Yeldeğirmeni (The Windmill) Solidarity, a local group based in Istanbul’s Kadikoy district, occupied a half-constructed apartment building abandoned for 15 years, calling it Don Quixote. bianet interviewed group activists who spoke up on their story.

Police forces assaulted demonstrators who aimed to replant trees in METU with gas bombs.

Utku Kalı, a former private on compulsory drafting who has been arrested for “leaking top secret documents” regarding Reyhanlı blasts, has not been allowed to stand trial this morning. The court ruled the continuation of his prison status.

Villagers spoke up against the construction of a wall in Turkey - Syria border “in order to prevent smugglers”. “The real aim is to besiege Rojava. There is no such practice in Reyhanlı and Akçakale with severe gang activity,” they claimed.

"ReFrame" exhibition in London brought together various caricaturists from the UK, Algeria and Turkey with illustrations on Gezi Resistance from Turkish artists

Various groups from METU released a statement, saying that Ankara Municipality’s bulldozers committed an “unlawful environment massacre” by cutting trees on METU campus on the night of October 18.

Issues that people are facing in the traffic or formation of little pools around Taksim area are because of the flaws of construction projects with no way of returning, Murat Ergün, professor of construction at ITU, told bianet.

Human Right Association (IHD) released a report on the situation of Turkey’s border with Syria, urging the authorities to provide legal status and healthcare for refugees.

48 journalists were assaulted and 11 detained in Turkey’s Gezi Resistance. As of October 2013, 66 journalists and 27 publishers remained behind bars. 28 journalists, authors and media representatives were convicted to a total of one life sentence, 329 years and 2 months of prison.

An Adana province court issued a verdict in the case of Ahmet Yıldız (13), an undocumented child worker, died on the job due to a press machine. The defendant employer was ordered to pay 30,040 lira with 24 monthly installments.

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals 9th Chamber overthrew the convictions for 63 defendants in the Sledgehammer (Balyoz) case with 361 defendants. While 25 were released pending a trial, 34 were acquitted.

Following his criticism on the open cleavage of a TV presenter who subsequently lost her job, AKP Vice President Hüseyin Çelik stood behind his words, saying that “it is my right to express this, it is my freedom of expression”.

ECHR convicted Turkey of violating the freedom of expression for issuing an injunction on an article by Cumhuriyet newspaper after Abdullah Gül filed a complaint prior to presidential elections in 2007.

A compilation made by bianet revealed that male perpetrators left 24 women dead, 10 raped, 10 battered and 15 harassed in February 2012. Overall in 2012, male violence left 47 women dead, 28 raped, 60 battered and 56 harassed.

Denying allegations regarding his resignation, BDP Joint Chairperson Demirtaş criticized the latest reforms: “The AKP government de facto ended dialogue process.”

“The government’s new reform package doesn’t concern us. I will comment on the issue on October 15,” said PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan to his brother who visited him in Imrali Prison.

The Turkish government has official lifted the daily reciting national allegiance in elementary schools and headscarf ban in the state offices. New regulations were published in the Official Gazette and will take effect immediately.

Responding to an official inquiry by CHP İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu, Finance Ministry said that there are 26 jailed journalists in Turkey as of June 17, 2013.

During a soccer game Göztepe v. Hatay teams in Izmir province, spectators flashed a banner commemorating those who were killed in Gezi Resistance.

Police stormed several apartments and rights organization offices in Istanbul’s Gülsuyu and Gazi neighborhoods, detaining at least 10 individuals.