The Thought Platform has launched a petition on change.org about the Armenians not being able to elect a patriarch for over eight years.

Women staged a demonstration on the streets of İstanbul, Ankara and Batman yesterday evening with the slogan “No bail for rape” and protested for the 14 year-old G. being sexually abused and forced to sex work in Batman province.

Police have again intervened in the protest area on the 71st day of Gülmen and Özakça’s hunger strike. The flowers have been removed, banners burned, five people detained.

On the 70th day of their hunger strike, academic Gülmen and teacher Özakça could not make it to the Human Rights Monument on Yüksel Street of Ankara where they have been staging a protest during their hunger strike since they did not feel well today.

Chair and members of the State of Emergency Commission, which will evaluate the objections against victimizations caused by the statutory decrees, have been determined after four months. Minister of Justice Deputy Secretary Menteş became the commission chair.

Germany’s Minister of Interior, Sigmar Gabriel said that Turkey trying to use İncirlik issue as a political tool would backlash.

Tunceli Bar President Yıldırım has declared that they met with the governor and that the governorship told him that demands of Kemal Gün, who has been on hunger strike for 83 days to retrieve his son’s body, will be met.

Interpreting the statement Erdoğan read from the paper, the interpreter did “false” interpretations of the two disputed matters between the two countries; “YPG” and “aiding terror organizations”.

Police have intervened in the people supporting the hunger strike in front of the Human Rights Monument in Turkey’s capital city of Ankara on the 70th day of the hunger strike.

President Erdoğan’s bodyguards have intervened in the scuffle erupted between protesters and Erdoğan supporters as Erdoğan went to the Turkish Embassy. Two people have been detained, nine others wounded.

US President Trump and President Erdoğan met in person for the first time yesterday. Following the meeting that lasted 20 minutes the two leaders held a press conference.

HDP has demanded that its imprisoned co-chairs and MPs be released and that the verdict concerning the lifting of parliamentary immunities be revoked.

İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality has closed down 1453 İstanbul Kültür ve Sanat magazine due to its cover photo with a cat and a graffiti reading “Erdo-gone” behind that, and that it filed a criminal complaint.

Of the Özgür Gündem Editors-in-Chief on Watch Çelikkan has been sentenced to 18 and Üstün to 15 months in prison. As Üstün’s sentence was deferred, Çelikkan’s sentence was not as he “didn’t show remorse”.

Sexual abuse, sexual violence and sexist discourse at the tribunes have been discussed at the Sexual Violence and Gender Apartheid in Football symposium.

Police have attacked the people who were on watch to act in solidarity with Gülmen and Özakça, who have been on hunger strike for 69 days.

Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel has criticized that deputies from Germany were denied entry to İncirlik Military Base and stated that they were in search for an alternative to İncirlik base.

Taken into custody on May 12, cumhuriyet.com.tr Editor-in-Chief Oğuz Güven has been referred to court for arrest.

Conscientious Objection Foundation is going to organize a series of events in the Human Rights Foundation and 26A Cafe on the occasion of the May 15 International Conscientious Objectors Day.

The unemployment rate marks 12.6% in February 2017. The unemployment rate has increased by 1.7% compared with the same period of last year and dropped by 0.4% compared with last month.