An investigation has been launched against Hürriyet, Cumhuriyet, Posta and Bugün newspapers under “terrorism propaganda” suspicion for publishing the photos of Prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz during Istanbul Courthouse hostage crisis.

Gunshots were heard around 5:45 pm local time outside Istanbul’s Police Headquarters in Vatan Street. Advocates at the building spoke to bianet.

Peoples’ Democratic Party Group Interim Chairman Idris Baluken submitted a parliamentary inquiry regarding the reasons for hiring village guards in Bingöl and Elazığ during the resolution process.

Journalists Society of Turkey and Press Council of Turkey criticized the order issued by Prime Minister’s Office to bar several newspapers and TV channels from attending the funeral ceremony of Prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz this afternoon.

Turkey’s Parliament ratified an international treaty to establish a nuclear power plant in the northern province of Sinop.

Ece Aydın, a former bianet intern and current reporter at BirGün and Yol TV, has been released early morning after being detained last night while reporting from Istanbul Courthouse hostage crisis.

Special-ops units held an operation against the hostage-takers in Istanbul Courthouse, killing all 2 militants and evacuating the abducted prosecutor in an ambulance who died later on in the hospital.

The Prime Minister’s Office imposed a temporary media ban on the coverage regarding the taking hostage of prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz in Istanbul Courthouse.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) convicted found Turkey in the case of Öner and Türk where two Kurdish politicians were sentenced to prison within Anti-Terror Act.

Storming his office in Istanbul Courthouse, DHKC organization members held as hostage Mehmet Selim Kiraz - the prosecutor in charge of Berkin Elvan killing investigation.

A power outage gripped several cities in Turkey. Turkey’s Electricity Distribution Company announced that the outage occurred due to a system failure.

Another mass grave was discovered in the southeastern district of Dargeçit. Families of the disappeared people applied to court for further investigation.

bianet launched its peace journalism project with a workshop focusing on the differences between war and peace journalism as well as the ways to put peace journalism in practice.

CHP deputy Ağbaba organized a press conference along with protest band Grup Yorum, criticizing the “de facto” stadium ban on the band’s concerts.

Istanbul Technical University students launched a campaign to build a buddhist temple on campus after the university president announced that there had been a demand for a mosque.

The Council of Europe General Secretary announced that Turkey didn’t apply respect 1,241 ECHR rulings including the one on Hrant Dink case.

İHD’s Şırnak Province Office released a report on the killing of mules in Roboski by Turkish Army soldiers, saying that the attitude was hostile and urged the government for action.

Penguen humor magazine reacted to the court ruling that its caricaturists were punished, wishing it to be the “last example of efforts to turn down free thought”.

Turkish Armed Forces and a military wing of Kurdish PKK released contrasting statements regarding the mortar exchange in the mountainous region of Dağlıca on March 25.

Diyarbakır 5th High Criminal Court convicted Ömer Mutlu to 13 years and 9 months of prison for taking down turkish flag located in the garden of 2nd Air Force Base in the southeastern district of Diyarbakır.