The Human Rights Association (İHD) and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) have made a joint statement for the press on June 26 Day of Solidarity with the Tortured and called the authorities to investigate the allegations of torture.

Çelik has been on retrial after receiving prison term for terrorist propaganda for saying, "Don't let children die," in a TV program.

Arrested on November 17, 2018, rights defender Yiğit Aksakoğlu has been released from prison after the court ruled that he should be released on probation with an international travel ban in its interlocutory judgement yesterday.

Masatçı was given prison term for staging a play in support of a conscientious objector.

The Human Rights Association (İHD) has released a statement on the incident of torture in Urfa, saying that the state officials violated "all articles" of the İstanbul Protocol.

The trial of the 2013 protests began today, with 16 civil society figures charged with various offenses including attempted overthrow.

MP Taşdemir has submitted a parliamentary inquiry regarding the claims of torture in prisons.

Seven organizations have released a joint statement on the Gezi Park trial which began today, demanding the case should be dropped.

The 16-defendant Gezi trial has started today. While Osman Kavala has stood before the judge on the 601st day of his arrest, Aksakoğlu has appeared in court after 220 days. They have made their defense against the indictment.

Canan Coşkun was on trial for her article titled, "Erdoğan Ordered, Journalists Arrested."

Doctors from the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) were given prison terms for their declaration titled, "War is a Public Health Problem."

Police officer Ö.Y. crashed into a home while driving an armored vehicle in the southeastern province of Şırnak in 2017, killing two children.

Four people were killed in an armed attack after a land dispute in the southeastern province.

Two Academics for Peace have had their hearings at two courts. Presenting her statement of defense at the İstanbul 32nd Heavy Penal Court, Hazal Halavut has been asked by the Presiding Judge, “Why didn’t you make a call to the terrorist organization?”

Upon the request of lawyer Eyüboğlu, the court has ruled that the Constitutional Court ruling on Academics for Peace shall be awaited till a verdict is given for three academics. One academic has also been given a deferred prison sentence of 15 months.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has announced its ruling on two convicts who appealed to the court 13 years ago, wishing to continue their higher-education studies. The court has ruled that their right to education has been violated.

Prof. Ayşe Gül Altınay signed a petition protesting Turkey's severe military belligerence against Kurds. President Erdogan called the document treasonous. Now the court has handed down its verdict: 25 months in prison. Altınay remains calm and unflinching.

The ECtHR has requested Turkey’s defense in the case of journalist İdris Sayılğan, thereby requesting defense in a lawsuit filed against a journalist working in the Kurdish media for the first time since the coup attempt on July 15, 2016.

Journalist Can Dündar has been living in Germany because facing life sentence in Turkey, and his wife Dilek Dündar's passport has been confiscated by authorities.

Imprisoned yesterday for having insulted the then Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2010, daily Yeniçağ columnist Yavuz Selim Demirağ has been released. Speaking to bianet, Demirağ has said, “Anything can happen at any time in Turkey.”