The Supreme Election Council’s (YSK) decision preventing prisoners and those convicted of negligent offenses from casting votes has been published on the Official Gazette.

The Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation against Fox TV anchor Fatih Portakal for what he said on a news bulletin. President Erdoğan previously threatened Portakal, saying “This nation will hit you in the back of your neck.”

Press Council Chair Pınar Türenç has announced the 2018 report of the council, which evaluates the year in terms of press and expression freedom.

It has been seven years since 34 civilians, 19 of whom were children, lost their lives in Roboski in the bombardment of war planes of Turkish Armed Forces. A commemorative ceremony has been held in Roboski for the deceased.

It has been seven years since Roboski Massacre, which claimed 34 lives. Attorney Girasun says, “It is impossible for justice to be served without a change in conjuncture.” Altıparmak states that the case is “the conscientious responsibility for lawyers.”

In the trial of the soldiers who participated in the coup attempt on July 15, 2016 and some of whom fled to Greece afterwards, the Public Prosecutor’s Office has demanded that 10 defendants be sentenced to life imprisonment.

The regulation imposing a ban on the advertisement of foods and beverages, whose excessive consumption is not recommended by the Ministry of Health, in children’s television and radio programs has been published on the Official Gazette.

Minister of Education and Culture and Chair of the Socialist Democracy Party in Northern Cyprus Cemal Özyiğit has said that after the works regarding the conscientious objection are completed, the topic will be brought into the cabinet, then the parliament.

13 academics had their hearings at seven courts. Three academics have been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison; the announcement of the verdicts has been deferred.

The hearing of 11 doctors who are members of the Turkish Medical Association has been adjourned. The doctors, who are tried for the declaration “War is a public health problem”, have stated that they acted in accordance with the Hippocratic Oath.

The Justice Watch, which has been continuing in front of the İstanbul Courthouse in solidarity with the arrested lawyers, has ended in its 85th week with the slogan, “Justice Watch is coming to an end; the struggle for justice will continue.”

The investigation launched against 170 people, including politicians, journalists and academics, who sent a letter to the parliament against the Afrin Operation, has been withdrawn upon the instruction of the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.

Republican People's Party (CHP) MP Gürer has brought up the education problem of the children of nearly 4 million Syrian refugees in the parliament.

The court has ruled for acquittal of the 14 health workers who opened “life corridor” for the wounded in Cizre in 2016. The doctors who have evaluated the verdict have said that this verdict should set a precedent for all health workers.

Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has fined FOX TV and Halk TV for “inciting the public to enmity and hatred.” Accordingly, FOX Prime News Bulletin cannot be broadcast for three days and the “Halk Arenası” program on Halk TV for eight times.

Nazlı Ilıcak has been sentenced to 1 year and 2 months in prison for “openly insulting the President” with her social media posts. Her prison sentence has not been deferred.

In a report prepared by the Federal Parliament of Germany’s Scientific Services Department, it has been stated, “The military presence of Turkey in Syria meets the criteria of being a military occupation when considered in terms of international law.”

Women’s organizations and HDP Ankara MP Filiz Kerestecioğlu have visited the Flormar workers, who have been fired because of union membership and have been protesting for their union rights for 226 days.

Diyarbakır 9th Heavy Penal Court has ruled that HDP MP Leyla Güven’s arrest shall continue. Serdar Çelebi, an attorney for Güven, told bianet, “As lawyers who know the case, we cannot find another reason than political motives.”

Journalist Yasin Kobulan, against whom a lawsuit was filed for “repeatedly propagandizing for a terrorist organization” on his social media account, has had his first hearing. His next hearing will be held on March 8, 2019.