Thomas Hammarberg, a parliamentarian from Sweden who previously received the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Amnesty International, has nominated HDP’s former imprisoned Co-Chair Selahattin Dermirtaş for the prize in 2019.

"The ECtHR requested a defense from the Ministry of Justice. After the time expired on January 10, 2018, we learned that the Ministry of Justice got additional time from the ECtHR."

HDP İzmir Provincial Co-Chair Kadir Baydur has stated that Tunç Soyer, who is the main opposition CHP’s Metropolitan Mayor candidate for İzmir, has been accepted not only by the HDP, but also by the labor and democracy forces of İzmir.

After being informed of a child marriage, the Diyarbakır Bar filed a complaint at the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office but the attempts failed. HDP MP Mızraklı has brought the incident into the parliamentary agenda.

It has been 40 years since Editor-in-Chief and lead editor of Milliyet newspaper Abdi İpekçi lost his life in an armed attack. İpekçi has been commemorated at his grave in the 40th year of his death.

Producer of the “Çiçero” movie, whose premiere held in a concentration camp mise-en-scene has sparked criticisms on social media, has apologized: “I offer my apologies to our Jewish citizens if we have unintentionally offended them.”

Stating that the best places in cafes and restaurants are allocated to smoking guests, Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca has said that these smoking areas will be moved to closed spaces, which will not exceed 30 percent of the whole place.

The Silivri Prison has launched an investigation against former main opposition MP Eren Erdem for the hunger strike that he began on January 29. Erdem is facing a ban from events for one to three months.

Princes’ Islands Assembly, Beyoğlu Citizens Assembly, Güngören Democracy Platform, Electoral Process Assemblies and Şişli Democracy Assembly have made a call to all citizens to do politics with a completely new understanding ahead of local elections.

The ECtHR has ruled that Allianoi Initiative Spokesperson Ali Cangı's right of access to information is violated. Cangı made efforts to keep the ancient city of Allianoi from being left under water.

Speaking to bianet about the comments circulating on social media about high natural gas bills, Editor-in-Chief of Şalom newspaper İvo Molinas has said, “It is an example of a racism, which is beyond being cheap and can even be called despicable.”

Submitting a parliamentary question to be responded by Minister of Justice Gül, HDP MP Meral Danış Beştaş has asked, “Do you think that male violence is legitimized by the courts which regard provocation as a mitigating factor in cases of male violence?”

The Constitutional Court has rejected the appeal against Peri Kınık's deportation, who has been living with her daughter who is subjected to her husband's violence, for the reason that "She can live with her daughter in Azerbaijan."

Earth-moving trucks and concrete mixers caused the death of at least 253 people throughout 2018, marking a 80-percent increase in comparison with 2017, when the vehicles in question claimed the lives of 141 people.

Flags of Turkey were hung on the walls of Armenian Ferrahian High School in Los Angeles, US on Wednesday morning. Los Angeles police are investigating the incident as a "hate crime".

Snow images from Van, Dersim, Hakkari, Iğdır and Muş through the the lenses of photojournalists of Anadolu Agency...

The US Department of Justice has rejected a request from Turkey for taking the testimony of Peace Declaration signatory Baki Tezcan. The Department has concluded that Tezcan's act is within the boundaries of freedom of expression.

The premiere of the movie “Çiçero”, featuring a story of espionage in the 2nd World War, was held in a ‘mise-en-scene’ of a concentration camp, with baby dolls piled on red carpet: “To top it all, in the week of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.”

HDP MP Leyla Güven, who has been on a hunger strike for the last 85 days, has sent letters to the European Parliament and the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, urged them to take the necessary steps concerning the isolation on PKK leader Öcalan.

In the wake of Constitutional Court’s verdict that an access block imposed on a news report on bianet “violated freedom of expression”, the İstanbul 7th Penal Court of Peace has abided by the verdict and ruled that the access block in question shall be lifted.