Coming together upon call from the initiative "I am a journalist", over 100 journalists including representatives from press organizations have sent a joint new year message to their colleagues in prison who don't have their letters delivered. (Photograph: Özcan Yaman)

The Constitutional Commission of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey has passed the constitutional amendment draft.

Made by party workers in front of HDP Headquarters, snowperson has been demolished twice.

Sergeant major Ayhan Güzel aged 26 has lost his life in a clash that erupted against ISIS during Operation Euphrates Shield launched into Al Bab.

Stating that Prof. Dr. İştar Gözaydın being arrested without solid evidence and on grounds of some false denunciations was unacceptable, human rights organizations demanded Gözaydın’s immediate release.

Tried in Özgür Gündem case, Aslı Erdoğan, Necmiye Alpay and Zana Kaya have been released. Erdoğan was under arrest since August 19, Alpay since August 31 and Kaya since August 22.

Russian President Putin has declared that a truce agreement between Syrian government and opposition has been reached.

Stating that no support was received from the NATO in Operation Euphrates Shield in al-Bab, President Erdoğan has noted; “They say, ‘Turkey supports Daesh’. We are the ones who have put up the greatest fight against Daesh. FSA is a resistance movement consisting of moderate opponents”.

Minimum wage has become 1,404 Liras for the year of 2017. The TİSK had demanded “zero raise”, Türk-İş 1,600 Liras and DİSK 2,000 Liras.

In his parliamentary inquiry issued to parliament on demand that PM respond, CHP MP Tanrıkulu has asked of Turkey’s soldiers who were claimed to be burned to dead by ISIS.

Journalist Ahmet Şık was taken into custody in his apartment by police this morning.

Detained in Ankara, HDP Vice Co-Chair Aysel Tuğluk and seven other politicians have been arrested by the court they were taken to.