The unemployment figures announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute have shown that the unemployment rate in February 2018 has fallen by two points in comparison with the same month last year and has become 10.6 percent.

“The Turkish government’s crackdown is targeting academics and damaging its universities”, said Hugh Williamson, Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch.

Academics Gülşah Kurt and S.U., who have left Kadir Has University, have had their first hearings. While Kurt could not attend the hearing on the ground that she was abroad on duty, both hearings have been adjourned to October 2018.

Anna-Klara Bratt from feministperspectiv.se from Sweden and Prof. Dr. Alankuş have attended the final conference of “Gender Based Journalism” project as speaker. The session has been moderated by Yıldız Tar from Kaos GL.

Osman Kavala, who has been in prison since November 2017, has sent a letter. Still pending his indictment, Kavala has written, “Unless the presumption of innocence is embraced as the key element of the judicial process from the beginning, this imbalance will persist.”

Hrant’s Friends have been in front of Çağlayan Courthouse again demanding justice ahead of the 21st hearing of trial of Dink murder.

President Erdoğan, who has been on a three-day visit to the UK, has been greeted by protesters on his way to the Chatham House in London, where he would deliver a speech. Protesters have welcomed Erdoğan with banners, which read, “Terrorist.”

Election manifesto of HDP’s imprisoned presidential candidate Demirtaş has been shared with the public in a meeting held in Ankara. İYİ Party candidate Akşener has declared her course of action.

Necmiye Alpay, Nadire Mater, Pakrat Estukyan, Hakkı Boltan. Ahmet Şık, Tunca Öğreten, Gökçer Tahincioğlu, Timur Soykan and Sarah Clarke have attended “Panel of Journalism in Turkey” organized by the Amnesty.

Reyhan Çapan, the former editor-in-chief of Özgür Gündem daily newspaper, which was closed by a statutory decree, has been arrested in Artvin. She was previously sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison.

One woman has been arrested in Eskişehir by criminal judgeship of peace on charge of insulting the president.

Hundreds of students have come together at the 8th METU LGBTI+ Pride Parade with the slogan, “Ban all the bans.”

Erdoğan, İnce, Demirtaş, Akşener, Karamollaoğlu and Perinçek were included in the final list for presidential election published on the Official Gazette.

An improvised explosive device planted by PKK members has exploded in Şırnak, claiming life of one soldier, wounding one other.

Kept in Silivri Prison, Grup Yorum member Fırat Kıl has protested their letters not being sent and books not being delivered to him with a fax reading “End the censorship”.

Parliament Speaker İsmail Kahraman has rejected the law draft submitted by HDP MP Garo Paylan for the recognition of Armenian Genocide by saying, “It is against our national consciousness.”

In response to CHP’s presidential candidate Muharrem İnce’s statement that “there were Turkish flags” at his rally in Turkey’s southeastern province of Hakkari, AKP Spokesperson Ünal has said, “The region has become safe after fight against terrorism.”

HDP has shared its election song in Kurdish “Tu Dikarî” with the message “HDP against crackdowns, tyranny, oppression! #SenleDeğişir (It changes with you)”.

CHP’s Presidential candidate İnce has conveyed Demirtaş’s words “All candidates serve time in prison for one week so it will be fair” to President Erdoğan.

A shopping mall, which is promoted as “the first conservative and women-oriented shopping mall of the world,” has been opened in the district of Zeytinburnu in İstanbul.