Germany’s Minister of Interior, Sigmar Gabriel said that Turkey trying to use İncirlik issue as a political tool would backlash.

Police have intervened in the people supporting the hunger strike in front of the Human Rights Monument in Turkey’s capital city of Ankara on the 70th day of the hunger strike.

US President Trump and President Erdoğan met in person for the first time yesterday. Following the meeting that lasted 20 minutes the two leaders held a press conference.

HDP has demanded that its imprisoned co-chairs and MPs be released and that the verdict concerning the lifting of parliamentary immunities be revoked.

Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel has criticized that deputies from Germany were denied entry to İncirlik Military Base and stated that they were in search for an alternative to İncirlik base.

Conscientious Objection Foundation is going to organize a series of events in the Human Rights Foundation and 26A Cafe on the occasion of the May 15 International Conscientious Objectors Day.

Following Selin Sayek Böke resigning from her positions in CHP, the party’s vice-Chair Bülent Tezcan has become the party’s new spokesperson.

HDP MP Nursel Aydoğan has been relieved of her MP duties.

CHP Leader Kılıçdaroğlu has touched on the subject of sick prisoners in the party group meeting, asked why the 841 sick prisoners are not released.

Asylum applications of some of the soldiers who were assigned in Germany as part of the NATO mission and were relieved of their duties following the July 15 coup attempt, have been accepted.

Selin Sayek Böke has declared that she resigned from all of her duties at the party, and said “I don’t find it appropriate to be a part of this management understanding at this stage”.

The Greek High Court has rejected Turkey’s second extradition request for the eight soldiers who fled to Greece in the wake of July 15 coup attempt. The same verdict was issued for the other six soldiers.

HDP Siirt MP Besime Konca arrested in Kandıra type-F Closed Prison in December was released on probation today.

3 of 16 academics taken into custody after being discharged from the Dicle University through the Statutory Decree No. 689 have been released. The other 13 academics had been released after testifying on May 2.

The tradition of parties that started with the HEP that was started in 1990 continues with the HDP. Closure cases were brought against seven of the 10 parties and five of them were closed. Almost all of the party chairs served time in prison.

The prison history of the Kurdish movement goes back to the foundation of the Republic. Even though it is not exactly known how many people were sent behind bars due to the Kurdish question, it can be said that the figure is over 300,000. A large portion of this figure belongs to the post-1980 period. In general, it can be seen that the mass arrests take place during the periods in which violence and tension caused through the Kurdish question climbs. Our file, which examines the prison experience of the Kurdish movements, consists of three chapters. The first chapter includes the data of the period between 1925-2010 and its analysis. The second chapter examines the date as to KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) operations, which started in 2009 and still continue. The final chapter involves the chronology of the political parties preceding the Kurdish question from 1990 to date (from the HEP to HDP), and prison experiences of the figures who served as chairs of these parties. Prepared by: Nuri Fırat / Yılmaz Yıldız - 03 May 2017, Wednesday

Since 2009, the operations that have been launched against the people and institutions linked with the Kurdish movement have been usually carried out under the name of “KCK”. Prepared by Nuri Fırat / Yılmaz Yıldız - 03 May 2017, Wednesday

President Erdoğan has become an AKP member again after three years.

İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality has announced that it had taken Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia which was blocked by Information Technologies and Communications Authority (BTK) off the guest list of the World Cities Expo İstanbul 2017.

European Commissioner Hahn has said that Turkey is moving away from a European perspective, and the future ties might be established on an economic cooperation.