At the 28th İstanbul Heavy Penal Court, academic Ç.A. has been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison on charge of "propagandizing for an armed terrorist organization". The pronouncement of the verdict has been suspended.

One soldier has lost his life in an explosion that occurred during a mortar fire in the district of Uludere in Turkey’s southeastern province of Şırnak. Four soldiers have been wounded, one of whom in serious condition.

İstanbul Security Directorate has released a written statement and announced the reason for the detention of academics and civil society representatives.

PEN Turkey Center has held a press conference on the occasion of November 15 International Day of the Imprisoned Writers to attract attention to the imprisonment and difficult conditions of writers arrested for writing in Turkey and across the world.

Dilbahar has been behind bars for 8 years, Ilıcak and Altan for 2 years, 6 months. PEN draws attention to four imprisoned journalists on the Day of Imprisoned Writers; bianet is doing the same for the three in the name of 123 imprisoned journalists in Turkey.

The Court of Appeal has overturned the prison sentence given to Ayla Albayrak, who has been sentenced to 25 months in prison on the allegation that he propagandized for the PKK in an article that she penned for the Wall Street Journal.

The court has demanded defense and justification from the Muş Alparslan University, which has rejected the request for reinstatement submitted by discharged academic Deniz Kimyon after the State of Emergency has been lifted.

A boat carrying 15 refugees has capsized off the coast of Dikili in İzmir. While two of the refugees have managed swim to the shore, three refugees have been rescued during the search and rescue operations.

Dr. Cenk Yiğiter, who was discharged from the Faculty of Law at Ankara University by a Statutory Decree and has been released after being taken into custody in a house raid in Ankara on November 9, has commented on his four-day period of detention.

Academic Cenk Yiğiter, who was taken into custody on November 9 and was brought to the Prosecutor’s Office earlier today, has been released.

Saturday Mothers/People, whose silent sit-in protests at Galatasaray Square have been prevented since the 700th week, have made their statement for the press in front of Human Rights Association’s building in Beyoğlu in the 711th week.

Atilla Taş, who was detained for the execution of his previously upheld prison sentence of 3 years, 1 month and 15 days, has been arrested and sent to prison.

Academic Cenk Yiğiter, who was discharged from Ankara University, could not enroll at university due to a change in regulations, whose law internship was cancelled and who was penalized on for insulting the president due to a tweet, has been detained.

A lawsuit has been filed against musician Ferhat Tunç on the allegation that he has insulted President Erdoğan with 10 tweets that he posted in 2016.

Four academics have had their hearings at two courts. At the 36th Heavy Penal Court, the Prosecutor’s Office has announced its opinion as to the accusations and demanded that one academic be penalized on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.”

A curfew has been declared in 19 villages and 54 hamlets in the district of Lice in Diyarbakır on the ground that an operation will be launched in the region.

Five academics have had their third hearings at three separate courts. Announcing their opinions as to the accusations, two Prosecutor’s Offices at two courts have demanded that two academics be penalized for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”.

67-year-old ill prisoner Burhan Karatay, who was suffering from a heart disease and has been arrested for 3 years and 10 months, has lost his life. His deceased body will be put to rest in the district of Doğubayazıt in Ağrı.

At the hearing at 28th Heavy Penal Court, attorney Eyüboğlu has requested recusation on the grounds that the court has already announced its verdict in the previous trials of academics and her client has been subjected to subjective practices, unlike other trials.

Being arrested in Rize, which is located 911 kilometers away from his family, Gökhan Saygı has said, “My family is having difficulties in coming to visit me. These are also financial difficulties, which leave behind an emotional impact as well.”