Out of 27 people, director Naci Çelik Berksoy, scriptwriters Radiye Ebru Şenvardar, Elif Yılmaz and Makbule Çam Elamdağ, Ahmet Şahin are released following their custody on 14th of December.

PM Deputy said: “Mr. Mahmut Tanal held a press meeting with transgenders and defended their rights. Actually, it is possible to move anyone onto parliament rostrum but for transgender you have to be courageous.”

Turkey signed the Optional Protocol of UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The disabled people can claim their rights in UN now.

A project of “Improvement of Turkey’s Capacity for Freedom of Speech” was started by EU and CoE in cooperation with Justice Academy of Turkey. The aim is to train judges who can implement the opinion of ECHR .

Kayseri 6th Assize Court ruled initially “provisional injunction” about the unpublished news story of Kayseri Deniz Postası. When the news website objected the rule, the court asked for the story.

President's advisor Binali Yıldırım announced that President Erdoğan will lead Turkey’s cabinet starting from 2015.

Istanbul Roma People Associations Federation demanded the removal of a new TV series, saying that it bolstered prejudices against them.

Vice PM Yalçın Akdoğan denied Kurdish Delegation on the Resolution member Sırrı Süreyya Önder’s claim that they discussed autonomy and amnesty issues with the Turkish government.

Human Rights Watch released a report, warning the government on the new act proposal concerning Turkey’s homeland security. The parliament should reconsider the parts that expands police duties, the report said.

Alevi association declared that they would hold a demonstration on February 8 to protest the compulsory religion classes starting from first grade as well as not send their children to school on the first week of the new semester in February 2015.

Prof. Dr. Eyüpgiller told bianet that the Preservation Council declined the restoration project of Galatasaray University as they “fairly” claimed the project didn’t respect the historical building’s original structure.

A prosecution has been launched for charges related to “insulting the president” into BirGün newspaper’s headline yesterday that wrote “thief” in Ottoman.

Istanbul police declined to let human rights activists in downtown to make a statement on December 10 Human Rights Day. “Everybody needs human rights every day,” the statement said.

The line “My heart must dry out if I forget it” from İbrahim Halil Baran’s poem on the killing of 34 civilians after a Turkish military airstrike in Roboski was used in the ad of an internet service provider company.

A recommendatory decision to bring compulsory Ottoman language classes in high schools stirred discussion in Turkey, President Erdoğan also stepped in to the debate, saying that “people will learn Ottoman in this land no matter what some would want”.

While three Turkish soldiers lost their lives in the southeastern border district of Ceylanpınar during patrol duty, Turkish Army released a statement saying that it was due to a “frantic” soldier.

Uçan Süpürge International Women’s Film Festival will host actress Emma Watson on its 18th anniversary.

Republican People’s Party Vice Chairman Sezgin Tanrıkulu submitted a parliamentary inquiry that contained 1,000 questions to PM Davutoğlu regarding the costing details of the new presidential palace and airplane.

While police evicted an occupied house in Istanbul’s Kadıköy district in the early morning, activists started a passive resistance, calling for action outside the house tonight.

Prosecutor’s Office within Turkey’s Court of Cessation (Yargıtay) requested the overturning of verdict in the case of Ethem Sarısülük - a Gezi Resistance protestors killed by police officer Ahmet Şahbaz who received 7 years and 9 months of prison.