Canan Coşkun, who is still under detention, has spoken to bianet, saying, "They also confiscated a bag of Kazım Kızıl, taking the coat of arms of Hamburg Film Festival on the bag as 'crime evidence.'"

Hakan Demir was one of the numerous people who were detained over comments on Turkey's military operation in Syria.

PEN Turkey Center and PEN International have released statements on the occasion of November 15 International Day of the Imprisoned Writer. Among the five journalists whose cases are highlighted by the PEN this year is also Nedim Türfent.

Detained together with documentary filmmaker Kızıl in Giresun, Coşkun has been charged with "blackmailing, threat, causing injury on purpose, insult, and depriving a person of his/her freedom."

Charged with “insulting the president” due to his article on Malta Files, Editor-in-Chief of daily Evrensel Fatih Polat has been acquitted.

Çağlayan Bozacı, the son of Turan Bozacı, who lost his life in October 10 Ankara massacre in 2015, has been sentenced to 11 months, 20 days in prison on charge of "insulting the president” due to his statements about him at court.

Şaban Vatan, the father of 11-year-old Rabia Naz Vatan, who suspiciously lost her life in Giresun, has been taken to the police station to depose. Journalist Canan Coşkun and documentary filmmaker Kazım Kızıl were also detained last night.

Two simultaneous explosions have occurred in the armory of the 20th Armored Brigade Command in Turkey’s southeastern province of Urfa. 16 on-duty soldiers and one civilian have been wounded in the incident.

The Governorship of Tunceli has announced that all demonstrations and events, except for the ones deemed suitable by the Governorship and district governorships, will be banned in the province for 15 days as of today.

The lawyers of Elvan family have indicated that the expert report prepared by the Gendarmerie has documented that the defendant police officer fired the tear gas canister with his head tilted to the right, which means that he fired by taking aim.

Taken into custody shortly after he was released from prison on November 4, journalist and writer Ahmet Altan has been arrested again.

After the İstanbul 27th Heavy Penal Court has accepted the objection against the release of journalist and writer Ahmet Altan, the EU and international freedom of expression organizations have denounced his renewed imprisonment.

Released from prison last week after serving 1,138 days behind bars, journalist and writer Ahmet Altan has been detained. An arrest warrant was issued against him yesterday.

Nazan Bozkurt, who has been staging a protest in the capital Ankara to be reinstated to her job, has said that a woman police officer bit her leg.

Facing up to 20 years in prison due to her journalistic activities and social media posts, JinNews reporter Kibriye Evren has been released in her eighth hearing. The court has imposed judicial control measures and international travel ban on Evren.

Lawyer Mustafa Vefa, a member of the Urfa Bar Association Human Rights Commission, has stated that inmate Abdürrahim Durgun was battered by four prison wardens in a room without any surveillance cameras.

The Federation of Syriac Associations chairperson and two minority MPs have reacted to the recreational facility project in Dargeçit, Mardin.

While 486 academics have been acquitted so far, some local courts do not abide by the top court ruling, the Academics for Peace has stated.

Journalist Ruken Demir, a reporter for the Mezopotamya Agency, has been taken into custody in a raid conducted to her house in early morning hours today.

Taken into custody on charges of “membership of a terrorist organization” and “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”, İpekyolu District Co-Mayors Azim Yacan and Şehzade Kurt have been arrested.