The Washington Post has run a full-page advertisement for Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Representative to Turkey Erol Önderoğlu: “Our colleague in Turkey could face years in prison for supporting a Kurdish newspaper. Journalism is not a crime.”

HDP MP Danış Beştaş has submitted a Parliamentary inquiry into the increasing number of torture incidents, stating that “in contrast to the government’s ‘zero tolerance to torture’ statements, torture has become widespread and, almost, legitimate.”

Korkmaz says that the indictment that caused him to be given a 59-year prison term is nothing more than a scenario.

“Keep the Volume up for Rights Defenders in Turkey” website www.sessizkalma.org has opened. The website will bring together updates and information on pressures and lawsuits against rights defenders at risk in Turkey.

Ataman was forced to leave the town he lived after he received threats from the police. The time he spent behind bars exceeded the legal limits and he is not receiving regular treatment although his disease is progressing.

Ali İsmail Korkmaz, a 19-year-old Gezi Park protester, died after 38 days of coma after he was beaten by the police and supporters of the government.

21 international organizations have become signatories to a statement by the RSF, condemning the SETA report on journalists: “Such a witch-hunt is especially dangerous in the tension and political polarization currently characterizing Turkish society.”

CHP MP Utku Çakırözer has submitted a Parliamentary question regarding the SETA report on journalists. “Is it the SETA’s duty to lay the groundwork for prospective investigations against journalists that it is exempt from taxes?”, he has asked.

Professional journalism organizations held a joint press conference to denounce the SETA report on journalists. “If anything happens to a single colleague of ours, the SETA is to blame for”, the organizations have stated.

The girl who was detained with his family has been released with a ban on leaving the country.

Arrested due to the statement of an anonymous witness, journalist Ferhat Parlak has been released on probation after the anonymous witness changed his previous statement.

The Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) has filed a criminal complaint against the SETA report on journalists working in international media outlets on a series of charges including “inciting the public to enmity and hatred.”

Urfa Bar Association Chairperson has spoken to bianet after visiting the child: "When I visited her, she was anxious and scared. She took medicine from doctor to sleep."

"This document poses a serious threat to freedom of press and freedom of expression in Turkey," said the Journalists Union of Turkey.

Accompanying protesters in Taksim and marching side by side with them at demonstrations, street dog Eylem was hit by a car and has lost its life. It was the protesters who named the dog Eylem, which means demonstration in English.

On this day last year, 25 people, including seven children, lost their lives and 340 people injured in a train derailment in Çorlu, Tekirdağ.

Journalists' Union of Turkey and Media and Law Studies Association have announced that they will file a criminal complaint against the SETA report on journalists working in international media outlets. The Foundation has claimed, “It is a scientific study.”

Individual applications by Academics for Peace who were given prison terms have been sent to the General Assembly of The Constitutional Court. Meanwhile, the courts began to postpone ongoing trials to wait for the top court verdict.

The Patriarch Sub-governor who will lead the election process of a new Armenian Patriarch of Turkey has been elected. HDP MP Paylan has spoken to bianet about the election of Episcopos Maşlayan as Patriarch Sub-governor and their further demands.

Releasing a statement on human rights in Turkey, the Delegation of the EU to the Council of Europe (EUDEL) has criticized the state’s attitude in Gezi trial and made a call to implement the the Judicial Reform Strategy with determined and concrete steps.