We are publishing the summary of ECtHR ruling on arrested businessperson Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars for 773 days. Announcing its verdict on December 10, the Court has concluded that his pre-trial detention is a right violation.

Mülkiye Birtane has been on trial for "membership of an illegal organization" due to her activities at the Democratic Society Congress.

A doctor at a "family health center" in İstanbul was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months prison for "qualified sexual assault."

Indicating that there are 60 libraries in İstanbul, the most densely populated city of Turkey, Metropolitan Mayor İmamoğlu said, “It is very sad that the number of libraries per 100,000 İstanbulites is 0.4. This figure is 14 in Zurich, 8.5 in Paris and 3.4 in Tokyo.”

The Supreme Election Council (YSK) has revoked the certificate of election of AKP’s Ceylanpınar District Mayor Abdullah Aksak on the ground of his verdict of conviction.

The US Senate has unanimously passed the Armenian Genocide resolution, which was previously blocked three times by Republican Senators at the request of the White House.

Chair of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights Maria Arena has made a statement on arrested rights defender Kavala. Referring to him as “a man of peace”, she has called on the authorities “to release him without further delay”.

Attacking the women who protested male violence with LasTesis dance in the capital city of Ankara, the police have detained around 10 women. Police officers previously attacked the women dancing to protest violence in İstanbul.

68.8 percent of the academics facing rights violations for signing the peace declaration have trouble sleeping, 61.9 percent have concentration and attention deficit, 58.3 percent have affective withdrawal or collapse, 17.4 percent have shortness of breath.

The former PM and AKP Chair had resigned from the ruling AKP in September.

The Municipality has announced that it will hire two Kurdish-speaking language instructors.

The police have detained Kızıltepe District Co-Mayor Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz from the HDP.