"We know that as long as the prison doors remain closed, we are not truly free. Meeting with you all here today, reuniting with our people and our land, is of course an honor. This is the result of your honorable struggle outside and the struggle of political prisoners inside," Kışanak said addressing a crowd in Diyarbakır.

Several Kurdish politicians have received prison sentences on “terrorism” and “disrupting the unity of the state” charges in the case concerning 2014 protests.

Some 108 HDP members were facing aggravated life sentences in what is widely considered a politically motivated trial. Some of the defendants have been acquitted and some have received lesser sentences and will be released.

The toll increases vary between 37.5% and 60%.

One individual has been injured by the explosion.

Cengiz Holding, known for its close ties to the government, has secured the permission to expand its luxury tourism facilities in Cennet Bay, a protected area.

The change in the panel is due to technicalities, and there is no imminent release for the philanthropist, his lawyer told bianet.

May 15 has been celebrated as the Kurdish Language Day since 2006, marking the inauguration of the Hawar magazine.

The government is poised to amend the anti-espionage law to prosecute those who are identified as “agents of influence.”

DEM Party executives are among the detained in raids in İstanbul and İzmir.

The Court of Cassation has once again come under the spotlight after the crisis with the Constitutional Court.

The government is poised to introduce an amendment to the espionage law criminalizing “influence operations.”