Tomorrow (December 28), KESK, DİSK and TMMOB are going on a one-day strike with the slogan: “Peace Against War”.

Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has stated; “We would like to note that phantasies such as self-governance and canton administration find no correspondence in societies functioning in democratic maturity”.

YÖK states that the law has to be formed within the scope of “national frame of reference, policies, capacities and objectives” and on the basis of “diversity, performance evaluation, competition and quality assurance”.

In the wake of the emergency meeting held due to the issue of ditches, curfews, operations, civilian deaths and armed conflicts, Democratic Society Congress has issued its declaration consisting of 14 articles.

Mesopotamia Ecology Movement has announced its Ecological Damage in Clash Environment Report; the report notes clashes have caused animal deaths, polluted water and traumatized children.

Hearing of Lice trial has been held for the first time without the presence of the murdered Diyarbakır Bar President Tahir Elçi. Teacher Cantekin who had witnessed the massacre testified in the hearing today (December 25) and told what the soldiers have been doing.

Attorney İlkiz has stated that a basic legislation to protect personal data should be enacted prior to draft law to include biometric data in IDs and save it in family registries.

Diyarbakır City Forest has been named after the deceased Tahir Elçi.

Constitutional Court has decided that vaccination was an interference in the physical integrity and vaccinating children without parents’ consent would contradict the constitution.

A permanent peace environment can be established only by normalizing the relations between Turkey and Israel.

KCK has expressed that “All democratic forces, socialists, progressive humanity, human rights organizations, international forces sensitive to democracy and human rights of the world maintain a stance against the state and AKP government”.

In Sur district of Diyarbakır province a specialized sergeant has been killed and six persons including five soldiers injured due to an explosion, and the funeral of 13-year-old Davut Özer who had been killed during a protest yesterday night (December 22) in Tarsus district of Mersin province was held today.