The eastern group left Van for Bitlis today while the western group was in İstanbul.

16-year-old Ramazan Şimşek was crushed by a hoeing machine and lost his life in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Giresun. He was on his way back from ploughing a field.

Semiha Alankuş, an editor for daily Yeni Yaşam, has been acquitted of “membership of an organization.” The court has concluded that the statement of an anonymous witness cannot be the sole basis for a judgement.

Six coal-fired plants have reopened after they were shut down in January because of failing to make investments needed to fulfill environmental obligations.

According to the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2020, while 67 percent of the participants say that they trust the news of Turkey’s state channel TRT, 65 percent say that they trust state-run Anadolu Agency (AA) news.

A lawsuit has been filed against the neighbors of trans woman Ajda over their hate speech and transphobic attitude. Charged with “wrongful act”, “gender discrimination” and “threat,” they will stand trial at the İstanbul 14th Penal Judgeship of First Instance.

Days after targeting the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) with airstrikes in Iraq's north, the country's defense ministry has announced that a land operation has begun.

Standing trial for killing Merve Kotan in Aydın, Muhammet G. will have his hearing at the Aydın 1st Heavy Penal Court on June 18. Kotan's elder sister Cemre Esra has spoken to bianet ahead of tomorrow's hearing.

An armed attack has been carried out against the vehicle of Hayrullah Eligül, the Chair of Human Rights Federation (İHF). While no casualties have been reported in the incident in İzmir, the police have launched an investigation.

On the second day of HDP’s “March for Democracy against the Coup,” HDP Spokesperson Oluç has noted that oppression of the government targets not only the HDP, but the entire opposition as well. He has called for a joint action for democratization.

Parents have spoken to bianet ahead of high-school entrance exam to be held this Saturday amid normalization and a new surge in Covid-19 cases. While some want the exam to be held, some say they will demand its postponement till the last day.

After an increase in daily cases for five days in a row, the Health Ministry has reported 1,459 new infections for the past 24 hours, slightly lower than yesterday's update.

On the second day of the HDP's "March for Democracy against the Coup," the party's co-chair Mithat Sancar visited lawyers in Van province.

The Human Rights Association has criticized the demonstration bans in cities where the HDP is planning to visit as part of its "March for Democracy Against the Coup."

Vedat M., who tweeted a sexist message about Başak Demirtaş, has been arrested.

The municipality has released statistics about internet and phone subscriptions for the metropolis of 15 million.

According to the Cinema and Theater Statistics shared by the TurkStat for 2019, the cinema audience in Turkey decreased by 12.8 percent in a year while theater audience increased by 0.7 percent and reached almost 8 million people.

While Ambassador Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut has been nominated as the new Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey, the former delegation chair Christian Berger has been nominated as the Head of the EU Delegation to Egypt.

Kurkut was shot dead by the police at a checkpoint in Diyarbakır during Newroz celebrations in 2017.

Seven years ago today, 14-year-old Berkin Elvan was shot with a tear gas canister fired by police in Gezi. Being comatose for 269 days, he lost his life on March 11, 2014.