The Central Bank has kept the policy rate (one-week repo auction rate) constant at 10.25 percent. Following this decision, the exchange rate of the US dollar has hit 7.95 Turkish Lira and that of Euro 9.40 Turkish Lira.
After four journalists were arrested in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority eastern province of Van, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) has released a statement and called for their immediate and unconditional release.
Our reporter Cemil Uğur who broke the news about two villagers thrown out of the helicopter while under the custody of soldiers said: "It is journalism that has been arrrested. We wouldn't have done our job if we ignored it."
Police raided HDP Diyarbakır Provincial Organization and Yenişehir District Organization.
Journalist Sabiha Temizkan was sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison on the grounds of her social media activity. The court did not delay the sentence.
In the case regarding the raid on Özgür Gündem Newspaper, the court board decided that the confiscated digital materials could not be given to their owners because they are lost in evidence room.
HDP Migrants and Refugees Commission made a statement regarding the increasing murders of refugees and attacks on migrants, and said: "We know the perpetrators of the crimes against refugees. The perpetrator is the increasing anti-refugee state policies."
HDP Mersin Provincial Co-Chair Mehmet Alış stated that the isolation imposed upon the society was a reflection of the isolation on Öcalan, while Hakkı Demir, Head of İHD Branch, stated that the CPT was hypocritical on this issue.
The first hearing regarding the murder of Tahir Elçi that was held 5 years after his death was postponed.
Number of people detained in the home raids in Maraş increased to 12.
Seven people, including HDP provincial executives, were detained in Maraş.
The application of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers to meet with their clients was rejected.
The first hearing regarding the killing the Head of Diyarbakır Bar Association Tahir Elçi started 5 years after his murder under heavy security measures.
HDP Peoples and Beliefs Commission made a statement about "death to Alevis" written on the garden wall of an apartment in Pendik said: "Politicalized judicial decisions that consider insults against Alevis within the scope of freedom of thought encourage the attackers".
TSK withdrew from the observation point in Mortek in Idlib under Russian control. It was noted that the TAF will withdraw from 6 more observation points. The Head of the Revolutionary Army Political Bureau Ehmed Sultan Abu Erac said that the situation in Idlib will be shaped according to the agreements.