Journalists who have been kept in custody in Diyarbakır for 7 days have drawn attention to the possibility of fabrication of evidence. "We did not commit any crime other than journalism."

The Dersim Associations Federation (DEDEF) has issued a statement drawing attention to ongoing military operations in the villages of Dersim in eastern Turkey, "Entrances and exits to villages are banned."

Stockholm's moves to change its counterterrorism legislation and legal framework for arms exports will reflect their future status as a NATO member with new commitments to allies, according to Stoltenberg.

Publishing a briefing on Turkey, "Turkey has been employing counter-terrorism and national security legislation to restrict rights and freedoms " the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has said.

Veysel Ulusoy, the founder of the independent research group which calculates the inflation rate higher than official figures is facing a disciplinary inquiry over speaking to press without "permission"

"What has been done is an indication of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's approach that sees media as an enemy and his policy of suppressing independent voices," Frank Überall, the president of German Federation of Journalists has said.

"In a state of law, the obligation of the judges is to make evaluations by examining the facts objectively, and to verdict a conviction if concrete evidence shows that a crime has been committed undoubtedly," Kavala has said regarding the justified ruling of the Gezi Trial.

Several activists have been detained in İstanbul for protesting the isolation of the PKK leader Öcalan who has been kept in solitary confinement since 1999.

Locals residents whose facilities such as water, electricity, and gas were cut off due to urban transformation in İstanbul, have held a protest in front of the Beyoğlu Municipality.

Since late May, Turkey has expressed its intention to launch a new military offensive into the Kurdish-controlled regions in Syria's north.

The narrowly defined unemployment rate was 11.3 percent in April, with an increase in the number of unemployed by 65 thousand and reaching 3 million 853 thousand according to TurkStat.

Forensic medicine reports indicated that the child was abused by her father, a former youth branch chair of the AKP in Selçuk, İzmir.