Despite declining business, bakkals remain an integral part of everyday life in Turkey.

A special parliamentary committee is expected to be formed in the coming days to work on the legal steps to be taken as part of the Kurdish peace process.

The decision comes as the Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline has remained out of service for an extended period following an International Chamber of Commerce ruling.

The Energy Ministry is now authorized to allow mining in areas officially registered as olive groves if the mining activity is aimed at meeting electricity needs.

The preference for tradition holds even as local and global chains expand aggressively.

"In both art and life, animals still appear as protagonists of magical, spiritual worlds—and at the same time as food on a plate. These two perspectives are mutually exclusive in real life,” says the programmer of the exhibition.

Öztürk Türkdoğan, DEM Party's deputy co-chair, spoke to bianet about the legal steps that must be taken in the peace process, from the possible release of imprisoned politicians to the judicial treatment of those laying down arms.

Fake rulings for censorship purposes have targeted Turkey's independent outlets several times over the past couple of years.

“As Diyarbakır Mothers, we fully support this process and are pleased with the steps taken,” says a member of the group.

Sex workers who experience violence suffer from intense fear, panic attacks, and social isolation, according to the report.

A fire that erupted in Tekirdağ and spread to Çanakkale has been contained.

Keleş has been found guilty of "resisting a public official to prevent them from performing their duty."

“Despite all the pressure, I will continue to fight for women’s rights and to protest under any circumstances," says Melisa Aydınalp.

“The state still considers them terrorists. They are Kurdish children. The state must act immediately and extend its hand for peace. Let no Kurdish or Turkish mothers cry," says one of the mothers.

The bill facilitating mining activities in olive groves and other rural lands also grants a permit for existing mining sites in Muğla.

One of several legal cases against the suspended mayor of İstanbul concluded today. İmamoğlu delivered a politically charged defense, concluding, “I’ve beaten them four times at the ballot box, and I’m a threat because I’ll beat them a fifth time.”

“There are songs, poems, and books written about Kasaplar Deresi. It is a place that has left deep marks in the collective memory of the people," says the local head of TMMOB in the city.

Perhaps we witnessed the most concrete and tangible steps ever taken toward peace; top-down and bottom-up. Despite its weight, making peace, is possible, as we "witnessed."

The owner was initially sentenced to prison on charges related to negligence, but the top appeals court ruled that the charges should reflect "probable intent."

The required number of consecutive workdays before a weekly rest in the tourism sector has increased from six to ten. Union leader Gökhan Aslan says the law will lead to "unlimited exploitation."