48 people have been sued for opposing mining activities in Cerattepe district of Artvin province over “Opposing the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations and Obstructing Police”.

Supreme Court of Appeal annuls Ergenekon decision on substantive grounds due to “not being able to submit concrete evidence to prove the organization’s existence, and on procedural grounds due to unlawful wiretapping and searches as well as declarations of anonymous witnesses.

Education Union in its press statement in front of İstanbul University has made call for participation for the hearing of the four imprisoned academics to be held in İstanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan tomorrow.

According to data of the TİHV, at least 338 civilians killed in places where curfew was declared between August 16, 2015-April 20, 2016. Of those killed, 78 were children and 30 were above 60 years old.

The General Staff has announced that the operations lasting since March 14 have ended but the works to remove barricades, close the ditches, and search activities continue districtwide.

M.B. who has sexually abused 10 children staying in Ensar Foundation and KAİMDER dorms in Karaman has been sentenced to 508 years of prison. Involved organizations criticize that the trial was brought to an end without extending its scope to cover all persons and institutions responsible for the abuses.

Erkan Çapraz from Yüksekova News has spoken about the operations expanding through neighboring villages on 39th day of the curfew.

O.Y in performing compulsory military service as third lieutenant has committed suicide four hours before his discharge. O.Y’s brother has described his death as suspicious.

ARD’s Cairo bureau manager, Volker Schwenck has been deported as he attempted to enter Turkey via İstanbul due to entry ban imposed on him.

Turkey has been ranked as 151st seeing a fall from 149th on Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Index. South Sudan, Mexica, Pakistan, and Russia have taken place ahead of Turkey.

11 Ordu City Platform members who want to prevent Ordu Municipality from filling the coast have been taken into custody. Attorney Türkmen says, “There is no project, parliamentary decision, environmental project, no nothing at the moment”.

Sputnik General Director Turkey Kerimov has been refused entry to Turkey and his press card as well as residence permit have been seized. He has been asked to go back to Russia and the reason has not been declared.

In the operations run against members of YPS in Şırnak, senior master sergeant Murat Erdi Eker and specialized sergeant Habib Gökçe have lost their lives. Four other soldiers and two police officers have been injured.

DİHA correspondent Muhammed Doğru, who had been taken into custody together with fellow students on April 15 has been arrested.

45 intellectuals noting Article 299 of Turkish Penal Code which carries a prison sentence of four years for defaming the President was open to abuse and not compliant with the Constitution and decisions of ECtHR, have demanded abolition of the article.

President Erdoğan following the complaint of village headpersons has interpreted Leman comic subjecting the village headpersons to its cover as “apology”.

A rocket launched from the ISIS held territory in Syria hit Kilis today causing fire break out in a house and two persons getting injured.

German public channel ARD correspondent and Cairo bureau director, Volker Schwenk hasn’t been allowed to enter Turkey. Schwenck is being kept in Atatürk Airport in the section for the deportees.

Prosecutor Preet Bharara has added the bill of indictment the expressions; “wherever these crimes have been committed including New York, Turkey and United Arab Emirates”.

Douglas Murray from the Spectator Magazine has asked its readers in protest of Erdoğan to write rude limericks about Erdoğan and send them by June 23.