An Istanbul court freed 7 media staff pending trial in the KCK media case where 46 media staff including journalists, editor-chiefs and newspaper owners from Turkey's pro-Kurdish media have been charged with becoming a member of KCK organization.

An Istanbul court rejected two defendants' request to defense in Kurdish yesterday afternoon, saying that a court procedure has not been met.

In January 2013, male violence left 18 women and 3 children dead, 13 women raped. While 2 women have been murdered despite court expulsion orders for their perpetrators, 1 teenager girl was reported raped by a student residence officer.

Freedom of Expression and Press Project hosted its third annual conference in Ankara yesterday, bringing together Council of Europe's General Secretary and three chairmen of Turkey's legislative power.

A Constitutional Court verdict came into effect this morning, allowing politicians and political parties to officially use Kurdish language, especially during party meetings and electoral propaganda.

"Deputy PM Beşir Atalay claims that only 2 torture and ill-treatment complaints were reported in the past three years. We are calling the Turkish authorities to be more realist. The real toll is 444," Metin Bakkalcı, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey General Secretary, said.

Peace and Democracy Party co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş addressed the European Parliament yesterday, suggesting that the AKP government's dialogue with Öcalan should be supported - a strategy that some other Turkish politicians regarded as concession.

Malatya province municipality implemented a new regulation to rename the city's 2,400 streets to commemorate its notable artists and writers - including Malatya-born assassinated journalist Hrant Dink.

ntvmsnbc said Turkish government is soon to conclude its efforts to draft new judicial reforms, publicly known as 4th Judicial Package.

Turkey's Greek Patriarchate pledged its former orphanage building in Büyükada to be transformed into an environmental institute which will aim to foster interfaith dialogue.

Women demonstrators gathered in Viranşehir district to support Kurdish people in Syria, a demonstration intervened by police with tear gas bombs and water canons which allegedly targeted Gültan Kışanak, Peace and Democracy Party deputy.

Established in 2009, Turkey's multilingual Nor Radio has announced to broadcast in its eighth language, Georgian.