Murat Çelikkan enters prison today after being sentenced to 18 months in the trial he faced for joining the Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign that was organized by the now-closed newspaper Özgür Gündem.

Police carried out a raid on the houses of 15 people in Ankara towards the early hours of the morning. dihaber correspondent Deniz Nazlım has been taken into custody along with eight others.

A suspect detained on charges of being an ISIS member has stabbed a police officer to death in the Security Directorate on Vatan Street.

DBP Co-Chair Mehmet Arslan has been detained in Adana. At least 36 HDP members are in custody due to the operations launched on Friday.

Think of a word of which you know its conceptual meaning. You use it often, although you are not sure of its exact meaning. Although you are pretty sure you are not using it incorrectly, if someone asks you exactly what it means, smoke may come out of your ears.

HDP has filed a lawsuit against President and AKP Chair Erdoğan for non-pecuniary damages in amount of 145,000 euro over calling HDP’s Demirtaş “a terrorist”. The amount for the non-pecuniary damages was calculated as one Kurus for each person who voted for HDP on the elections on June 7.

One soldier was killed and two others were injured in the clashes between soldiers and members of PKK in Dersim. One soldier and a child were killed in another clash between gendarmerie and members of PKK in Trabzon on Saturday.

Police have attacked protesters in Kadıköy demonstrating in solidarity with academic Gülmen and teacher Özakça who have been in hunger strike for 156 days to be reinstated to their jobs which they lost through a statutory decree.

Women prisoners writing to bianet from Kandıra F-type Prison told about their living conditions which increasingly deteriorated noting that their hairclips and mirrors were being seized and they were not allowed to have any laundry line or a knitting needle, not even plastic ones.

President of Dersim Bar Association Yıldırım has filed a criminal complaint against those who are responsible for the forest fires which broke out during military operations and clashes.

Noting that citizens of Şapatan village in Şemdinli being subjected to torture had been confirmed, rights organizations and professional associations from Diyarbakır criticized the statement released by Hakkari Governorship.

Journalist Austin Tice was kidnapped in Syria five years ago and no news could be received about him during this time. His family and the RSF have launched a campaign for Tice’s birthday.

German armament firms sold arms and ammunition worth 5,600,000 Euros to Turkey in the first four months of this year. This volume is way below than the year of 2016.

Vehicles carrying agricultural laborers have crashed Malatya, Adıyaman and Ankara, in one day. Three agricultural laborers lost their lives in the accidents, 47 others were injured in total.

Two nests opened in Çıralı beach in Antalya, 116 Loggerhead cubs have reached the sea.

2nd hearing in trial of journalist Nedim Türfent detained on remand began with 6-hour delay. Türfent’s attorneys leave courtroom after arguing with board of judges due to delay. Next hearing will be held on November 1.

Ahmet Toru has been killed by the gendarmerie for disobeying stop warning in Urfa. Toru allegedly attempted to run away as he was a “draft dodger”.

State-run Anadolu Agency reported that detention warrant was issued for 35 people claimed to have used ByLock. Nine journalists including journalist Burak Ekici from BirGün daily have been taken into custody.

Concerning the draft that authorizes muftis to perform civil marriage, HDP MP Paylan has responded to claims that civil marriage is performed at churches and synagogues.

A border wall similar to the “security wall” build on the Syrian border has begun to be built on the Iranian border. The wall built by TOKİ will be 144 km long.