The group’s meetings have been hindered since 2018. Ahead of the 1000th week, a senior MP from the ruling party has announced that the meeting will be allowed.

"It is no coincidence that street animals are being used as a distraction. Have we solved the problems of hunger and poverty that we are now discussing animals?" says DEM Spokesperson Perihan Koca.

The last known contact with Öcalan was a disrupted phone call with his brother in March 2021.

The Balıklı Rum Hospital has not been able to elect its foundation leaders since 1991.

"We know that as long as the prison doors remain closed, we are not truly free. Meeting with you all here today, reuniting with our people and our land, is of course an honor. This is the result of your honorable struggle outside and the struggle of political prisoners inside," Kışanak said addressing a crowd in Diyarbakır.

Several Kurdish politicians have received prison sentences on “terrorism” and “disrupting the unity of the state” charges in the case concerning 2014 protests.

Some 108 HDP members were facing aggravated life sentences in what is widely considered a politically motivated trial. Some of the defendants have been acquitted and some have received lesser sentences and will be released.

The change in the panel is due to technicalities, and there is no imminent release for the philanthropist, his lawyer told bianet.

May 15 has been celebrated as the Kurdish Language Day since 2006, marking the inauguration of the Hawar magazine.

Based in İstanbul's Tarlabaşı neighborhood, the nonprofit aims to ease the lives of the impoverished, primarily women and children in this socialy excluded place in the metropolis.

Some 108 HDP members are facing aggravated life sentences for the deadly protests over ISIS attacks on the Syrian Kurdish town in 2014.

The man’s body will undergo an autopsy. He was convicted of “terrorism” charges.

Union representatives say the killing was not an isolated incident but a result of years-long policies discrediting teachers.

Recent violent incidents in Turkey's schools, including the killing of a school principal by a student, have brought under the spotlight the issue of violence in educational institutions.

The opposition's success in the local elections has led to an atmosphere of dialogue between the ruling and opposition blocs. This has prompted discussions about the potential retrial of the philanthropist, whose nearly seven-year imprisonment is widely viewed as politically motivated.

Members of the 1000 Youth For Palestine group were among dozens of individuals detained for attempting to march to the banned Taksim Square on May Day.

Several groups attempted to march to Taksim Square, where the celebrations were prohibited despite a Constitutional Court ruling.

Human Rights Association Co-Chair Eren Keskin and member Güllistan YArkın stood trial for “insulting the Turkish nation.”

The İstanbul governor has continued the ban on celebrations in Taksim Square which has been in place since 2013.

Eighteen lawyers were sentenced to 159 years in prison on “terrorism-related” charges in 2019. The top appeals court has upheld the sentences of lawyers Selçuk Kozağaçlı and lawyer Barkın Timtik.