Amasya Municipality has imposed a de facto ban on the staging of “Letters to Taranta-Babu” theater play by Nâzım Hikmet on the ground that it was ‘political.’ Actor Cansu Fırıncı has spoken to bianet about the prevention of the municipality.

Çelik was imprisoned for "terrorist propaganda" for having said, "Don't let children die," in a TV program. The Constitutional Court has ruled that her right to freedom of expression is violated.

The 17th Ayşenur Zarakolu Freedom of Thought and Expression Awards have been granted to Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur-Fincancı, Ayşe Düzkan and Osman Kavala, “who have suffered oppression due to their freedom of expression activities.”

After 15 hunger striking inmates went on a death fast on April 30 with the demand that the isolation on imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan be ended, 15 other people have turned their hunger strike into a death fast in prison today.

Thirty-five people, including 10 children, were killed and 600 were injured because of firing into the air for celebration, the Ministry of Interior has announced.

Addressing main opposition CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, President and AKP Chair Erdoğan has said that “his life is based on lies and smears” and added: “Do you hide behind your immunity? Then, request the abolition of your immunity.”

A convict was not able to receive a medical report after he was battered by the guardians. The top court has ruled that the authorities violated the prohibition of mistreatment.

Demirbağ-Sten, a journalist-writer based in Sweden, is appointed to the Board of Nobel Foundation. Speaking to bianet, she said, “It is delightful to see that an immigrant Kurdish woman could find the opportunities to improve herself and attain good positions.”

Ten mukhtars who won the local elections in the southeastern province have been discharged from posts on the ground of the continuing investigations and prosecutions against them.

Presidential Archives Chairperson Safi published the names of the celebrities who supported Ekrem İmamoğlu after the İstanbul local elections were annulled.

US dollar / Turkish lira rate has been increasing since April 1 amid uncertainty and violations regarding the elections.

Forty-nine bar associations have released a statement, denouncing the cancellation of the İstanbul local elections.

Men killed at least 31 women and two men who were with the killed women. They raped at least two women, forced at least 33 to sex work. They abused at least 12 children, harassed at least 22 women.

Attorney Sarıca responded to the claims that their meeting with the PKK leader for the first time in eight years was related to the repeat elections in İstanbul.

The HDP Group Deputy Chairs have submitted a parliamentary question on the rejection of objections in the southeast and the annulment of the İstanbul election.

According to a report released by the Right to Clean Air Platform, while 52 thousand people died of air pollution-related illnesses in 2017, this number is seven times higher than that of the people who lost their lives in road accidents in the same year.

Sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison for having signed the peace declaration, Academic for Peace Prof. Dr. Füsun Üstel has submitted herself to Eskişehir Women’s Closed Prison after her prison sentence has been upheld by the court of appeal.

The artists supported İmamoğlu on social media after the İstanbul local elections was canceled.

Appealing to the Supreme Election Council (YSK), CHP Vice Chair Erkek has said, “If you annul the İstanbul Metropolitan Mayoral Elections, then you also have to annul the local elections in 39 districts and June 24 Parliamentary and Presidential Elections.”

S.K. caused the death of a woman by hitting her with an armored vehicle. In the retrial, he received a sentence reduction again.