Receiving the prize, Anadolu Kültür Executive Director Asena Günal has said, “In trying times like these, such awards give the motivation to persevere, and make you feel that your efforts are worthwhile.”

The monthly report issued by the Initiative for Freedom of Expression covers the violations of freedom of expression, free assembly and peaceful demonstrations in Turkey's major provinces of İstanbul, Ankara, Diyarbakır and İzmir in November.

The İHD İstanbul sent postcards to ill prisoners for solidarity as a member of the İHD Committee for Prisons told bianet that there are a total of 1,333 ill prisoners throughout the country.

Dismissed and replaced by a state-appointed trustee, Mardin Kızıltepe District Co-Mayor Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz has been arrested on the ground of her activities at the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) and statements of anonymous witnesses.

Ferhat Tunç and Mikail Aslan spoke to bianet after the arrest of Yılmaz Çelik and Şenol Akdağ: "They want to prevent the mother tongue and cultural values from reaching people through art."

We are publishing the summary of ECtHR ruling on arrested businessperson Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars for 773 days. Announcing its verdict on December 10, the Court has concluded that his pre-trial detention is a right violation.

Chair of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights Maria Arena has made a statement on arrested rights defender Kavala. Referring to him as “a man of peace”, she has called on the authorities “to release him without further delay”.

68.8 percent of the academics facing rights violations for signing the peace declaration have trouble sleeping, 61.9 percent have concentration and attention deficit, 58.3 percent have affective withdrawal or collapse, 17.4 percent have shortness of breath.

Journalist and writer Tuşalp was sentenced to pay a fine in 2014 upon a complaint by Fethullah Gülen.

"It has been the greatest honor of my life to undertake this heavy responsibility. I need all of your prayers to do this job properly," the new patriarch has said.

Struggling to elect a Patriarch for the last 10 years, the Armenians of Turkey have gone to polls today and elected Sahak Maşalyan as the 85th Armenian Patriarch of Turkey.

Lifting the house arrest of Etkin News Agency (ETHA) editor Semiha Şahin and reporter Pınar Gayıp, the court has imposed an international travel ban on the journalists.