Some clients of lawyers from Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), who have been sentenced to 159 years, 1 month and 30 days in prison, have submitted a petition to the İstanbul 37th Heavy Penal Court, demanding the release of their lawyers.

As no progress has been made in the investigation launched into the suspicious death of 11-year-old Rabia Naz Vatan, the people of Giresun have come together at Giresun Atatürk Square to express their concerns and demand justice.

President Erdoğan has said, "They will not be able to run the municipalities. They will not be able to even pay the salaries of personnel," on his rivals' possible wins in the March 31 local elections.

Diyarbakır 5th Heavy Penal Court has ruled that HDP Hakkari MP Güven, who has been on a hunger strike for 141 days, shall be taken to court by force. Lawyer Yalçındağ-Baydemir has stated that lawsuit filed against her violates Article 83 of the Constitution.

On the occasion of March 27 World Theater Day, theater artists have marched through the streets of Kadıköy in İstanbul, chanting the slogan “Stages are ours, streets are ours.” Artists have celebrated their day with concerts.

Ahead of the local elections, the İstanbul Branch of the Human Rights Association has organized workshops for children aged between 7 and 12, asking their expectations from the local administrations.

While the 27th Heavy Penal Court has sentenced Feyza Akınerdem and Neş’e Bilgin to 15 months in prison, it has given a prison sentence of 2 years, 6 months to Ali Kerem Saysel, who concluded his remarks by saying “Demand for peace cannot be tried.”

Şaban Vatan, the father of Rabia Naz who died suspiciously last year, has reacted to the statement of the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office: "There are no findings that belong to my baby on the scene of the incident."

Chalak Events will hold “Kurdish Expression Festival” with Acmos, Retrò Scenayê, Comitato Salvagente and Paris Kurdish Institute in Turin, Italy on April 10-13. Several artists, academics and literary figures will introduce Kurdish culture for four days.

The four organizations have drawn attention to the hunger strikes and inmates who ended their lives in prisons, saying, "Let's defend life."

Academic Gevher Gökçe has been sentenced to 2 years and 1 month in prison on charge of “aiding a terrorist organization as a non-member.” The prison sentence of the academic has not been deferred.

It can be commented that the politics oriented towards the region, including in the AKP era, is in a historical failure. The fact that a peaceful solution is not provided for the Kurdish question has been evolving into a punishment with impoverishment.