AKP Vice Chair Özdağ opposing punishment against animal rapists has drawn reaction from feminists and animal rights defenders: “A law prepared by this mindset cannot protect animals”.

Special operations police officer Serkan Yılmaz wounded during an operation in Nusaybin district of Mardin has lost his life in GATA.

A police officer and a civilian heavily injured in the attack launched on police mass housing couldn’t be saved despite all the efforts at the hospital they were taken into for treatment.

We’ve lost our English news editor, Barış Mumyakmaz. His body will be put to eternal rest following afternoon prayer at Karşıyaka Graveyard in Ankara.

10th Istanbul Gathering for Freedom of Expression will take place on April 9 and 10. Also Dündar and Gül arrested over their MİT-trucks report as well as freedom of expression will attend the gathering.

Explosions have been taking place in Yüksekova during the operations launched following the curfew declared on March 13, smokes rise above the houses.

President Erdoğan has said, “There can’t be treason against Turkey, Turkish homeland, Turkish nation in citizenship of Republic of Turkey. I don’t approve the ones who are in betrayal to be citizen of Republic of Turkey”.

Telecommunications Communication Directorate has blocked access to DİHA for the 34th time, Azadiya Welat for the fifth time, and siyasihaber for the third time.

Prime Minister Davutoğlu has said “According to our legislation it is not possible to denaturalize a citizen because of his/her relation with terror. It has not been added to the agenda yet” as to President Erdoğan’s suggestion to denaturalize citizens related to terror.

Ankara University Presidency has announced that the resignation of Dean of Faculty of Political Science at Ankara University, Prof. Dr. Sancar has not been accepted.

Ankara University Faculty of Political Science Dean Prof. Dr. Serpil Sancar and Vice Dean Assoc. Prof. Dr. Burcu Yıldız have resigned.

Criminal complaint has been filed against the police breaking two vertebral bones of lawyer Zeycan Balcı from Progressive Legists Association, and his superiors and officials giving him the order.

Extra 3 moderator Ehring whose satiric song “Erdowie, Erdowo, Erdowahn” making fun of Erdoğan led German Ambassador to be summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has now represented Erdoğan’s advisor…

Seven of the 25 detained Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University students have been sent to court for arrest.

In an attack carried out in the morning hours in Nusaybin district of Mardin province, a police officer has been killed. Two other officers have lost their lives and five others injured in the clash following the attack.

Mainz Prosecution has launched an investigation into Böhmermann who has written and read a poem on a comic programme about President Erdoğan in Germany on charges of “insulting representatives or organs of foreign states”.

100 Twitter messages have been blocked upon complaint of Tukcell which has been criticized for sustaining its support to Ensar Foundation.

Personal Data Protection Act has been published in the Official Gazette and thus entered into force.

NASA has stated that “We don’t make forecast of weather” in response to Minister Veysel Eroğlu who said, “NASA’s meteorological forecasts are behind ours. Our technology is more advanced than theirs. Who the hell is NASA”

Two rockets have been launched from Syria’s ISIS-held territory, left two wounded.