Felicity Party Chair Temel Karamollaoğlu has commented on the continued imprisonment of politician Selahattin Demirtaş and businessperson Osman Kavala: “Turkey should abide by the ECtHR rulings. Mr. Erdoğan himself introduced this.”

Noting that Erdoğan’s remarks have left "no possibility for a fair trial," jailed businessperson and rights defender Osman Kavala has said, “I believe my participation in the hearings and presenting a defense would be meaningless.”

Nearly half of the adverts of state-owned companies were placed on three pro-government TV channels in nine months, an opposition MP has said.

The court board has issued a warrant against musician Ferhat Tunç in the trial for “insulting” Binali Yıldırım, the then Prime Minister of Turkey from the ruling AKP.

The president has lashed out at the 10 ambassadors that demanded the release of Kavala while stressing that Turkey is determined to get back the 1.4 billion dollars it paid for the F-35 fighter jets that haven't been delivered.

A 5-year-old child was run over by an armored vehicle in Urfa. The Children's Rights Center of the Diyarbakır Bar Association has released a statement about the incident while the HDP has brought it to the Parliamentary agenda.

Like in many other places across the country, students at İstanbul Technical University have been protesting the housing problems. They faced attacks from the school's private security guards.

The Konya Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has completed its investigation into the attack that claimed the lives of seven people from Dedeoğulları family in Konya. Their lawyer says the indictment was given to the state-run news agency before them.

Six opposition parties have been working to determine their shared principles for a return to a parliamentary system.

CHP MP Utku Çakırözer has talked about Osman Kavala’s continued imprisonment despite the ECtHR rulings at the Parliament: “Those who release [US Pastor] Brunson and Deniz Yücel with a phone call now talk about independent judiciary!”

The Constitutional Court has concluded that the rights of politician Osman Baydemir have been violated, underlining that the freedom to expressing opinions without arms and attacks and in a peaceful manner is guaranteed by the Constitution.

Put on trial for joining the protests against the appointed rector of Boğaziçi University, nine people face 6 months to 11 years in prison. The court lifted the judicial control measures of seven defendants at the first hearing on October 20.

The HDP Economy Commission has made a statement before the budget talks at the Parliamentary Commission. Walking with banners in their hands, they have chanted the slogan, “Budget for the people, not for the pro-government.”

The academics of Boğaziçi University have appealed to the Council of State and demanded the cancellation of Naci İnci’s appointment as the rector of the university, underlining that his appointment is against the law.

Discharged and arrested academic Gülmen wanted to send letters from prison where she also wrote, “I would like to talk about scholarships.” Her letters are found “objectionable” because of “agenda-setting by targeting people and institutions.”

The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has concluded that there is no ground for investigating the remarks of the then Minister of Environment and Urbanization Minister Erdoğan Bayraktar, who said, “Whatever is in my file is true.”

The agency's budget will increase by over 24 percent from this year.

There are two types of bureaucrats in the state, according to Kılıçdaroğlu: those who work for the state and those who work for "the palace, rent-seekers and drug barons."

The European Court of Human Rights has concluded that the conviction of Vedat Şorli for “insulting the President” violated his right to freedom of expression.

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