Hundreds of protestors in Istanbul and across Europe rallied on Wednesday night to protest the municipality project to transform Istanbul's century-old train station into a hotel.

bianet's International Mother Tongue Day 2013: Languages remain on earth as long as people expressed them through folk chants and songs.

Berfo Kırbayır, an activist mother who has been searching for her missing son under MP detention in 1980, passed away early this morning.

Justice Ministry approved Peace and Democracy deputies Sırrı Sürreya Önder, Altan Tan and Pervin Buldan to meet PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan in Imrali island.

"PM Erdogan claimed that Turkey's two main opposition parties attempted to provocate the Kurdish deputy wind up crisis. He should instead focus on resolving the ongoing crisis with all his administrative powers," CHP Interim Chairperson Umut Oran told bianet.

Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ, Turkey's first publicly declared gay referee, officiated his first soccer game in Istanbul's alternative soccer league last night.

Turkish police have carried out an operation across 28 cities yesterday morning, detaining 167 individuals suspected for being a DHKP-C organization member.

Mustafa Çiçek, a playwright, adapted a letter written by jailed student Cihat Dursun into a theater piece.

Peace and Democracy Party deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder announced this evening that Kurdish deputies postponed their campaign in Northern Turkey to promote dialogue and peace in the Imrali process to an indefinite time.

Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ, a publicly declared gay referee candidate who has been barred from professional soccer leagues in Turkey, received an offer to officiate games in Gazoz League, Turkey's alternative soccer league.

Sinop Governor's Office said at least 800 people were involved in last night's Kurdish deputy wind up case with 14 angry protestors prosecuted by local authorities - after a relatively late police intervention that left 16 protestors wounded.

Middle East Technical University President Office said that it launched investigations on more than 20 students for their involvement in the December protests after Ankara General Attorney prosecuted over 45 METU students.

Dozens of angry protestors has reportedly winded up Kurdish deputies at a local guesthouse in Sinop province this morning, making it impossible for deputies to leave the building due to fear of mobbing.

Justice Ministry has announced that Kurdish deputies Selahattin Demirtaş, Pervin Buldan and Ahmet Türk will meet PKK leader Öcalan for the second row of peace talks between Turkey and PKK.

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

Kurdish demonstrators rallied in almost every major city in Turkey, protesting the 14th anniversary of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan's arrival to Turkey in 1999 after a military operation led by the U.S.

An Eskişehir district court found R.A. guilty of raping a trans woman, ordering him to serve 8 years and 4 months in prison.

Ber family, residents of Istanbul's controversial urban renewal district Tarlabaşı, try to survive in their homes despite municipalities' water access restriction.

3 farmers submitted an official complaint to gendarmerie in Trabzon's Köknar Karaçam village, claiming that they have been assaulted with guns by security guards who worked at a nearby dam construction - which local activists struggled to halt for months.

An Ankara court arrested 4 retired Turkish Army generals for ousting the countries first Islamist-led government in 1997 and summoned 6 others for testimony.