Hamburg Central Foreigners’ Registration Office has announced that journalist Adil Yiğit, whose residence permit has not been extended and who has been demanded to leave Germany on January 20, 2019 the latest, will not be deported from Germany.

With particular focus on lifting the isolation on jailed Öcalan, the two day conference in Diyarbakır upholds his Democratic Nation paradigm and calls for establishing a democratic front against fascism in Turkey and urges for Kurdish national unity against colonialism.

"The government advertises Istanbul's new airport as the biggest in the world, but the prestige project has been marred by reports of accidents and arrests of protesting workers," says, Emma Sinclair-Webb, director of international human rights NGO HRW.

When did the construction of the 3rd İstanbul Airport begin? When will it end? How much did its tender cost? How can people access it via public transportation? When will the first flight take place? How much is its passenger capacity?

Kurdish journalist-artist Zehra Doğan is presented her "IWMF 2018 Courage in Journalism Award" in a representational ceremony in New York where she reaches the audience by a voice recording taped during a phone call from prison.

Journalist Adil Yiğit, who has been required to leave Germany until January 20, 2019, has spoken to bianet: “I will not come to Turkey, I will not stay in Germany. I will go to another country so that the shame of Germany will remain in Germany."

Being prevented from gathering at Galatasaray Square since the 700th week, Saturday Mothers/People have asked the fate of Hüseyin Toraman, who disappeared in custody in 1991, in front of Human Rights Association’s building in Beyoğlu in the 709th week.

The new amendment to the Regulation on Associations has required that all associations operating in Turkey inform the Ministry of Interior about the personal identifying information of their members, including their occupations and educational backgrounds.

In the wake of their summit on Syria, the Presidents of Turkey, France and Russia and Chancellor of Germany have released a joint statement. Emphasizing “their determination to fight against terrorism”, they have “stressed the importance of a lasting ceasefire”.

Turkey's labor leaders call for joint struggle against the government's "New Economic Program" which they says aims at "transferring the burden of the ongoing crisis on the shoulders of 81 Mn people".

The Şırnak 1st Heavy Penal Court has ruled that the arrest of journalist Ziya Ataman, who has been behind bars in the Van Type M Prison for two years, shall continue.

During the second day of talks with Turkish counterparts Germany's Economy and Energy Minister Peter Altmaier says the countries will focus on "developing energy capability, renewable energy resources and modernization of Turkey's energy substructure."

The Ministry of Interior has sent a circular letter to the governorships around Turkey with the aim of preventing people from shooting in the air during wedding, engagement and similar other ceremonies.

HDP MP Kemalbay and CHP MP Şeker have submitted parliamentary inquiries into the death of a worker at the construction site of 3rd Airport in İstanbul. They have asked how many workers have lost their lives since the beginning of the construction.

Fox TV journalists Oğuz and Yağmur were forced to leave Pakdemirli's public presentation at the Agriculture and Rural Development Support Board, albeit they were invited and accredited to follow the event.

Sahar Zaky, a friend of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has laid a bouquet of chrysanthemum flowers in front of the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in İstanbul. In her one-person protest, Zaky has chanted the slogan, “Justice to Jamal Khashoggi”.

In the resolution of the Supreme Election Council published on the Official Gazette, the local election date has been announced as March 31, 2019.

A recent update on the website of Foreign Ministry of Germany warns citizens travelling to Turkey that after a "Like" for somebody else's posting on the social media, their holidays may end up in a detention center instead of stretching on an easy chair.

Lion's share from the 16 percent increase in government expenditures in 2019 goes to Tayyip Erdoğan's presidency under construction and to the security apparatus and the religious administration -the major pillars of the new regime.

The court board has announced its verdict in the case of journalists İnan Kızılkaya, İhsan Çaralan and Hüseyin Aykol, who have been tried on charge of “insulting the president”. While the journalists have been sentenced to a total of 4 years, 9 months and 12 days in prison, the prison sentence of Aykol has not been suspended.