HDP Deputy Chair İdris Baluken has stated they they would give a positive response to Prime Minister’s request for an appointment which CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu has already accepted.

PM Davutoğlu has asked leaders of CHP, MHP, and HDP for appointment to discuss new constitution and reforms.

One cleaning worker injured, the other killed in the explosion occurred in Sabiha Gökçen Airport, one of the injured is in critical condition.

Diyarbakır Chief Prosecution has launched an investigation against Demirtaş, Kürkçü, Dicle, Irmak and Yüksek over holding a press conference in Diyarbakır on December 18, Friday.

President of Education and Science Workers’ Union, Serhat Uğur, has refuted the reports claiming PKK members use children as human shields in Şırnak.

Records of phone calls between some soldiers on duty on Syrian border and ISIS members have been released.

AKP Diyarbakır MP Ensarioğlu in his statement on autonomy and self-government said, “They may be actualized, and discussed but this is not the method”.

PKK Executive Board member Murat Karayılan has elucidated the issue of ditches ongoing since July 24 and Kurd’s demands for autonomy.

No decision has been issued in the trial on nine villagers burned to death in Muş, attorney Karaçelik has claimed though evidences are sufficient for ruling, impunity has become a legal practice in Turkey.

In the parliamentary question submitted to the Minister of Justice, Van MP of HDP, Tuğba Hezer, has asked about the number of arrested students and the studies concerning the rights to education and health.

A meeting is being planned to be held between HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş and Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lavrov in his visit to Moscow on Wednesday.

Turkey has announced withdrawing from Mosul where it had sent troops on December 5, to serve as a “training camp against ISIS”.

According to official figures, 111 persons had been killed, hundred others had been injured, 210 houses and 70 workplaces had been destroyed,and Pir Sultan Abdal Cultural Associations are prohibited from commemorating the 37th anniversary.

HDP, HDK, DBP, DTK authorities holding a press statement in Diyarbakır have embraced resistance against the operations while criticizing curfews and the operations launched in certain cities.

PEN International and PEN Norway have called to states which have relationships with Turkey, the Council of the EU and Internet and social media companies operating in Turkey about the government pressure on digital freedom in Turkey.

Operation started yesterday (December 15) following curfew declared in Şırnak’s Silopi on December 14, HDP MP Encü said military and police use heavy weapons.

International Amnesty announcing that refugees in Turkey are being locked up and deported, has written in its latest report that some of the refugees are being handcuffed for days, beaten up and expelled to countries where they had fled.

First, teachers have left Cizre and Silopi districts, then curfews have been declared and troops dispatched; journalist Yıldız explained that there is silence and a nervous atmosphere in the districts.

The criminal charges for public officers to be on trial have been combined with the main case by the 5th High Criminal Court

Russian political scientist and Turkologist, Vladimir Avatkov, has stated that Turkey downing Russian warplane is perceived as “betrayal” by Russia and that the possibility for Russia to forgive the betrayal is low.