“If the funerals are not returned to their families or officials, it means that their disappearance is admitted,” advocate Turan Ece told bianet regarding the case of a mass grave belonging to 27 PKK guerrillas from 1998.

Freedom and Solidarity Party’s (ÖDP) Izmir Provincial board member and United June Movement Izmir coordination member Onur Kılıç have been detained by anti-terror teams for charges related to “insulting the president”.

Abdulsamet Çelik, a sick inmate who has served 21 years of prison sentence and been released due to his grave condition, lost his life in the western province of Izmir.

The name of Alagöz neighborhood in the southeastern district of Midyat has been changed back to Bethkustan - a first time that an Assyrian village name has been returned.

Yılmaz Koçyılmaz (45), a former cameraman, has died of a stroke after being handcuffed by a traffic policeman even though he alerted on his hypertension. The case was brought to the attention of the parliament.

According to the preliminary results of an impunity research on Turkey, journalists fear that they might either face prosecution or layoff if they covered about corruption.

“This homeland security act will pass, pass pass,” PM Ahmet Davutoğlu said during his party meeting yesterday.

Advocates affiliated with Istanbul Bar Association held a night-long “justice watch” in Istanbul Courthouse against Turkey’s homeland security act draft.

Mehmet Tarhan, a conscientious objector from Turkey, received 15 months of prison and 9,000 liras fine despite related ECHR rulings.

While the draft of the new homeland security act has been postponed for discussions at the parliament, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey warned on some of its practices for prisons.

The European Court of Human Rights convicted Turkey of violating freedom of speech in the case of Ferhat Tunç, a singer who was ordered to pay a fine for having a dissident speech during a concert.

Previously taken back, Twitter now released its transparency report on Turkey again. According to the report, Turkey still tops the list worldwide with most requests to censor tweets.

“The government might have realized that bringing the homeland security act draft to the parliament with this version will put them into a tough spot both regarding the resolution process with Kurds and Turkey’s international image,” HDP deputy Ertuğrul Kürkçü said.

Taner Korkmaz, an inmate jailed in a high security prison, requested the return of his colored pencils as the prison administration banned the usage of colored pencils and pencil sharpeners for security reasons.

Romanspor, a sports club founded for children and youth with Roma background in the northwestern province of Bursa, is facing problems with pitch lease according to its president.

Acclaimed journalist Can Dündar has been appointed to Cumhuriyet newspaper’s new editor-in-chief.

According to the latest leaks that reveled HSBC’s data in Switzerland, Turkey is ranked #23 among the countries with the largest dollar amounts in the leaked Swiss files.

Republican People’s Party Vice Chairman Veli Ağbaba told bianet that around 100 municipalities administered by his party have now recognized cemevis as temples.

A parliamentary commission on Health, Family and Social Works approved yesterday a draft law on new regulations regarding occupational health and security.

Kerem Altıparmak from Ankara University Law Faculty explained in detailed on how Turkey’s new internet law will affect users. According to him, it will be possible to shut down twitter entirely despite previous ruling by Constitutional Court.