Releasing statements for the press on the occasion of July 24 Press Day, professional journalism organizations have announced that there is an attempt to repress journalists and they cannot celebrate the day in such a period.

A “terror investigation” has been launched against animal rights defender Burak Özgüner, who protested in an attempt to raise concerns over the animals killed and injured as a result of police violence in 2013 Gezi Resistance.

Giving a ruling of stay of execution for Academic for Peace Prof. Üstel, the court has referred to a verdict by Supreme Court of Appeals, which previously ruled that “the ones convicted of terror propaganda cannot be deemed a terrorist organization member.”

While the search and rescue teams have reached the dead bodies of a woman and a child today, the Governorship of Düzce has announced that 160 thousand 749 animals have died and 100 buildings have collapsed due to the flood and landslide.

Imprisoned on July 11, former Co-Editor-in-Chief of the closed Özgür Gündem newspaper Hüseyin Aykol has sent a message from prison: “As one of the journalists inside, I wish good and beautiful news to all my colleagues ‘outside’.”

Attorney Baybuğa has said, "Right now, I can say that the execution [of the sentence] has been suspended. We are very happy," on the release of Üstel, an academic for peace.

MP Dr. Şeker, İTO Secretary-General Öztürk and TİHV Chairperson Korur-Fincancı told bianet about the health effects of the cluster gas capsules that were used against MPs and people at the commemoration of the Suruç Massacre.

An access block has been imposed on the website that has been opened to give up-to-date information about the ongoing Gezi trial.

The Freedom of Expression Association has released the English version of its report on blocked websites, news articles and social media content from Turkey. Accordingly, access to 54 thousand 903 websites was blocked in Turkey in 2018.

Ertuğrul Mavioğlu and Çayan Demirel have been sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison each for the 2015 documentary "Bakur" (North) on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Announcing its ruling on convict Ümit Balaban, whose request for phoning her daughter at the weekend instead of weekdays was rejected, the Constitutional Court has concluded that his “right to respect for family life has been violated.”

A group of tourists who wanted to have their pictures taken with a scarf Kurdistan written on it were assaulted in Trabzon. The Governorship has announced that nine detained tourists will be deported from Turkey.

Karşıyaka Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation into the claims of torture against a refugee woman at the removal center in the western province of İzmir.

The Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld the prison sentence of 11 months, 20 days given to artist Zuhal Olcay on charge of “insulting the president.”

The text we signed is quite clear. It says, "We demand [the government] to ... create a road map that would lead to a lasting peace..." I have not come across a dictionary that explains the meaning of peace with terror. Peace is antonym of both war and terror.

The Prosecutor has demanded that CHP İstanbul Provincial Chair Kaftancıoğlu be penalized on separate charges including "insulting the President”, “inciting the public to enmity and hatred” and “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”.

Put on trial for being Editors-in-Chief of the closed Özgür Gündem newspaper, Korur-Fincancı, Önderoğlu and Nesin have been acquitted. Amnesty Turkey has expressed concerns over the ones convicted for having solidarized with the newspaper.

Of the seven defendants whose files were separated from the main trial because of the possibility of statutory limitations, Tuncel has been sentenced to 99 years and 6 months and Samast, who shot Dink dead, to 2 years and 6 months in prison.

Vedat Aydın was killed in 1991 when he was the HEP Diyarbakır Provincial Chairperson. Diyarbakır Bar Association Chairperson Tahir Elçi was killed in 2015. We spoke with the İHD members in Diyarbakır, one of the hardest places to be a rights defender.

An attack has been launched against a restaurant in Erbil, the capital city of Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government. Different sources give different information as to the nature of the attack as well as the number of casualties.