Subsequent to the anniversary of Gezi Resistance, Istanbul Governor made a new statement about “the locations for public gatherings and demonstrations”, saying that demonstrations and protests can be held only at the relevant locations in Yenikapı and Maltepe.

243 women’s organizations demanded the sexual crimes penal bill be revoked, remarking, “This bill presented as allegedly increasing penalties is essentially impunity.”

Following the Supreme Court of Appeals’ decision to overturn the four years two months prison sentence given to police officer Yıldız in the Festus Okey case as well as the rejection of the Okey family attorneys’ request of intervention, the court gave a decision of insistence.

In May 2014, male violence left 23 women and 1 teenager girl killed; 13 women and teenager girls raped; 36 battered; 25 sexually harassed.

Male violence killed 23 women in May. While 56.5 percent of women were murdered by their husbands, the death toll in the first 5 months of the year rose to 112.

Planned to open in Beyoğlu Art Gallery, ‘Nostalji 2014’ exhibition couldn’t be held due to the withdrawal of various art pieces by its artists who reacted the ban for ‘Maraş Massacre’ painting of a fellow artist.

bianet talked with Human Rights Foundation (İHD) Chairman Öztürk Türkdoğan about the recent “child guerrillas” debate sparked by the protest of around 80 families in Diyarbakır whose children have joined the PKK.

The Mothers of Peace visited the families in Diyarbakır protesting their children being taken to the mountains and invited them to do a sit-in together in Ankara.

The European Court of Human Rights founded Turkey guilty in the case of Aktepe, a young conscript who lost his life during compulsory military service. Turkey was also condemned in the case regarding the imprisonment of four Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objectors.

The European Court of Human Rights issued a verdict in the case of Yüksel Yiğitdoğan, an inmate who was tortured in detention and forced to testify without a lawyer. Turkey was convicted for violating ECHR’s “prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment” and right to a fair trial.

bianet compiled all its news, photo and video content from May 27, 2013 regarding the Gezi Resistance around a timeline. Even though the chronology ends in March 2014, we know that this is just the beginning...

Protesting for the past 47 days and refusing to leave the newspaper premises, Karşı Newspaper employees announced the end of their occupation.

The family of Abdullah Cömert, a young protestor who lost his life during Gezi Resistance, visited Gezi Park today. While Ali İsmail Korkmaz, Mehmet Ayvalıtaş and Ethem Sarısülük were also commemorated on their death anniversary, other activists celebrated Medeni Yıldırım’s birthday.

Turkey lifted its YouTube ban dated March 27 following the Constitutional Court’s decision on May 29 stating, “The access ban on Youtube is a rights violation.”

Along with the workplace murder at mine in Soma, at least 414 workers lost their lives in May 2014. Among the dead workers, 10 of them were women, 404 of them were men and 2 of them were children. In the first five months of 2014, at least 810 workers lost their lives.

Within five days, five workers died in three different construction projects in Istanbul including three workers in Kartal district by falling down from a scaffold.

According to a media coverage analysis by Media Monitoring Center, Milliyet and CNNTürk allotted the most new coverage of the Gezi Resistance in the past year.

Police attacked a group of journalists on the job in Taksim during the Gezi Resistance Anniversary Protests on May 31. The incident has been recorded and streamed by KameraSokak, a voluntary group dedicated to record protest and police violence.

I saw the people called “Trust Teams”, whom one doesn’t even recognize to be police officers, for the first time at a social event. They put on their show in the first year commemorations of the Gezi Resistance through swearing, violence and shouting.

Istanbul’s Gezi Anniversary Protests on Saturday left 126 demonstrators detained and 13 wounded. “İstanbul looks better thanks to peace and security,” Istanbul Provincial Police Chief Altınok said during his visit to the police in Taksim.