Concerning a statement issued following Trump-Erdoğan meeting that "the US will not give arms to the YPG”, Minister of Foreign Affairs Çavuşoğlu has said, “Mr. Trump must keep his promise”.

The England-based Times newspaper has claimed that President Erdoğan has assured Russia and Iran of not attacking on Kurdish forces in Syria before meeting with Damascus government.

55 writers and academics have sent President Erdoğan an open letter and expressed that rights activist Osman Kavala was arrested over a smear campaign launched in the media.

Due to planned military operations, curfew has been declared in some regions of Silvan district of Turkey’s southeastern province of the predominantly Kurdish Diyarbakır.

Footages of October 10 massacre have been included in the case file ahead of the trial of massacre.

In the second hearing in trial of 11 rights defenders detained over a workshop in Büyükada, Court ruled that rights advocate Taner Kılıç remain in detention pending trial. Next hearing will be on January 31, 2018.

Commenting on the allegations that the US fomented coup in Turkey, Spokesperson for the US State Department Neuer has said, “Making comments about the United States trying to foment a coup is simply ridiculous. I think they recognize that as well”.

Pro-government Yeni Akit has reported that “foreign intelligence units and their co-conspirators” contact with each other via jeans, which have the same serial number and ripped in the same spots, but this situation was detected by Turkish intelligence.

Ahead of the second hearing of the trial of 11 rights defenders who have faced prosecution for attending a meeting in Büyükada, rights defenders made a statement in front of the courthouse.

Premiere of a documentary about Diyarbakır Bar Association President Tahir Elçi will be organized at Diyarbakır Bar Association on November 28, 2017, the second year of his killing.

The Joint Committee demanded that HDP Ağrı MP Zana be relieved of her MP duties. HDP MP Beştaş regarding the issue said, the reason behind the commission’s demand was not Zana’s absence but having replaced the expression of “the Nation of Turkey” by the “Turkish Nation” in her parliamentary oath.

Passing a judgement In the trial of writer Tarman, who was described as a suicide bomber by Star and Takvim dailys, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Tarman be paid 1,500 Euros in non-pecuniary damages over violation of Article 8, right to respect for private life.