by the expression.”

Pro-government businessperson Mehmet Cengiz has filed a lawsuit for non-pecuniary damages against daily Cumhuriyet, alleging that “his reputation has been damaged.” Cengiz requests 1 million lira from the reporter and grant holder.

In a departure from his recent promises about repatriating millions of Syrians, Erdoğan has said that they cannot send people who "ran from barrel bombs."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia has denounced the remarks of President Erdoğan on Armenians. “All the more, he deprives the victims of the Armenian Genocide of their historic homeland by way of calling them nomads”, the Ministry has indicated.

Avrasya Research Center Chairperson Özkiraz has said, "People don't trust the state, don't trust the government that governs the state."

The investigation launched against dismissed Cizre Co-Mayor Mehmet Zırığ due to his Newroz speech has ended in non-prosecution. This investigation was one of the two investigations cited as the reason for his dismissal.