KA.DER, a women association, announced its annual report regarding the woman representation in Turkey's work and political life, a survey that showed no improvement since last year.

Kadın Gazeteciler Takipte (Women Journalists In Pursuit) Group made a public declaration today, condemning male violence and pledging the pursuit of masculine discourse in Turkey's media.

Police Chief Recep Güven placed a classified ad on a local newspaper in Diyarbakır province, which celebrated International Women's Day both in Turkish and Kurdish.

Ünsal Yıldız, chairperson of Turkey's prominent educators union, said that they were encouraging their teacher members to keep "state-censored" classic literature pieces in their curriculum with the original version.

Istanbul 12th High Criminal Court distributed its 407-page “Reasoned Decision,” which outlined its case on Pınar Selek. Despite chief judge's negative clause, the court ruled that 1998 Spice Bazaar Blast was due to bombing.

Committee to Protect Journalists published a letter submitted by Füsun Erdoğan, one of Turkey's jailed journalists.

In February 2013, male violence left 11 women and 1 man children killed, 11 women raped, 20 women and 1 infant battered. While 1 woman has been murdered despite court expulsion orders for their perpetrators, 2 others were left severely wounded.

Peace and Democracy Party deputy Ertuğrul Kürkçü criticized the ratification of Uludere commission draft report, saying that it aimed to protect the Turkish state rather than its citizens.

International Press Institute released a statement yesterday, expressing its concerns over PM Erdogan's critical remarks on the publishing of Imrali peace process talks outlines by Milliyet newspaper.

Firat News Agency has released a series of interviews with 8 state workers - including Turkish army officers, prospective governor and policeman - who are being held as captives by PKK since 2011.

164 human rights organizations from more than 100 countries will gather in Istanbul between May 23 and 27 to discuss human rights challenges, Turkey's new constitution and the ongoing peace process on the Kurdish problem.

Police detained M.N, a Turkish Armenian, for the assault and killing of elderly Armenian women in Istanbul's Samatya district.

According to a report released by Worker Health and Work Security Assembly, at least 50 workers were killed from work-related injuries in February. The leading sectors on worker deaths were construction (14), steel industry (8) and mining (5).

LGBT rights activists has launched a petition to condemn the hate speech directed at Rüzgar Erkoçlar, a trans man whose recent gender change was exposed to the media without his consent.

"We have met KCK Executive Secretary Murat Karayılan in Qandil Mountain who pledged the release of Turkish state officers captured in 2011," Peace and Democracy Party Co-Chairperson Kışanak said.

Saturday mothers of Turkey, a group that has been gathering since 1995 to demand information on their beloved ones disappeared in 1990s, commemorated Cüneyt Aydınlar this weekend.

hapisteyabanci.wordpress.org, a recently launched blog, aims to bring awareness on the situation of Turkey's foreign inmates.

Reminding the youth ministry's recent order to separate girls and boys during overnight train ride to a youth camp, psychiatrist Müge Tamar said the sex segregation would negatively impact on children's self-esteem.

Representatives from Turkey's various ethic groups spoke up on the current peace talks between Turkey and PKK.

A military court ordered the imprisonment of contributing writer Ali Fikri Işık (56), who declared his conscientious objection decades ago.