Sezgin Tanrıkulu

A total of 330 academics were expelled with a new state of emergency decree published in the Official Gazette late on Feb. 7, drawing criticism from the opposition and the scholars themselves about the effect the moves will have on education.

The academics were among 4,464 public workers who were expelled as part of the decree. 

The ousted and jailed co-mayor of the southeastern province of Mardin, Ahmet Türk, has been released from prison after a Mardin Criminal Court of Peace received an application against his arrest. 

Tahir Elçi, the Diyarbakır Bar Association head who was killed in an armed clash in November 2015 in Diyarbakır, was remembered on the anniversary of his murder in Istanbul and the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) presented a motion for parliament to research the social causes of hate crimes on Nov. 11, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The Interior Ministry has filed a criminal complaint against lawmakers from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on allegations that it used the disappearance of local politician Hurşit Külter, who surfaced in Kirkuk following months of questions about his fate, as a tool of propaganda.

Restoration at Topkapı Palace is ongoing step by step, and risky buildings at the complex will be strengthened, the Turkish Culture Ministry has said in response to an opposition lawmaker. 

A parrot has been left trapped in a news agency that was shut down over its alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Agency (PKK) after Turkish authorities shuttered the office even though the bird remained inside.

A court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır arrested Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, the co-mayors of the province, late on Oct. 30 following their detention last week in the latest blow to opposition movements in Turkey.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has slammed the internet outages in Turkey's east and southeast, which started after the detention of the co-mayors of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır. 

No statute of limitations can be applied to cases regarding disappearances in custody, the Turkish Justice Ministry has said following a parliamentary question by main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Istanbul lawmaker Sezgin Tanrıkulu.