Experts say the hydrological drought in the Konya area where groundwater levels drop 3 meters annually is serious. 65 percent of the region’s wetlands have already dried out in the past 50 years, according to WWF.

Anti-nuclear demonstrators held a protest during Akkuyu Nuclear Plant’s EIA report evaluation while Greenpeace voiced objections at the meeting.

Antalya province Environment and Urban Planning Provincial Headquarters meets tomorrow to discuss the registration of Alakır Valley as a 1st degree natural protection site.

Ahmet Şahbaz, a police officer who has been standing trial for killing Ethem Sarısülük during the Gezi Resistance last year, has been arrested.

Police authorities in Izmir province sent a letter to Ege'nin Sesi newspaper, requesting the removal of an article related to the Sivas Massacre. Newspaper’s editor-in-chief, on the other hand, said it was a blow of press freedom.

The family members of Ali İsmail Korkmaz, a Gezi Resistance protestors killed in Eskişehir, established a foundation in the name of their son. “Our depature point was my brother’s activities,” Gürkan Korkmaz told bianet.

According to an article of an upcoming omnibus bill, disabled people can be a prosecutor and a judge - a discriminatory practice that has been discussed at the parliament’s agenda as well as High Council of Judges and Prosecutors reports.

Members of Juvenile Prisons Must Be Banned Initiative raised their voices with the participation of children. “Juvenile prisons must be closed and not children,” said Betül Kaplan, spokesperson of the initiative.

Dwellers of Sarıgöl, a neighborhood in Istanbul with a majority of Roma people, reacted against the urban renewal project - an urbanization effort that was planned without considering the needs and demands of Roma people.

Prosecutors summoned 4 members of Taksim Solidarity for their statement for charges related to “forming an illegal organization” after being subjected to police violence on the anniversary of Gezi Resistance.

The Environment Council assembled for the drafting of Animal Protection Act. Ankara Bar Association Animal Rights Committee explained the new act to bianet: Circuses will be closed within 4 years; exhibiting animals will be banned.

Turkey’s Council of State canceled the execution of a ruling that allowed the construction of CCR Hotels in Cappadocia.

If the prosecutors trying the case today care about Turkey’s obligation to uphold the rights to nonviolent assembly, association, and free speech, they should drop all charges against the Taksim Solidarity activists.

Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Board gave permission for preliminary license once again to the Konaktepe Dam and two hydroelectric plant projects planned on Munzur Valley National Park and already once annulled by Turkey’s State Council, deeming the projects devoid of public welfare around three years ago.

Bartın province’s Amasra district formed a human chain against the construction of a coal based thermal power plant, while fishing boats protested at sea.

Subsequent to the anniversary of Gezi Resistance, Istanbul Governor made a new statement about “the locations for public gatherings and demonstrations”, saying that demonstrations and protests can be held only at the relevant locations in Yenikapı and Maltepe.

Following the Supreme Court of Appeals’ decision to overturn the four years two months prison sentence given to police officer Yıldız in the Festus Okey case as well as the rejection of the Okey family attorneys’ request of intervention, the court gave a decision of insistence.

The family of Abdullah Cömert, a young protestor who lost his life during Gezi Resistance, visited Gezi Park today. While Ali İsmail Korkmaz, Mehmet Ayvalıtaş and Ethem Sarısülük were also commemorated on their death anniversary, other activists celebrated Medeni Yıldırım’s birthday.

Elif Çermik, 64, lost her life this morning after being hospitalized due to tear gas exposition on December 22, 2013 during Istanbul Town Rally.

Istanbul Police Headquarters prepares to “close” part of Istanbul for May 31, the anniversary of the Gezi Resistance.