The case against the DİAYDER association was the basis for an Interior Ministry investigation into the opposition-led İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality.

Ahead of the first hearing of lawyer and Human Rights Association (İHD) Co-Chair Öztürk Türkdoğan, the İHD and Human Rights Watch have released statements underlining that there is an attempt to put pressure on rights advocacy by judicial means.

Facing charges for watching a lynching carried out by others and attending a meting, Ayten Öztürk’s life imprisonment aggravated twice has been upheld.

Prosecutor Şahiner requested the separation of Gezi and çArşı cases. Kavala’s lawyers requested the court board’s withdrawal from the case. The court has ruled that the cases shall be separated and Osman Kavala shall remain behind bars.

Elective Kurdish language education was introduced in Turkey in 2012 but has been hindered by the lack of teacher appointments.

The managers of five research companies shared the results of their recent surveys on a TV program. While all five surveys show that the votes of AKP and Erdoğan are on the decrease, only one survey shows the MHP over the 10-percent threshold.

Women lawyers have been protesting in the provinces of Ankara, Adana, Mersin, İzmir, Van and Hakkari and demanding that jailed Kurdish politician, lawyer and ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk be released. Police intervened in Ankara and Mersin.

Women lawyers have gathered in front of the İstanbul Bar Association and made a press statement about ill prisoners in the person of Kurdish politician and ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk, who is diagnosed with dementia and still held behind bars.

The HDP had criticized the recent round table meeting of six opposition leaders.

Anonymous witnesses have been a controversial issue in political trials in Turkey since they were introduced in 2008.

The trial over the death of retired teacher Metin Lokumcu as a result of the tear gas used by the police during a protest demonstration continued with its third hearing at the Trabzon 2nd High Criminal Court today, February 18, 2022.

By a majority of votes, the Parliamentary Joint Commission on Constitution and Justice has concluded that the legislative immunity of HDP MP Semra Güzel should be lifted. The last decision will be given in a vote at the General Assembly.

As no appointment was made to the Executive Board of the BİK, the BİK General Assembly had been unable to meet since February 17, 2021.

Several politicians from the main opposition CHP, İYİ Party and HDP have posted social media messages drawing attention to the lyrics of the song. Pro-government media outlets have argued that the song was composed “on order”.

After no money could be found under the mattress, it is time to look for gold. Why would a person hand over a tool to the system by their own hands despite resorting to that tool because they do not trust the system?

HDP Spokesperson Günay says, “We find the Democracy Alliance important not only for the elections. We want to represent the third way outside the statist blocs and to realize the dream of a democratic country in favor of peoples.”

The Diyarbakır 4th High Criminal Court sentenced Bülbül to 6 years, 3 months in prison on November 26, 2020 on the grounds that he had attended the meetings of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) and made speeches there.

Gökhan Biçici, the Editor-in-Chief of dokuz8HABER news website, was on trial for reporting on Anonymous, which cited Berkin Elvan’s killing as an example in response to Erdoğan, who defined and criticized George Floyd’s killing as a “racist attack”.

The former Kurdish MP is kept in prison despite being diagnosed with dementia. Palestine's Leila Khaled aso released a message for solidarity with Tuğluk.

The HDP said it would "ignore those who ignore us," after the summit of the six opposition leaders.