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.

Istanbul 3rd High Criminal Court left the decision for Constitutional Court review in KCK case to next week. The same court admitted a similar review for KCK Media case.

9 media outlets released a joint statement to protest the publication ban imposed on inmates across Turkey’s prisons.

Advocate Barış Yıldırım from Dersim People’s Assembly Initiative told bianet the following: “If the Turkish state really wants face 1938 Dersim Incident, it must abandon its plans on hydroelectic power plants, mining and dams.”

“We have a plan for those inmates who can’t thrive in prison on their own. We will inform the public once our prep work is done,” Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said after receiving a delegation from People’s Democratic Party.

Prof. Dr. Mithat Sancar commented to bianet’s inquiries on how the “third eye”, a new observation delegation idea in discussion, would contribute to Turkey’s resolution process with PKK.

Interior Ministry declined an investigation request by two water cannon-stricken lawyers, saying that they were “treated within human rights”. Two lawyer submitted a motion.

Wikipedia’s entry in Turkish for “vagina” has been censored. However, both service provider, telecommunication authorities and service providers union deny the situation, leaving the actor and reason of the censorship as mystery.

We set out and left behind our dearest Lake Van that wept, sobbed like an abandoned orphan and called us as if saying “take me with you, I won’t stay without you, but how can I stay without you…”

"The woman offered Hakob to lie under the bedding. Soon he could hear Turks yelling and the woman’s answer who assured them the boy wasn’t in her house. In the end the soldiers went away."

"One evening, when men were away, that Turk Pasha visited them. Mother used to say he was like a family member."

The usage of f-word during a police raid stirred unrest in the southeastern district of Yüksekova with local residents awaiting an announced apology from the police authorities.

"When that Turkish friend saw my Grandfather wasn’t at home, offered them to stay in his house. They went and hid for some time but the neighbors noticed there were Armenians in that house, which meant danger for the host."

A recent ruling in Hrant Dink case paved the way for a joint investigation against the policemen in Istanbul and Trabzon who were accused of underestimating the murder threats against the Armenian journalist.

A prosecutor launched an investigation against Milliyet newspaper reporter Kemal Göktaş for covering an article on a comparison between criminal charges of police officers suspected of torture and a relative man of torture victim woman who insulted those police officers.

Writers Union of Turkey and Human Rights Association promoted a poetry book that was compiled from 59 poets’ works dedicated on the 500th gathering of Saturday Mothers/People.

A joint project initiated by KURDÎ-DER and TMMOB created a Kurdish technical term dictionary into cell phones.

Istanbul 85th Assize Court overturned another court ruling on the killing of Uğur Kurt by a policeman under the charges of “neglected murder”, advising a retrial under the charge of “possible premeditated murder”.