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.

While three journalists have been attacked in the northwestern province of Kocaeli as they covered an environmental meeting, a local branch of journalists union condemned the attack and urged authorities to take action.

Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder, İdris Baluken and Hatip Dicle from Kurdish deputy delegation to the resolution process held a meeting with Vice PM Yalçın Akdoğan, announcing that the delegation will expand in the days to come.

An educational committee under Education Ministry approved the removal of a class in hotel managements and tourism school related to “serving alcohol and preparing cocktails”.

Kanal A, a TV channel, submitted a complaint to Higher Board of Radio and Television for the removal of two member affiliated with the opposition party CHP. RTÜK approved the request, putting the removal discussion in its agenda.

The parliament approved the Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176), an agreement that Turkey was criticized for not approving for years.

Saying that the release of the new TV series “Roman Havası” doesn’t represent them, Turkey’s Roma people invited producers to come to their neighborhood to know them better.

Reiterating his former opinion again, prosecutor recharged Pınar Selek with aggravated life sentence in today’s hearing. The next hearing was set to December 19.

Agos, an Istanbul-based weekly newspaper in Armenian and Turkish, renewed its website, introducing its online English version.

Republican People’s Party deputy Hüseyin Aygün and Elvan Family held a joint press conference at the parliament today, showing the footage of Berkin Elvan’s shooting that led to his death.

A parliamentary commission to investigate the workplace murder in Soma completed its duty with its chairman saying that “they were not founded to find culprits of the incident”.

Search teams recovered the remaining five workers trapped in a mine in Ermenek district 38 days after a flooding incident.

Male perpetrators killed 18 women in November 2014. While 61 percent of women were slain by their husbands, 16 percent were slain by their ex-husbands or ex-lovers.