ECHR found Turkey guilty of violating the right to life in Taydaş case, ordering Turkey to pay 52,000 euros for non-pecuniary damages.

Mehmet Yıldırım - the brother of Medeni Yıldırım who was shot dead by soldiers - has declared his himself as conscientious objector.

Adem Kuyumcu, founding member of Laz Culture Association, submitted an official request for the return of location names which were once converted from names in Laz language.

Kayseri 2nd High Criminal Court postponed the first hearing of Ali Ismail Korkmaz case to February 3, 2014. Previously, the trial was moved from Eskişehir province for “security reasons”.

According to statistics released by Media Monitoring Center, last weekend’s meeting between Erdoğan, Barzani, Perwer and Tatlıses has been reported in 1460 various news programs for 142 hours.

Civilitas, an NGO aimed to bridge gap between Turkey and Armenia through joint projects, has opened its first office in Istanbul. “We are here to ask more questions and engage in dialogue,” said Civilitas director Salpi Ghazarian.

3 detainees have been arrested for demonstrating to support Berkin Elvan, a 14 year old boy who has been been in coma for 156 days due to a police gas bomb canister. Several injuries were reported during police intervention.

Diyarbakır Prosecutor’s Office charged 5 special ops policemen with life sentence for killing two civilians in Genç district of Bingöl province in disguise of a PKK clash.

Turkish authorities will enable journalists, NGO representatives and Wise People Delegates to meet Abdullah Öcalan on Imrali Island, Milliyet newspaper claimed.

Tuesday’s European Court of Human Rights ruling on the 1994 aerial bombardment of two Şırnak villages is a landmark decision in the struggle to hold the Turkish state accountable for its systematic human rights abuses in the 1990s.

“Now that all details regarding Kuşkonar Massacre has revealed, it is only a matter of time that prosecutors may find out the culprits with an efficient and determined investigation,” advocate Elçi told bianet.

The survivors of 1994 Turkish Military Airstrike in Kuşkonar, Koçağılı and Sapaca villages had previously told about the bombardment to James Ron from Human Rights Watch. Judicial authorities, on the other hand, convicted Ertuğrul Kürkçü for translating the report into Turkish.