Diyarbakır 2nd High Criminal Court sentenced Lice Co-Mayor Rezan Zuğurli to 4 years and 2 months in prison for “not being a member of an organization but committing crime for them”.

Kerem Altıparmak, assistant professor of law at Ankara University, told bianet that Youtube must be lifted immediately in Turkey, a condition that otherwise required a Constitutional Court decision.

It has been claimed that Turkey's Council of State cancelled the construction plans that involve Topçu Barracks and Pedestrianization Projects. Such decision, on the hand, has not been officially declared.

Human rights advocate Gülizar Tuncer filed a request for the probation of sentence and immediate release of Ramazan Özalp, a sick inmate who has been suffering from a brain tumor and paralysed from the left side of his body.

Male violence killed 29 women in April. While one fourth of women were murdered despite a court protection order, 72 percent of the perpetrators were husbands, ex-husbands and lovers.

Advocate Sedat Vural applied to the European Court of Human Rights after his complaint on Taksim May Day Ban was rejected by Turkey’s Constitutional Court.

According to a report by Workers’ Health and Work Security Council, at least 115 lost their lives in April. In the past 4 months, 396 workers died, 373 of them are men and 23 are women.

In the period of January-February-March 2014, Turkey’s agenda was mainly set to the leaked voice recordings of PM Erdoğan and his contacts as well as the alleged interventions on Channel 24, Habertürk, NTV, Milliyet and TRT.

Lawyer Davut Erkan submitted an application to Turkey's Constitutional Court, saying that the conscientious objection has not been acknowledged albeit the constitution and EDHR.

The Turkish Parliament decided by the ruling party's votes to only conduct one investigation against former ministers, Güler, Bağış, Çağlayan and Bayraktar on corruption and bribery.

Using her mobile device, CHP deputy Melda Onur will broadcast the parliamentary discussions on the issue of four former ministers involved in the Corruption Probe investigation, a session that will not be broadcasted from Meclis TV - the official channel of the parliament. “This session interests the public more than the budget,” she said.

Turkey's Higher Board of Radio and Television issued a warning on Aykırı Sorular program on CNNTürk Television, saying that program guest Pınar Kür, an author, made a "speech provoking discrimination based on race, etnicity, language or gender".

Following bianet's appeal, a round table meeting brought together Women and LGBTI oriented journalism/non-governmental organizations.

To mark this year’s World Book Night English PEN asked writers at risk around the world about the role books play in detention. Here Büşra Ersanlı details the books that meant most to her in pre-trial detention.

Various courts released 171 defendants who have been detained for being insisting to celebrate the May Day in Istanbul's Taksim Square. On the other hand, 4 were released within an order to submit signatures to a police station on a weekly basis.

17 people were convicted to a total of 31 years of prison in the first three months of 2014 for insulting Prime Minister Erdoğan. 35 journalists ve 15 publishers are behind bars. YouTube is banned, Twitter is banned and then reopened. At least 40 assaults were made towards mediaworkers and journalists.

Bekir Coşkun is convicted to 1 year-2 months-17 days of prison for “insulting parliament members” in his column “Painted Stairs” in Cumhuriyet Newspaper.

Crown Imperials, an endengered spieces of tulips with 43 types available in Turkey, have bloomed in Hakkari province. Previpusly, authorities pointed the flower as a sign of PKK affiliation.

The 10-year long history of May Day celebrations proved the assumption of “something happens whenever police is involved” as police violence occured every year except the three years when police did not apply “security measures”.

The May Day bans affected civilians, tourists and journalists in Turkey with at least 12 journalists attacked and 1 detained by the police. Journalists’ Society of Turkey (TGC) condemned the police violence.