A five-year-old girl child has been hospitalized after being subjected to sexual abuse in the district of Küçükçekmece in İstanbul. The neighborhood residents have gathered in front of the police station to protest the incident.

Levon Ekmekjian was executed after the 1980 coup. His family has been searching for his grave since then, only to be given the bones of a woman and some animals.

All nine people who were taken into custody in relation with the lynch attempt against CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu at the funeral of a soldier have been released. The last suspect released from detention has been O.S., who was seen to be punching Kılıçdaroğlu.

Teachers Tanrıverdi and Polat, who were discharged from public service by a statutory decree during the State of Emergency and have been protesting for reinstatement since then, were released from prison for the fourth time on April 15, 2019.

On the occasion of the April 23 Children's day, children "assumed office" at public posts in Turkey. They emphasized the importance of animal rights.

CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has filed a criminal complaint against the group who attacked him during the funeral of a soldier in Çubuk, Ankara. Nine people were detained in relation with the attack and eight of them have been released.

The Supreme Election Council (YSK) has rejected the objection of the ruling AKP, which previously appealed to the council, claiming that it is not legal for the people who were discharged from public service by statutory decrees to cast votes.

The mothers and relatives of convicts were beaten by the police while they were staging a demonstration to draw attention to the hunger strikes in prisons. Today, they filed a complaint against the police officers.

Releasing a statement on the occasion of April 23 Children’s Day, the Human Rights Association (İHD) has stated that children are asked to celebrate as if it was a real festive day and, as the İHD, they will not be in this unrealistic picture.

Releasing a written statement, a group of health organizations in Turkey have underlined that vaccine hesitancy and vaccine rejection are not personal decisions, but preferences far from having any scientific basis and, thereby, put the public health in jeopardy.

Sabri Uzun, the police intelligence chief at the time of Hrant Dink's murder, has been detained for insulting President Erdoğan.

According to a report released by the Greenpeace East Asia, Turkey’s import of plastic waste from other countries has increased fivefold. Turkey’s import of waste from the UK has exceeded 10 thousand tons as of October 2018.

The defendants of the Cumhuriyet case, whose imprisonment is only "a matter of time" according to their attorneys, have held a press conference, underpinning that the case is not a legal but a political one.

Eight of nine people who were previously taken into custody in relation with the lynch attempt against CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu at the funeral of a soldier have been released. The period of detention of the person who punched him has been extended.

Finally making a statement on the attack against the main opposition leader, President Erdoğan did not offer any consolation for Kılıçdaroğlu: "The protests against CHP Chairperson Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu transformed into violent acts."

The period of detention of one person, who is charged with attempting to lynch and punching CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in Çubuk, Ankara, has been extended. Nine people in total have been taken into custody in relation with the lynch attempt.

Having stood before the judge on the allegation that he sexually assaulted his colleague at Namık Kemal University, academic M.N.M. has been appointed as director to the Malkara Vocational School of Higher Education of the same university.

CHP İstanbul Provincial Organization gathered in Şişhane, Beyoğlu to protest the lynch attempt against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. Condemning the attack, protesters called for the resignation of Minister of Interior Soylu and Minister of Defense Akar.

Several rights groups gathered in the capital Ankara to make a press statement on the hunger strikes in prisons have been dispersed by the police.

Kurdistan Newspaper was published on April 22, 1898. The newspaper is considered to be the starting point of Kurdish journalistic activities and the date of its establishment is being celebrated as the Kurdish Journalism Day.