Of the 56 punitive or compensation lawsuits during the January-March 2015 period, 8 were initiated during Erdoğan’s prime ministry and 21 during his presidency, either by his complaint or with the justification that his personal rights were violated.

German freelance photojournalist Robin Hinsch has been detained for three days in guesthouse of Urfa Provincial Directorate of Security on the grounds that he trespassed Syria border. Hinsch said he had been interrogated for one and half day without sleep.

Dutch caricaturist Joep Bertrams witnesses the difficult situation of caricature in Turkey. He says, ”I Can’t support Turkey’s conservatism because it doesn’t secure free thought, believing or not believing.”

Police asked permission from the prosecutor to monitor the lawyers who came to help and support the detainee in the Court House. Prosecution restricted lawyers from accessing the case files.

20 people were detained and arrested on May Day protests. Lawyers who wanted to accompany judicial procedure were battered in the Court House. Gökmen Yeşil from ÇHD identified the situations as “the first practice of internal security law”.

In the crossword of Pegasus Magazine, an in-flight periodical which is presented to Pegasus' passengers freely, the answer for the question “name given for non-muslims” was written as “heretic”

Istanbul General Directorate of Security declared that 10 of 408 demonstrators, who were detained on 1st of May, have been taken into custody. The number of the arrested demonstrators increased up 13.

According to the declaration of Istanbul Bar Association, on May Day 150 demonstrator were detained in total till noon in Istanbul. Also, Istanbul Chief Police Selami Altınok declared,"As of now, 136 people were detained"

We applied to Prof. Dr. Arşaluys Kayır, who has given an ear to the people’s ‘secrets’ for years, not for consulting her on sexual issues, one of the most common of taboos in Turkey, rather for learning her history regarding the other taboo of Turkey, Armenian question.

The launch of "Nefela Birîndar", an oral history study which has been written by Faruk Balıkçı and Ruhi Karadağ, and conveys the perspective of guerrillas regarding the peace process, was obstructed in Nusaybin and Kızıltepe cities.

On the anniversary of 1915 Genocide, several events were held in Istanbul. The official ceremony, the genocide march, and erecting memorial stone in front of the victims were some of the ceremonial events among others.

Lawyer Umut Kılıç has been arrested for saying “You are fascist Erdoğan’s men” to the judges during the juridical interview in which he participated to be judge. Ankara Bar Association has explained that Turkey is ruled by Fascists in their written statement.

Journalist Miyase İlknur whose relatives had been massacred in Dersim Province of Turkey shared her feelings. She felt both happy and sad when she saw the bones which were digged in mass grave. Lawyer Söylemez said that criminal research regarding massacre would be made for the first time.

Turkey's Telecommunication Authority (TİB) banned access to URL shortening service Bitly. The site does not feature content and the reason for the ban is unknown.

The Constitutional Court ruled that barring an inmate’s access to magazine does not comply with democratic social order nor cohere with legitimate purposes.

LGBTI activist and lawyer Levent Pişkin was sentenced to 10 thousand liras more in fines because of his “fag” tweet. Lacking the means to pay the fine, Pişkin plans to start a solidarity campaign.

The European Parliament recognized the Armenian Genocide with the resolution adopted yesterday. Turkey’s Foreign Ministry called decision “laughable” saying, “Europe should confront its own history.”

ECHR gave its verdict on Veli Saçılık whose severance pay for getting his arm torn off in a prison operation was recalled after the case at the Council of State: Turkey cannot ask Saçılık to give back the indemnity paid him. The ECHR also warned Turkey to take its verdicts seriously.

The Ministry of National Education targeted Cumhuriyet newspaper for its piece titled “Bilal’s Goal Reached in One Year”: “We will continue to make public the media organs and reporters leading smear campaigns.”

A case was filed under 10 different charges against 23 people who attended the protests in support of Kobané. The defendants were accused in the bill of indictment of taking after appeals made through tweets. The only evidence for the accusations is the police report.