In Turkey, Muslim groups have used the “human rights” framework to protect their religious practices, such as wearing headscarves in universities and workplaces. But what happens when the “rights” demanded by dominant religious groups contradict the rights and demands of others?

Jadaliyya interviewed Annika Marlen Hinze on her book “Turkish Berlin: Integration Policy and Urban Space” published by University of Minnesota Press.

The association of the Turkish language with the Turkish state and its politics makes many wary of acknowledging the indelible place of Turkish in the lives of Ottoman Armenians and their diasporan descendants.

Stop Racism and Nationalism Platform is to file a complaint against columnist Yılmaz Özdil for using hate speech in one of his articles.

Observatory of Balkans and Caucuses will present the interim results of research and activities under the Safety Net for European Journalists project about threatened journalists in 11 countries in Southeast Europe around a forum in Skopje, Macedonia on 16-18 October 2014.

The European Court of Human Rights convicted Turkey in the case of Baytar where the case concerned the absence of an interpreter during police custody.

261 individuals from Kobane who have been detained and kept in a sports complex in Suruç district faced police tear gas as they attempted to break out their captivity. Detainees include around 20 journalists.

Suphi Nejat Ağırnaslı, a sociology graduate from Turkey’s prestigious Bosporus University, has lost life in Kobane at the age of 30. He was fighting against ISIS with the alias Paramaz Kızılbaş.

Three German journalists who have detained last night in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır for commanding 20 protestors have been released. They will testify today and attempt to retain their confiscated equipment.

A trilingual petition signed by 230 activists including Noam Chomsky, Fatih Akın, Serra Yılmaz and Reyan Tuvi aims to urge the Turkish government to open a humanitarian corridor to Kobane.

Hasan Kabakulak, a journalist who has been arrested for 20 months for charges related to being a spy of Syrian regime, has been released.

6 governors in Turkey's Kurdish-populated cities issued curfew in the following cities/districts until a second notice: Diyarbakır, Batman, Dargeçit, Derik, Kızıltepe, Nusaybin, Mazıdağı and Savur due to clashes between police and demonstrators over the Kobane protests.

With the approximately five billion Turkish lira in public funding spent on protection for Syrian refugees over the last three years, the Turkish host population is no longer as receptive as it once was to serving as a refugee hosting ground.

Two professors in Hong Kong interview fellow academics, student activists and graduate students from mainland China in order to draw out Hong Kong’s history in relation to globalising forms of political expression. Colonial history, neoliberal urban governance, and Chinese authoritarianism all bear on the current unrest.

Republican People’s Party Deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu submitted a parliamentarian question regarding the alleged video recordings of ISIS militants crossing to Syria from Turkey’s Suruç district.

Istanbul University students protested the violence on campus on September 26 caused by a pro-ISIS group after another group put up posters condemning ISIS violence.

The transfer of 457 workers from Turkey who have been stuck amid clashes in Libya for 11 days has been completed last night. The plane also brought the body of a worker who died of a stroke during the waiting.

Various NGOs and political parties in Turkey joined a watch-duty to protest the ISIS attacks in Kobane, Syria.

HDP deputy Ertuğrul Kürkçü told bianet that scores of people crossed the border for solidarity as ISIS attacks intensified in Kobane.

A group of pedestrians from Turkey protested President Erdoğan in the streets of New York City during his last day of trip for 69th Session of UN General Assembly. A quarrel took place as Erdoğan’s guards pushed away protestors and NYC police attempted to detain the guards.