The third hearing in the case of Berkin Elvan, who lost his life after being shot on the head with a gas cartridge during the Gezi protests in 2013, was held today. The police officer who is the suspect of the trial was not brought to court, and his testimony could not be taken due to a failure of the Audio and Visual Information System.

Vice PM Bozdağ has announced that the US responded to the diplomatic note sent by Turkey concerning Sarraf, who hadn’t been heard from for six days. “It was stated that Sarraf’s health condition is fine”, Bozdağ said.

After the act authorizing muftis to perform marriage entered into effect, the first marriage performed by a mufti took place in a mass marriage ceremony organized by Bismil municipality.

German LGBTI Film Days has been banned by Ankara Governorship following some tweets shared with #MayLGBTFilmDaysBeCancelled and #BlackMarkOnOurFreedom hashtags.

Upon not being able to receive any information of Sarraf, who has been kept in custody for one and a half years in the US, Turkey has demanded information via diplomatic note.

Announcing that military operations would be carried out in 12 neighbourhoods in Silvan, Diyarbakır in southeastern Turkey, Diyarbakır Governorship has declared curfew that would be in effect as of this morning.

HDP Mardin MP Gülser Yıldırım has been released of the suit in which she was charged with “Propagandizing for a terror organization and inciting people to insurgency”. Her arrest over “being a member of a terror organization” continues.

Ruling on the applications of Pınar and Bilge, who had been laid off for participating in trade union activities, the Constitutional Court has decided in favor of the applicants and recognized that their trade union rights were violated.

Ministry of National Defense has responded to parliamentary inquiry submitted by CHP’s Tanrıkulu about the mules killed by army staff in 2015 in Uludere: “We don’t have any document or information about this matter”.

Concerning his statement that “No academic, politician or journalists who signed this petition would be granted right to live by any country, leave alone sending them to prison” addressing the Peace Declaration signatory academics, AKP’s Kavcıoğlu has said his words were twisted.

Holding a statement regarding the claims of torture in Elazığ Prison, women’s organizations have informed, that four political prisoner women have been on a hunger strike since November 1 and have been kept in solitary confinement cells.

Demanding an official apology concerning the Dersim massacre, Tunceli Bar Association has requested the truth be shared with the public, whereabouts of the disappeared be searched and commemorations be held for those who lost their lives.

Animation movie “Hadia” (Present) directed by Sinem Sakaoğlu as part of the “Syrian Cultural Heritage for Children: Books and Games” by Anadolu Kültür has been granted two awards at the Chicago Children Film’s Festival.

The provision introduced in the State of Emergency that required the public servants to provide a permission notice from the institutions they work for, in case they wanted to travel abroad, has been lifted.

The ECtHR has acknowledged objection of Işıkırık, who stayed in prison for 4 years and 8 months on charge of “propagandizing for a terror organization” for doing victory sign in funeral and in a demonstration at his university.

Referring the academics who signed the peace declaration, AKP’s Kavcıoğlu has said, “No academic, politician or journalists who signed this petition would be granted right to live by any country, leave alone sending them to prison”.

A legal suit brought against the İstanbul Chamber of Medicine by the Ministry concerning the medical intervention during Gezi resistance has been dismissed.

Turkey has been listed among the countries in which Internet freedoms are restricted most in US-based think tank Freedom House’s report.

Five independent experts from the Special Procedures of United Nations Human Rights Council have denounced the “terror” charges pressed against rights defenders and lawyers, and arrests of them.

The only arrested defendant in Suruç Massacre Trial hasn’t been brought to the third hearing either; families whose all demands were rejected have left the courtroom.