Indicating that the amendment of Anti-Terror Law (TMK) foreseen by the Judicial Reform is not adequate, Asst. Prof. Altıparmak asks, “If the amendment is adopted, how will the boundaries of news and commentaries be determined?”

Staged by the HDP against the appointment of trustees to three Metropolitan Municipalities, “Democracy Watches” are now also held in İstanbul and İzmir. While the police attacked the watch in İstanbul, the one in İzmir was held in police blockade.

Prevented from having gender transition surgery, transgender inmate Buse has sent a letter and a photograph of hers from prison to bianet.

President Erdoğan has spoken at a 'Combating Hate Speech' themed high-level side event hosted by Turkey and Pakistan during the United Nations (UN) summit in New York.

Three separate lawsuits have been filed against 41 polling clerks who were on duty in March 31 local elections. Investigated upon the allegations of irregularities, the clerks face three months to 1 year in prison.

Yıldırım says a lip-reading expert could not be found to examine key video evidence in the suspicious death of Şule Çet.

International human rights organizations and scientific and professional organizations have called for urgent acquittal of bianet columnist and food engineer Asst. Prof. Bülent Şık ahead of his third hearing on September 26.

Plea bargaining, one of the most controversial practices in the US that leads to wrongful convictions, will be implemented in Turkey if the draft amendment is approved.

As Russia has signed the act ratifying Russia’s participation in Paris Agreement, Turkey is now the only G20 country which has not yet ratified the climate agreement.

Releasing a report on attacks that targeted Syrian refugees in Adana, Human Rights Association (İHD) said, “We condemn the racist, discriminatory and othering attacks in Adana. We request that damages of aggrieved Syrians be compensated”.

“Gender and Identity in Cinema” film week has been banned by the Yıldız Technical University (YTÜ) administration, which claimed that the organizers of the week “are encouraging homosexuality”.

According to the Life Tables for 2016-2018 announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), while the life expectancy at birth is 78.3 years for the total population in Turkey, it is 81 years for women and 75.6 years for men.

Responding to President Erdoğan’s statements, Prime Minister of Israel Netanyahu has said, “He who doesn't stop lying about Israel, slaughters the Kurds and denies the terrible slaughter of the Armenian people shouldn't preach to Israel”.

An explosion occurred in the district of central Yüreğir in Adana while the service vehicle of riot police was passing. Governor of Adana Demirtaş has announced that five people have been wounded in the incident.

Speaking at the UN General Assembly, President and AKP Chair Erdoğan said, “If each one of us is not safe, then none of us is safe”. He also argued that the scope of the planned safe zone in Syria should be extended.

According to the audit report of Court of Accounts for 2018, while the annual kitchen expenses of Presidency was 2 million 646 thousand lira in 2017, this figure has increased to 5 million 311 thousand 427 lira in 2018.

Turkey needs a judicial culture that is based on rights and conscience, Yıldırım has remarked.

Ahead of the election of the 85th Patriarch of the Armenian Patriarchate of Turkey, the Ministry of Interior laid the condition that the patriarch candidates must be from Turkey. HDP MP Paylan has said, "This is an attempt to usurp the right to be elected."

Having informed against himself to the prosecutor's office in support of Academics for Peace, RSF Representative to Turkey Erol Önderoğlu has been acquitted of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”.

Journalist and seriously ill inmate Ziya Ataman has been sentenced to 14 years, 3 months in prison on charge of “being a member of a terrorist organization”.