The HDP has decided to cancel Newroz celebrations over coronavirus concerns as Turkey confirmed its first Covid-19 case on March 11.

Addressing the reporters following the “Coronavirus meeting” chaired by President Erdoğan, Presidential Spokesperson Kalın has announced that primary, secondary and high schools and universities will be temporarily closed.

Twenty-three people were killed in the four-day incidents in 1995 in İstanbul's Alevi quarter of Gazi.

Police officer Ahmet Kuş was sentenced to 6 years and 10 months in prison for "killing by conscious negligence."

“HIVstories: Living Politics” exhibition, which will be opened at the venue of Dramaqueer İstanbul Arts Association in Beyoğlu on March 14, can be seen until April 10.

Their attorneys say the two musicians who were taken to the hospital by the police yesterday had "clear conscience."

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Nine lawyers, former HDP executive Sedat Çelik and Salih Erbekler, a former worker of Radyo Karacadağ radio station closed by a Statutory Decree, have been taken into custody in Diyarbakır and Urfa.

Put on trial for “insulting the President” upon the tip of an informer, Contemporary Journalists’ Association Mediterranean Branch Chair Engin Korkmaz had his second hearing. While the informant is convicted of “slander”, the trial of Korkmaz still continues.

A group of lawyers was in Edirne to make observations on the refugees who have been trying to cross into Greece.

Main opposition CHP MP Utku Çakırözer has visited Silivri Prison and met six journalists who have been arrested over the last two weeks, namely Barış Pehlivan, Barış Terkoğlu, Hülya Kılınç, Murat Ağırel, Aydın Keser and Ferhat Keser.

Speaking about the coronavirus outbreak, which has been declared a pandemic by the WHO, Minister of Health Koca has warned the citizens to avoid international travel unless absolutely necessary and said, “The risk is serious.”

The Constitutional Court has concluded that the access block imposed on Sendika.org news website by the Telecommunications Communication Presidency (TİB) on July 25, 2015 has violated freedom of expression.

Berkin Elvan was shot with a tear gas canister during Gezi Resistance and lost his life at the age of 15.

While prices have been surging amid the Covid19 outbreak, Turkey today confirmed its first case.

Lawyers and rights defenders who regularly visit prisons have spoken to bianet about possible consequences of the outbreak and the precautions that should be taken.

Legal proceedings have been started against 29 social media users who alleged that “the institutions do not take necessary and adequate precautions against Covid-19 and the epidemic is hidden from the public.”

Describing earthquakes as a threat to the country, the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization could not reach its target to strengthen public buildings in 2019 “because there was no demand.”

Speaking at the weekly group meeting of his party, President and ruling AKP Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has indicated that the first coronavirus case in Turkey was detected in a person who has come to the country from Europe.

The Women Lawyers' Solidarity was founded after a trainee solicitor revealed the sexual harassment by a lawyer, which led to other women lawyers joining her and eventually the arrest of harasser.