UK's Index on Censorship Institution nominated jailed Evrensel newspaper journalist Sadiye Eser for its annual freedom of expression award.

A pro-choice association claimed that the government left an impression amid public that the abortion was banned in Turkey since it brought up the issue last summer.

"In 2012, approximately 8,000 contracted private soldiers quit the Turkish Army which required the deployment of compulsory drafted civilians into the clash zone in the southeastern Turkey,"Esef Merdoğlu, a retired army staff association chair, told bianet.

All current historical renovation-restoration efforts account to the reinvention of a neo-Ottoman eclectic style," said Edhem Eldem, history professor at Boğaziçi University.

Hundred of people gathered this morning in Paris to say adieu to 3 slain Kurdish female politicians whose bodies were sent to Turkey for funeral.

TÜBİTAK, Turkey's official science and technology institution, ordered the halt of publication and distribution of almost all its books related to evolution theory, Radikal newspaper said.

"My brother expressed his sorrow for 3 slain Kurdish politicians and demanded an urgent result on the murder investigation," Mehmet Öcalan, PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan's brother, told the press last night after returning from a visit to Imrali island prison.

Turkey's Human Right Association members disclosed a letter sent from Siirt province prison inmates saying that 5 underaged inmates were facing serious psychological problems.

The bodies of 3 slain Kurdish female politicians in Paris are expected to be transported to Turkey by Wednesday, Firat News Agency said.

On Sunday afternoon, anti-terror police teams raided an apartment in Nusaybin district in the southeastern Turkey, killing 1 PKK member who was allegedly a chief militant.

Thousands of people gathered in Paris on Saturday to condemn the killings of 3 Kurdish politicians, demanding the police investigation to find the murderers immediately.

İlker Şahin (40), a computer-subject teacher at Aramyan Armenian School in Istanbul, was found murdered in his apartment.

bianet's new book "10 Years in Freedom of Expression" has been promoted to a group of academicians, authors, journalists and NGO representatives.

According to data compiled by bianet, at least 165 women were reported murdered, 150 raped, 210 wounded and 135 harassed by men in 2012. Male violence left 24 women dead and 21 wounded even though the female victims demanded for protection from authorities.

"Recent leakage case once more proves the necessity of democratization and transparency of university administrations," Tahsin Yeşildere said, commenting on the cables leaked by RedHack on Tuesday.

A recent poll by Metropol research firm showed that 42 percent of the population in Turkey supported the ongoing negotiations between the Turkish state and PKK, a prominent increase compared to another by A&G last year.

3 Female Kurdish politicians including PKK co-founder Sakine Cansız and Kurdish National Congress Paris representative Fidan Doğan, were found dead in the Kurdish Information Office in Paris last night. Peace and Democracy Party condemned the murders. While AKP government suggested that it was an internal dispute of PKK, PKK Europe secretary Zübeyir Aydar held the Turkish "deep state" responsible for the killings.

"We have applied to Ministry of Justice to schedule an appointment with PKK leader Öcalan," Peace and Democracy Party co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş said.

According to data compiled by bianet, 12 women were reported murdered, 14 raped, 17 wounded and 15 harassed by men in December.

Clashes between Turkish Army and PKK militia on Monday night left 1 Turkish soldier dead on Turkish border to Iraq.