Academic Yıldırmaz has been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison; announcement of the verdict has been deferred. The academic who testified in Diyarbakır upon instruction has said that he will make his defense at the İstanbul 37th Heavy Penal Court.

CHP MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu has submitted a petition to the Speaker’s Office, requesting that a Parliamentary Investigation Commission be established to investigate the murder of Diyarbakır Bar Association Chair Tahir Elçi in 2015.

A concrete block has collapsed in the construction of a viaduct in Kocaeli-Gebze section of the Northern Marmara Highway. While three workers have lost their lives, a broadcast ban has been imposed on the news relating to the incident.

Submitting a parliamentary inquiry regarding the ECtHR ruling on Demirtaş, the HDP has said, “The judgement of the ECtHR sets a precedent for all arrested journalists and elected politicians and the ones imprisoned as part of freedom of thought and expression.”

Diyarbakır Bar Association Chair Tahir Elçi, who was murdered in front of the Four-Legged Minaret in Sur in Diyarbakır in 2015, has been commemorated by his colleagues, friends, relatives, family and loved ones.

In the declaration issued after the National Security Council, it has been stated that the biggest obstacle to a political solution in Syria is “the structure in the east of Euphrates” and Turkey will use its right of self-defense in Syria.

The ECtHR has announced its judgement regarding unionist Kadri Kılıcı, who was injured with a rubber bullet during a police intervention. The court has sentenced Turkey to pay 5 thousand Euro in non-pecuniary damages for violating the “prohibition of torture”.

Following the statement by President of Munzur University, "Nearly 15 of our research assistants work on Alevism", we have spoken to an academic dismissed from university: "Presidency wants studies to be done according to their own definition of Alevism".

It has been three years since Diyarbakır Bar Association Chair Tahir Elçi was murdered; but, the perpetrators have not been brought to justice. In a parliamentary inquiry, it has been stressed that the video footage of the incident “could not be found.”

Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has stated that they will appeal to the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR regarding its judgement on Selahattin Demirtaş. Çavuşoğlu has said, “There are several EU countries that do not implement the ECtHR rulings.”

HDP’s imprisoned former Co-Chair Demirtaş has said, “The judgement of ECtHR has shown how grave the situation in Turkey is. But, is the government trying to understand it? No. Because it does not want to leave aside such a sharp sword as judiciary.”

Rights defender and businessperson Osman Kavala has sent a message from Silivri Prison and said, “I am waiting for the issuance of my indictment so that I can show that the allegations against me are groundless and baseless.”

Open Society Foundation has released a statement and indicated that the news reported about the foundation “are groundless allegations and excessive speculations.” The foundation has decided to stop all of its activities in Turkey.

According to a report released by the Legal Aid Bureau Against Sexual Harassment and Rape in Detention, 101 women have been subjected to rape and 498 women have been subjected to sexual harassment in detention over the last 21 years.

A military helicopter has crashed during a training flight in the district of Sancaktepe in İstanbul. While two commissioned officers and two non-commissioned officers have lost their lives, one specialized sergeant has been injured.

Dilara Şenkaya has captured the images of the march that could not be held on November 25, 2018 and the resistance of women for bianet.

Several people, including former HDP Kars MP Mülkiye Birtane and Health and Social Service Laborers’ Union Co-Chair Gönül Erden, have been taken into custody.

A curfew has been declared in the district of Lice in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır on the ground of an operation to be conducted in its four villages and seven hamlets. It is the 193rd curfew that has been declared in the city.

The march to be held in Kadıköy in İstanbul upon the call of Women’s Assemblies on the occasion of November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women has been prevented by the police.

The march to be held in Taksim in İstanbul on the occasion of November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women has been prevented by the police. While the police have used tear gas on women, the women have not dispersed.