The platform has found that the minister's posts violated its rules about hateful conduct and abusive behavior.

The president accused the academic of provoking the protests against the rector he appointed.

Amid ongoing protests against the appointed rector of Boğaziçi University, Erdoğan has issued a Presidential decree to open two new faculties at the university. The Boğaziçi Solidarity has addressed an open letter to the President.

The president has continued accusing the protesters of "terrorism" and targeting LGBTI+s.

Despite the strong defense of the attorneys and witness statements, the İstanbul 36th Heavy Penal Court has ruled that Osman Kavala shall remain behind bars. The file of his “espionage” case has been merged with that of “Gezi”.

Academics from both universities have demanded the release of the detained protesters and the resignation of Prof. Bulu as the Boğaziçi University rector.

“I said, ‘You cannot struggle against the mafia with a judiciary which has surrendered to the mafia.’ This investigation is the very proof of what I said,” says Independent MP Ahmet Şık about the recent investigation launched against him.

Press in Arrest initiative has released its January 2021 Press Freedom Report: “In Turkey, the developments concerning press freedom and journalists’ trials in January 2021 constituted a sort of ‘handbook for prosecuting journalists’.”

PEN Norway has analyzed the indictment of Özgür Gündem trial issued against Reyhan Çapan, Hüseyin Aykol and Eren Keskin: “The indictment does not entirely meet international nor national standards.”

The allegations were "unfounded and irresponsible," the spokesperson of the US Department of State has said.

Association for Migration Research has released a new report titled “Ghosts of İstanbul: Afghans at the Margins of Precarity,” examining various forms of precarious conditions faced by Afghan population both during their dangerous journeys and in İstanbul.

Protests at İstanbul's Boğaziçi University and other parts of the country continue.

Police intervened into the press statement of the groups that would declare the establishment of the United Struggle Forces in İstanbul’s Kadıköy district. At least six people were reportedly taken into custody during the intervention.

Ahead of today’s hearing, the Human Rights Ambassadors of eight European countries have released a joint statement and called on the authorities to implement the ECtHR judgements and immediately release arrested businessperson Kavala.

Osman Güdü from the KRT TV channel was attacked when he left his office in Kartal district on the Anatolian side of İstanbul. Güdü was hospitalized after the incident, nine stitches were put in his head.

Turkey’s Health Ministry has announced that the country’s death toll from the coronavirus has reached 26,467. The country has seen 7,909 new infections while the total number of cases has topped 2.5 million since mid-March 2020.

Amid Boğaziçi University protests, EU Spokesperson Stano says, “Hate speech displayed by high-level officials against LGBTI students during these events and the closing of a LGBTI association is unacceptable.”

Detained over the Boğaziçi University protest in İstanbul’s Kadıköy, 23 people were referred to court. While two people have been arrested, 14 have been placed under house arrest and seven have been released with an international travel ban.

After the minister of interior, Bahçeli becomes the second senior politician whose tweets about the Boğaziçi University protests have been restricted by Twitter.

Lawmakers asked whether Turkey has to comply with the ECtHR decisions or not, which violated the parliament's internal regulation, according to the Speaker's Office.