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.

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have released a joint statement and called on Turkey to carry out the ECtHR ruling and release arrested businessperson Osman Kavala from prison immediately.

HDP has released a report on the violations of rights committed in 2019 on the occasion of Human Rights Week. The report has shown that 1,674 HDP members and executives were detained and 200 of them were arrested this year.

A 23-year-old university student has been sentenced to prison after a cap with a star and a book about a communist leader were found in his home.

In the wake of ECtHR verdict of right violation, the attorneys of arrested businessperson Osman Kavala have released a written statement: “We consider the ECtHR verdict to be a just, but a long-overdue legal gain.”

Participated by 2,651 people from 28 cities, Amnesty International survey on human rights perception has shown that while 82.1 percent of the society think that their basic rights and freedoms are violated, 62.6 percent think that they are restricted.

International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) has released a statement on the occasion of Human Rights Day. Referring to the popular uprisings, it has underlined that they "are united in their rejection of an elitist socio-economic model."

Speaking to bianet on the occasion of Human Rights Day, rights defenders Hakan Tahmaz, Gülseren Yoleri, Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Ali İhsan Gültekin, Derya Yolcu, Bülent Aydın and Tarık Beyhan said that violations of rights continued in 2019.

HDP’s Muradiye District Co-Mayor Yılmaz Şalan and Özalp District Co-Mayors Dilan Örenci and Yakup Almaç have been arrested. They were taken into custody in house raids in Turkey’s eastern province of Van on December 6.

Council of Europe has issued a statement for December 10 Human Rights Day. Referring to the achievements gained in terms of human rights, the statement has also directed self-criticism at the European Court of Human Rights.

Speaking at the panel discussion on Kurdish question organized by Tahir Elçi Human Rights Foundation, Diyarbakır Representative to Right Initiative Ruhavioğlu has said that Kurdish question is an ethno-political problem, beyond a solely ethnic one.

In the lawsuit filed against a sports teacher for battering a child with autism, the attorney of the defendant has said, “It was my client who suffered”. The expert report has also indicated that the child was subjected to physical and psychological violence.