The European Parliament has announced that it will not observe the snap Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Turkey on June 24, 2018. The EP will also not comment on the process or results of the elections.

What is the saturation point in the struggle for the equality? The founder of the first online feminist news magazine feministiskperspective.se, Anna Klara Bratt, talked about the feminist movement in Sweden.

Found guilty of five charges of evading US sanctions against Iran, Halkbank Deputy General Director Hakan Atilla’s summary judgement began at 5 p.m. Turkey’s local time yesterday. Judge Berman sentenced Atilla to 32 months in prison.

Ahead of the meeting between Erdoğan and PM of England May, RSF members and PEN England representatives who rallied on Downing Street have carried banners reading “Free Turkey Media”.

President of France Emmanuel Macron has addressed the recent strikes on Syria and said, “With those strikes, we have separated Turkey and Russia.”

In response to Russia’s Lavrov saying “We hope Turkey will return Afrin to government of Syria”, Minister of Defense Canikli has said, “We will return it to the elected government after all terrorism threat is eliminated”.

Summary judgement of the trial, in which former Halkbank Deputy General Director Atilla has been tried, to be held tomorrow has been adjourned to May 7.

Foreign Minister of Russia Lavrov has stated that “the easiest way to normalize the situation in Afrin would be to return the territory under the control of the government of Syria.”

HRW has stated that Syrian government forces are blocking civilians fleeing the Afrin operation of Turkey from entering territory under government control. Civilians are reported to be stranded in areas with limited food, clean water and medical supplies.

In the wake of US President Trump’s statement that “We will withdraw from Syria”, Chief of General Staff and Pentagon issued statements consecutively: “We continue to fight ISIS, there is no change”.

New York Prosecutor’s Office has demanded at least 15 years and 8 month of imprisonment for Mehmet Hakan Atilla in a petition it submitted to the court ahead of the hearing to be held on April 11.

The Defence Minister of Greece Kammenos has made a statement where he has referred to Turkey as an “enemy.” Kammenos has said, “We are not frightened or brought to our knees by their provocations, their threats, and their insults.”

The President of Iraq Fuad Masum has stated that “his country is fearful of an Afrin operation being repeated in Shingal.” Masum has added, “After the withdrawal of PKK, foreign forces cannot come and invade a part of Iraq.”

At the traditional Easter marches across Germany, armament has been protested and people have carried banners with slogans criticizing the Afrin operation of Turkey.

The number of people in Turkey requesting asylum from Germany in 2017 has increased five times in comparison with 2015. The rate of approved asylum requests has also increased from 8 percent in 2016 to 42 percent in the first two months of 2018.

199 academics from around the world, including Judith Butler and Nancy Fraser, have published an “Open Letter of Support for Students Arrested at Boğaziçi University.”

It has been stated in National Security Council’s statement that Turkey may launch offensives into Manbij of Syria as well as Qandil and Sinjar of Iraq.

US Secretary of Defense Mattis has called on PKK to leave Sinjar.

In a statement issued by Turkish Armed Forces, it has been announced that two soldiers have lost their lives in Afrin upon the explosion of an improvised explosive device.

After the EU-Turkey leaders’ meeting in Varna aimed at renegotiating the EU-Turkey relations after more than one year of deadlock, the leaders of the EU and Turkey have held a joint press conference. While Tusk has expressed his concerns about Afrin, Erdoğan has demanded ‘visa liberalization’.