Istanbul police declined to let human rights activists in downtown to make a statement on December 10 Human Rights Day. “Everybody needs human rights every day,” the statement said.

The line “My heart must dry out if I forget it” from İbrahim Halil Baran’s poem on the killing of 34 civilians after a Turkish military airstrike in Roboski was used in the ad of an internet service provider company.

A recommendatory decision to bring compulsory Ottoman language classes in high schools stirred discussion in Turkey, President Erdoğan also stepped in to the debate, saying that “people will learn Ottoman in this land no matter what some would want”.

Prosecutor’s Office within Turkey’s Court of Cessation (Yargıtay) requested the overturning of verdict in the case of Ethem Sarısülük - a Gezi Resistance protestors killed by police officer Ahmet Şahbaz who received 7 years and 9 months of prison.

Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder, İdris Baluken and Hatip Dicle from Kurdish deputy delegation to the resolution process held a meeting with Vice PM Yalçın Akdoğan, announcing that the delegation will expand in the days to come.

Saying that the release of the new TV series “Roman Havası” doesn’t represent them, Turkey’s Roma people invited producers to come to their neighborhood to know them better.

Agos, an Istanbul-based weekly newspaper in Armenian and Turkish, renewed its website, introducing its online English version.

Republican People’s Party deputy Hüseyin Aygün and Elvan Family held a joint press conference at the parliament today, showing the footage of Berkin Elvan’s shooting that led to his death.

Özgür Ülke newspaper has been bombed 20 years ago. “There is neither the suspects nor a proper investigation,” Eren Keskin said in today’s commemoration.

The KCK Istanbul case where 205 defendants are facing trial for being a member of “terrorist” organization has been transferred to Constitutional Court, a process similar to KCK Media case previously.

Berkin Elvan’s family launch a campaign to urge a prosecution on his killing - a process that failed to launch despite 533 days after his injury and 9 months after his death.

Cessation Court Prosecution Authorities request the suspension of pianist Fazıl Say’s 10 month “blasphemy” sentence. If the court takes this opinion into consideration, Say will acquit.