Last week, police detained 22 people in raids targeting Kurdish journalists and media outlets in Diyarbakır.

The then-chair of the Diyarbakır Bar Association was killed while speaking to reporters in November 2015.

The family of a PKK member has received the dead body of their children in a storage box. The dead body of Agit İpek, who died in a conflict in Dersim in 2017, was sent to the family in a plastic box by cargo in May 2020.

Journalists and NGO representatives gathered in front of the Diyarbakır Courthouse to protest the detentions.

Hakkı Boltan has said,“Journalism is a must in this region. People are aware that there is no life without journalism. They know that freedom and rights are directly connected to press. The government does not understand that.”

After the attack, waste workers gathered at the depots to state that they will struggle against racist attacks.

Finland’s PM said there has been no progress in the talks and expressed concern that the accession process may stall.

What Turkey describes as "safe zones" is nothing but occupation and aggression, according to Syria's lawmakers.

Maja Sever from Croatia has been elected as the European Federation of Journalists president, and Mustafa Kuleli, the executive director of the Journalists' Union of Turkey, has been elected as the vice president.

Netflix Turkey has deemed the “Heartstopper” series in the +18 category stating that it is “not suitable for children”. The series is about the love, family, and social lives of two LGBTI+ young people.

The Court of Cassation has revoked main opposition CHP Istanbul chair Canan Kaftancıoğlu's party membership.

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.