ECHR found Turkey guilty for violating the torture ban on Mehmet Hida Gülaydın during an electoral campaign in 2004, ordering the Turkish state to pay 15,500 euros for non- pecuniary damages and court expenses.

In the wake of new judicial reforms in Turkey's penal code, two opposition party politicians and a bar association chairperson raise concerns over the jailed students, round up lawyers and journalists behind bars.

The European Court of Human Rights found Turkey guilty on the 1996 disappearance of 5 shepherds in Hakkari province, ordering the Turkish state to pay a total of 100,000 euros to applicants.

A 9th grade school textbook approved by Education Ministry included a poem by Melih Cevdet Anday with a version where the word "God" appeared as "Allah", a practice that brought up censorship allegations in Turkey's education system.

Justice Ministry approved Peace and Democracy deputies Sırrı Sürreya Önder, Altan Tan and Pervin Buldan to meet PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan in Imrali island.

Turkish police have carried out an operation across 28 cities yesterday morning, detaining 167 individuals suspected for being a DHKP-C organization member.

Dozens of angry protestors has reportedly winded up Kurdish deputies at a local guesthouse in Sinop province this morning, making it impossible for deputies to leave the building due to fear of mobbing.

Justice Ministry has announced that Kurdish deputies Selahattin Demirtaş, Pervin Buldan and Ahmet Türk will meet PKK leader Öcalan for the second row of peace talks between Turkey and PKK.

Saturday mothers of Turkey, a group that has been gathering since 1995 to demand information on their beloved ones disappeared in 1990s, commemorated Rıdvan Karakoç this weekend.

The official forensics report of Şahin Öner - a Diyarbakir resident whose cause of death was initially declared as "bomb explosion in the hand" - confirmed human rights advocates' allegations that he was run over by a police vehicle.

A prison blaze in Hakkari prison last night reminded the importance of recently released report saying that at least 3,263 right abuse complaints were reported in Southeastern Turkey's prisons.

The European Court of Human Rights found PM Erdogan's bodyguards guilty for inflicting ill-treatment on Necati Yılmaz during an inauguration ceremony, ordering Turkey to pay the applicant 12,000 euros in respect of non-pecuniary damages.

An Istanbul court rejected two defendants' request to defense in Kurdish yesterday afternoon, saying that a court procedure has not been met.

Freedom of Expression and Press Project hosted its third annual conference in Ankara yesterday, bringing together Council of Europe's General Secretary and three chairmen of Turkey's legislative power.

"Deputy PM Beşir Atalay claims that only 2 torture and ill-treatment complaints were reported in the past three years. We are calling the Turkish authorities to be more realist. The real toll is 444," Metin Bakkalcı, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey General Secretary, said.

Turkey's Greek Patriarchate pledged its former orphanage building in Büyükada to be transformed into an environmental institute which will aim to foster interfaith dialogue.

Women demonstrators gathered in Viranşehir district to support Kurdish people in Syria, a demonstration intervened by police with tear gas bombs and water canons which allegedly targeted Gültan Kışanak, Peace and Democracy Party deputy.

Established in 2009, Turkey's multilingual Nor Radio has announced to broadcast in its eighth language, Georgian.

Tolga İslam, an activist from Soldier Rights Initiative, expressed his concerns on Turkish Army's amended discipline act, saying that there are more practices to be removed other than disciplinary cell penalties.

An Alevi association annual report reveals at least 60 right abuses including board-marking of apartments with Alevi residents, discrimination of Alevis' funerals were committed in 2012.