Lawyers protesting the "multiple bar association" bill in waiting outside Kuğulu Park march to the parliament to submit their petition for the withdrawal of the bill despite the police trying to block them.
Aynur Kuaç, who was detained and released in Cizre as part of an investigation launched in Mardin, was arrested following the objection of the prosecutor's office and sent to prison with her 10-month-old baby.
Three women in Şakran Women's Closed Prison launched a hunger strike for Didem Akman, who has been on death fast since February 19.
Lawyers who have reached Kuğulu Park to support the defense watch were not allowed in the park.
A decision of restriction to access lawyers for 24 hours was given for those detained in the house raids in Adana and Mersin.
Fatma Kurtulan, who brought the isolation on Öcalan to the agenda of the parliament and asked, "What is the reason for the isolation in İmralı Prison?"
Bar heads and lawyers, who continued their "defense watch" to protest the "multiple bar" bill currently being discussed in the parliament continued their vigil in Kuğulu Park on benches and on children's slides.
A large number of people were detained in house raids in Adana and Mersin. It was reported that the police battered and threatened some people during the raid.
Police prevents the bar associations and lawyers from coming together in Kuğulu Park in the Turkish capital. Ankara Bar Association president Erinç Sağkan reacted to the police blockade saying, “As long as the bill continues to be discussed in the parliament, we will continue to exercise our most basic rights."
The hearing of the case on the murder of the editor-in-chief of Agos newspaper Hrant Dink is postponed.
Family of Aziz Oruç demaded justice for the imprisoned journalist Aziz Oruç on the "Justice Watch" which has been held every week in front of the İstanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan in solidarity with the people who demand justice.
Kuğulu Park, where the bar heads launch a sit-in has been closed by the police blockade.
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) will meet with all segments of the society via "Democracy Meetings" discussing various problems in Turkey including severance pay, ecological destruction, human rights violations in prison, conflicts and military operations
Calling the lawyers to Ankara against the "multiple bar" bill being negotiated in the parliament, the bar association heads said, "We will be waiting on duty during the discussions on the bill in the parliament."
Lawyers of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan filed an application to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office to be able to visit their client.