All around Turkey, from Izmir to Van and Ankara to Mardin, the Newroz festival was celebrated with calls for peace.

Like in other cities, Newroz was celebrated early in Istanbul, and like in other places, people supported the peace process and asked others to do so, too.

The second day of the “Social Movements, Media and Politics” conference at the Izmir Economy University brought discussions about environmental and labour rights protesters and the new media.

Aysel Tuğluk and Ahmet Türk, the co-chairs of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) spent last week discussing the current process with Kurdish organisations in order to give Öcalan messages. We talked with Tuğluk about the process towards a solution.

Although Kurdish parties and organisations outside of the parliamentary Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) support a peace process, they have called for a meeting of all Kurdish organisations prior to negotiations.

In the court case of Esin Güneş, who was thrown down a precipice and killed, her husband has received a life sentence. The lawyer will also file a criminal complaint against public officials who protected the defendants.

The public servants who had been kidnapped by the PKK have been handed over to a delegation. After meeting with their families in Zaho, they have entered Turkey from Habur.

An MP of the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has presented his party’s disagreements with the report prepared by the Uludere Subcommittee to the Parliamentary Human Rights Investigating Committee.

LGBT organisations have protested with a press statement after an attack in Avcılar, Istanbul, has left trans woman Seda dead.

Journalist Demirer faces another trial under Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code after making a speech following the postponement of his initial trial under the same article.

21 members of the pro-Kurdish BDP among them writer Ayşegül Devecioğlu, stand accused of having spread PKK/KCK propaganda at a Newroz celebration in Yalova last year.

KA.DER, a women association, announced its annual report regarding the woman representation in Turkey's work and political life, a survey that showed no improvement since last year.

Kadın Gazeteciler Takipte (Women Journalists In Pursuit) Group made a public declaration today, condemning male violence and pledging the pursuit of masculine discourse in Turkey's media.

Police Chief Recep Güven placed a classified ad on a local newspaper in Diyarbakır province, which celebrated International Women's Day both in Turkish and Kurdish.

Ünsal Yıldız, chairperson of Turkey's prominent educators union, said that they were encouraging their teacher members to keep "state-censored" classic literature pieces in their curriculum with the original version.

Istanbul 12th High Criminal Court distributed its 407-page “Reasoned Decision,” which outlined its case on Pınar Selek. Despite chief judge's negative clause, the court ruled that 1998 Spice Bazaar Blast was due to bombing.

Committee to Protect Journalists published a letter submitted by Füsun Erdoğan, one of Turkey's jailed journalists.

In February 2013, male violence left 11 women and 1 man children killed, 11 women raped, 20 women and 1 infant battered. While 1 woman has been murdered despite court expulsion orders for their perpetrators, 2 others were left severely wounded.

Peace and Democracy Party deputy Ertuğrul Kürkçü criticized the ratification of Uludere commission draft report, saying that it aimed to protect the Turkish state rather than its citizens.

International Press Institute released a statement yesterday, expressing its concerns over PM Erdogan's critical remarks on the publishing of Imrali peace process talks outlines by Milliyet newspaper.