The SP chair has claimed that the ruling party convinces the mayors by offering to pay debts of the municipalities.

Artists Nur Sürer and Lale Mansur have spoken to bianet about the targeting remarks of Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu on actor Kadir İnanır and others who watched imprisoned former HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş’s “Devran” on the stage.

The Ministry of Interior has dismissed HDP’s 6 municipal council members from the Municipality of Sur in Diyarbakır on the ground of ongoing lawsuits and investigations.

Having lost their lives in the conflict, specialized sergeant Bayram Günay will be laid to rest in Edirne and security guard İlyas Bağater in Şırnak.

Twelve people, including three Syriacs, were detained in Mardin over the allegation of "aiding a terrorist organization."

Announcing his opinion as to the accusations in the 15th hearing of Özgür Gündem main trial, the prosecutor has demanded that Eren Keskin, İnan Kızılkaya, Kemal Sancılı, Zana Kaya and Aslı Erdoğan be sentenced to prison.

Sevag Balıkçı was killed on the anniversary of the Genocide in 2011 when he was doing his compulsory military service.

The European Pride Organizers Association (EPOA) has announced that METU LGBTI+ Solidarity, the organizers of the Pride Parade in the university, is now its member.

Actor Halil Ergün has denounced the targeting remarks of Interior Minister Soylu about actor Kadir İnanır and others who watched Demirtaş’s “Devran” on stage: “Kadir İnanır is the pride of this society, he is the pride of the art.

The state agency for coal operations had entered the cosmetics sector, producing various goods from shampoos to sunscreens and depilatory creams.

The Minister has said, "You can't clean the blood on your hands with theater plays," addressing the people who watched the play adapted from a book of Selahattin Demirtaş.

Since January 5, there has been no information as to the fate and whereabouts of university student Gülistan Doku in Dersim. Students have staged a protest in the province and asked, “Where is Gülistan Doku?”.

President of European Council Michel has met President Erdoğan in İstanbul. “The EU acknowledges the strain that hosting up to four million refugees has on the country”, says a press release shared after the meeting.

Hundreds of people, joined by opposition MPs, have held a human chain against the canal project.

Taken into custody earlier today, TELE 1 presenter and social security expert Ali Tezel has been released after his deposition.

Aho Bileçen, the priest of Mor Yakup Church in Mardin, was arrested on January 10 on charge of “aiding and abetting a terrorist organization”.

“Devran”, the short story book of imprisoned former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş, has been staged by Jülide Kural and Ömer Şahin in İstanbul. While the audience have watched the play in applause, they have called for “freedom to Demirtaş”.

The HDP has brought the allegations into the parliamentary agenda, directing questions to the Minister of Interior.

The IPI has released a statement on the occasion of January 10 Working Journalists Day in Turkey: “The most urgent step to be taken by state authorities is to stop the constant judicial and financial pressure and harassment of media and journalists.”

A nine-year-old girl was revealed to be sexually abused and killed in the eastern province of Kars.