A Turkish court acquitted defendants for saying “God damn it, PM became a dictator”. While Erdoğan also joined the case as plaintiff, prosecutor also claimed that “cursing could neither be an insult or crime”.

Memory Center, an NGO focusing on Turkey’s disappeared people, released a report explaining the disappearance cases during the term of Doğan Güreş, Turkey’s military chief during 1990 and 1994. He died yesterday.

The death toll related to the incidents after Kobane protests across Turkey rose to 35 while a police commissioner survived an assassination attempt and two police officers were killed in Bingöl.

European Union’s Turkey 2014 Progress Report mentioned the case of Osman, a gay police officer who was expelled from his post due to his sexual orientation. “We are visible by the EU but not the Turkey’s judicial system,” Osman told bianet.

Protests condemning the ISIS advance in Kobane left at least 18 dead across Turkey. Curfew order remains in Diyarbakır province.

The treatment extension request of Taylan Çintay, a cancer patient inmate released for his treatment in July 2013, has been declined by the Forensics Institute.

The European Court of Human Right convicted Turkey of violating right to fair trial in the case of Cevat Soysal who was convicted to 18 years and 9 months of prison by Turkish courts of being a PKK leader.

İzmir 22nd Assize Court ordered the acquittal of 27 out of 28 defendants charged with “igniting public to violating laws and insulting” during the Gezi Resistance.

Turkey’s Laz Language Institute released a series of videos to promote the elective Laz language courses for the elementary school level. bianet interviewed İsmail Bucaklişi from the institute.

Issuing a verdict on the application of 14 families with Alevi background, ECHR ruled that “Turkish education system must have a basis respecting the families’ beliefs”.

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Following the sealing of 3 schools planned to teach in Kurdish, 7 public schools were burnt down in Cizre and Yüksekova districts.

Abdullah Akkulu, a 19 year old protestor who was shut by the soldier gunfire and stayed in coma for 3 months, died yesterday in the southeastern district of Lice. At the day of the incident, Ramazan Baran and Baki Akdemir were also killed.

Waiting for an assignment for 2 years, Kurdish-language teachers have reacted against the education ministry’s opening of only 18 permanent positions.

President Erdoğan’s lawyers filed complaints against journalists Sönmez and Dündar. In the past 6 months, a total of 52,740 liras of monetary fines and 208 years and 1 months if prison have been issued in cases where was the “victim”.

Following the arrival of Turkish Army officials to a school intended to teach classes in Kurdish in Diyarbakır’s Lice district, villagers tok the roads which was responded by blocking of all roads by army soldiers.

After the passing of a new omnibus law, Turkey’s Telecommunication Authorities are now able to control internet traffic information and it will be passed onto related officials through judges - a type of information that could be only be requested within an investigation.

bianet asked participants of İstanbul for 9th Internet Governance Forum on who the enemy of the internet is. Here are the answers.

Police officer Ahmet Şahbaz received 7 years and 9 months of prison for shooting Ethem Sarısülük dead. An "unjust provocation" reduction has been applied to Şahbaz’s penalty.

Graduated from Kurdish Language Department, primary Kurdish teachers started an alternate hunger strike. “PM didn’t fulfill his promise. We are in the peace process and the promises should be fulfilled,” Yunus Aslan said.