75 civil society organizations from Turkey and the world have made an urgent call for Hasankeyf, which will be engulfed after the filling of Ilısu Dam reservoir starts in June: “It is not too late to save Hasankeyf and Tigris River! No filling of the Ilısu Dam Reservoir!”

Reversing the verdict of the court which only ruled for pecuniary damages in the lawsuit filed into the death of 12-year-old Ceylan Önkol, the Council of State has concluded that there is “a neglect of duty” and ruled for non-pecuniary damages as well.

The family of the child, for whom Nihat Hatipoğlu organized a religious conversion ritual, told HDP Diyarbakır MP Garo Paylan that nobody asked them for a permission.

Two people, who are declared as related to DHKP-C and who tried to take hostage of Parliament’s counter staff, have been detained.

Pronouncing its verdict regarding an access ban on a tweet by journalist and former CHP MP Yarkadaş, who shared a news article from Gerçek Gündem website, the Constitutional Court has ruled that his freedom of press and expression has been violated.

Chair of Felicity Party (SP) Karamollaoğlu has declared that SP will participate in the İstanbul repeat election on June 23 with its recent candidate in the March 31 elections, Necdet Gökçınar.

An online petition entitled “Let Haluk Savaş Live” has been launched for cancer patient Prof. Dr. Haluk Savaş, a discharged physician and academic who is not permitted to go abroad for treatment though his international travel ban has been lifted.

Teachers Tanrıverdi and Polat, who were arrested for four times before for protesting discharges, have been arrested again. They previously appealed to the Council of Judges and Prosecutors, filing a complaint against the judges and prosecutors in Bakırköy.

After 11 former members of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) Central Council have been sentenced to prison for their declaration entitled “War is a Public Health Problem”, the association has appealed to the Ministry of Justice.

Arrested Academic for Peace Assoc. Prof. Tuna Altınel has sent a message from prison to bianet: “We will keep on showing the same consistency with all my fellow colleagues, with whom I walk together, and our solidarity will always continue.”

METU students have boycotted classes to protest the interference towards their university and the police violence in the 9th Pride Parade on May 10, 2019. Students have also made a call to METU President Verşan Kök to resign from office.

HDP Muş MP Şevin Coşkun, also giving reference to bianet’s April 2019 Male Violence Monitoring Report, has asked Minister Zümrüt if the Ministry has taken any preventative action against the sexual abuse of children.

A soldier has lost his life in an armed conflict between the security forces and the PKK in Turkey’s eastern province of Hakkari.

Making a series of demands, including the removal of the ban on their concerts, Grup Yorum music band has announced that they will go on a hunger strike as of May 17.

Columnist of the Yeniçağ Newspaper Yavuz Selim Demirağ has said that “I am not afraid,” in his column published on May 14, 2019 after he has been attacked in front of his house. His attackers have been released.

The case file regarding Ethem Sarısülük, who was killed during Gezi resistance in 2013, has been taken to the Constitutional Court. The application aims to “contribute to the struggle to put an end to the policy of impunity in the police murders in Turkey.”

Ruling AKP’s İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor candidate Binali Yıldırım has stated that artists should treat everyone equally and it is not right for them to group together in one place.

Gathering in Kadıköy to commemorate 301 miners who lost their lives in Soma five years ago, people opened the banner “Everything will be fine.” While the police permitted the demonstration, they said that the banner was banned by the governorship.

Having been arrested and released for four times before for protesting discharges, teachers Tanrıverdi and Polat have appealed to the Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) and filed a complaint against judges of peace and prosecutors in Bakırköy.

Detained while reporting on the protests staged to raise concerns over hunger strikes, journalists Zeynep Kuray and İrfan Tunççelik have been released on probation. HDP Bakırköy Co-Chair Ugiş, who was also among the detained, has been arrested.