To be held on November 30-December 1 in İstanbul, the Justice, Equality, Woman Summit will discuss the regression in women’s vested rights.

bianet invites local journalists from neighboring provinces and districts, faculty of communication students and rights defenders working on gender to a journalism workshop..

Claiming that they have received “initial high-level assurances from the Government of Turkey” that there are / will be “no additional local employees of their Mission in Turkey under investigation”, US Mission to Turkey has announced the resumption of limited visa services in Turkey. Turkey denied claims of any assurance.

PM Yıldırım has commented on the documents demonstrating that his sons have offshore account and companies in Malta, and said, “I hereby urge that any sort of investigation, be it financial or legal, can be launched”.

2,000 miners who locked themselves in coal mines to protest an amendment article in the mining law that would pave the way for privatizing the Turkey’s Hard Coal Enterprise, have ended their protest. The union stated “the article will pass the way we demand”.

District Gendarmerie Peace Commando Company Deputy Commander First Lieutenant Mehmet Sakallı has lost his life in a clash that erupted between PKK and army of Turkey in Van.

Concerning the bomb attack on HDP’s meeting in Diyarbakır 14 police forces have been sued over “neglect of duty”.

2 bin maden işçisinin, TTK'yı özelleştirme yolu açan torba yasadaki maddeyi protesto için başlattığı 'ocaktan çıkmama' eylemi sonra sona erdi. Sendika, "Madde bizim istediğimiz gibi geçecek" açıklaması yaptı.

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Council, at least 182 workers have lost their lives in occupational homicides in October. The death toll has reached 1,683 for the first ten months of 2017.

Paradise Papers, documents on the offshore accounts of over 120 politicians from 50 countries, are being leaked to the public. Prime Minister Yıldırım’s son and relatives are also mentioned in the documents.

Miners in Zonguldak province locked themselves in coal mines to protest an amendment article in the mining law that would pave the way for privatizing the Turkey’s Hard Coal Enterprise. The draft article will be submitted to the General Assembly of the Parliament this week.

A group attacked the shops of Syrians in Konya with rocks and sticks. One Syrian was injured.

Writer Sabahattin Önkibar was attacked by a group of 10 people on the first day of 36th İstanbul International Book Fair on Saturday (November 4).

Conscientious objector Özgüner has been fined 1,486 TL for draft evasion.

The Human Rights Association has declared its report on right violations in 13 prisons in the Central Anatolia.

Regarding working conditions in healthcare that have become a topic of discussion following the suicide of three physicians, Dr. Özyurt who works on job satisfaction and burnout of healthcare workers states that the suicides are related to burnouts caused by working conditions.

International Children’s Film Festival will be held between dates of November 9-16 in Ankara.

Concerning the application as to suicide in prison, the Constitutional Court has ruled prisoner’s right to life was violated.

A libel lawsuit has been filed against journalist Küçükkaya and attorney Okan upon complaint by Minister Sayan-Kaya for “publicly insulting a public officer” and “publicly insulting institutions and bodies of Republic of Turkey”.

HDP MP Baydemir has submitted a parliamentary inquiry with respect to Ministry of Justice sending a note calling HDP’s imprisoned Co-Chair Demirtaş “militant” to court.