Orhan Sarıbal

A parliament commission, founded to discuss the contentious "Production Reform Draft Law," has decided to establish an "Olive Grove Preservation Board" following the removal of a controversial article that would ease the path to industrial activities on protected olive groves. 

The government should look into the situation of Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, who are currently on hunger strike, Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said May 12 after 30 CHP MPs sent a letter to PM Binali Yıldırım, asking the government to reinstate the two educators who were dismissed through state of emergency decrees. 

Some 30 lawmakers from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) have sent a letter to Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, asking the government to "reconsider the issue" and reinstate two educators, currently on hunger strike, who were dismissed through state of emergency decrees. 

The health conditions of two educators who have been on a hunger strike for over 60 days is deteriorating, while four main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmakers have also launched their own hunger strike in support. 

Arrested People's Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş has said he knew he would be arrested 15 days before his arrest, during a visit from a committee of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on Nov. 30. 

A CHP committee that featured lawmakers Fikri Sağlar, Eren Erdem, Ali Şeker and Orhan Sarıbal visited the arrested HDP co-chair at Edirne Prison.

The sole member of a leftist Turkish organization who was convicted and imprisoned eight years ago on charges of attempting to "change the constitutional order by force," was released on Nov. 28 after completing his prison term.