The top appeals court had previously overturned Güleş's sentence for the same offense.

The reason for the detention is not yet clear. Akinan recently interviewed a social media figure who has been leveling corruption allegations against government officials and businesspeople.

Despite AFP reporting on Turkey's economic crisis almost every day, the company refused to discuss real inflation rates with its employees, says a union.

The social media user had been fined for "insulting" the MHP leader.

An "Islamaphobia documentary" was broadcast instead of the new episode of the popular series "Cranberry Sorbet" on April 14 after the decision by the Radio and Television Supreme Council.

Convicted by the State Security Court of the time, Yaşar Aslan completed his thirty years in prison, but his release was rejected the second time by the Good Conduct Committee. Releases of eight other prisoners in Erzurum and Van are again being prevented by reports of administrative committees in prisons.

Police detained the journalist working for a Kurdish-focused news agency while she was leaving her home.

Detained during an "anti-terror" operation in Van, two men were tortured by the gendarmerie, with one being thrown out of a helicopter.

Charged with "insulting the president" and "disrupting the electoral order," Mahir Akkoyun was released after giving a statement to the police.

An HDP deputy has brought two separate cases of rights violations into the parliamentary agenda.

Chamber of City Planners İstanbul branch joined the Urban Planning Department of İstanbul Technical University in speaking up about the settlements and reconstruction after the February 6 earthquakes while the university branch of the Eğitim-Sen union called for a gathering on campus today.

Some six million people are either in temporary shelters or have migrated to regions outside of the earthquake zone following devastating February earthquakes.