Former NSA employee, political refugee Edward Snowden has shared a message of support on the Twitter page of Amnesty International for the rights advocates arrested over a training workshop Büyükada.

Serving as Ankara Mayor since 1994, Melih Gökçek has announced that he will resign from his post.

Referring to the State of Emergency Commission, the European Court of Human Rights has rejected the application of the Academics for Peace who were discharged through statutory decrees and claimed violation of their freedom of expression.

Two of the five journalists who were detained in a house raid on October 20, Jin News reporters Erol and Eren have been released. The three journalists had stayed in custody for one day and then were released.

The audience protested the word “guerilla” in the subtitle of the first competition film at 54th International Antalya Film Festival, the documentary was stopped in half.

Güvel (71) and Osmanoğlu (67), have declared that they will be on hunger strike until demands of educators Gülmen and Özakça, who are on hunger strike, are met. Güvel has been on hunger strike for 115 days and Osmanoğlu for 72 days.

Investigations have been launched into 50 of the 56 Editors-in-Chief on Watch who have participated in the campaign “Editors-in-Chief on Watch” of the now closed Özgür Gündem daily.

Entering the 227th day of the hunger strike at his home, teacher Özakça has said, “Our heart, mind, opinion and thought are with Nuriye at Numune Hospital”.

Detained from his home in Ankara, Kardaş was brought to İstanbul Security Directorate Anti-Terror Bureau on Saturday.

Writer İhsan Eliaçık was verbally attacked by a group as he entered the Kayseri Book Fair. Police pushed the assailant group. Eliaçık had to leave the fair area.

Sergeant major, who was assaulted as he went out of his home in Diyarbakır, has been heavily wounded and taken to hospital. An operation has been launched for the assailant to be captured.

Two assaults have been launched on the exhibition in Abdülmecid Efendi Mansion. Shouting out “Is this secularist”, the assailants attempted to damage the artifacts.

7-year-old Felek Batur, who was hit by an armored vehicle on patrol in Siirt, has lost his life.

Journalist Murat Çelikkan who was sentenced to 18 months in prison for participating in the Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign for the now-closed newspaper Özgür Gündem, has been released.

Journalists Sibel Yükler, Diren Yurtsever and Selman Güzelyüz, who were detained in house raids carried out on October 20 in Turkey's capital city of Ankara, have been released after being deposed in the police station.

Semih Özakça has been released in the trial of hunger strikers academic Gülmen, teacher Özakça and discharged teacher Karadağ. The court has ruled continuation of arrest of Gülmnen.

Journalist Tuğrul Eryılmaz, one of the editors of the Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign of the now-closed Özgür Gündem has been sentenced to 15 months in prison and fined 6,000 TL. Court deferred his prison sentence.

US Department of State Spokesperson Nauert as to Osman Kavala and 19 activists, attorney and journalists being detained in Ankara yesterday, said that they had been following these case closely and that the detentions in Turkey were often made with very little or no evidence at all.

Among the mayors who have been asked to resign from his post, Bursa Mayor Altepe has said, “We continue our work. I hope we will continue to carry on our job”.

Etkin News Agency has demanded release of its staff Temel and Cuştan, who were detained in a house raid yesterday.