The Fatih Municipal Council approved a new preliminary project to “transform” the historical Roma district of Sulukule in Istanbul despite a court ruling to annul the previous plan two and a half months ago. Architect Aslı Kıyak, Lawyer Hilal Küey and opposition deputy Gülay Yedekçi said the project could not have been rectified in the meantime.

Eight months on after the Roboski massacre, the People’s Democratic Congress (HDK) paid a visit to the village where the ill-fated bombing took place and shared their impressions on how the locals felt about the incident.

The Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for the Oppressed (MAZLUMDER) launched a campaign for the victims of last week’s lethal blast in the southeastern province of Antep. Campaign volunteer Birgül Aktar, however, noted the difference in people’s reactions to last year’s Roboski massacre.

Fires broke out at eight different locations in the southeastern province of Dersim on Wednesday, ravaging nearby forests. The blazes were caused by ongoing military operations in the area, Hozat District Mayor Cevdet Konak said.

Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek presented an 11 point document intended to solve the Kurdish issue during a press meeting on Tuesday. Prof. Büşra Ersanlı, who spent 8.5 months behind bars in connection with the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) trial, told bianet that the contents of the document were too murky, however.

With questions still lingering in the air about the exact nature of the Apaydın Syrian rebel camp in the southern province of Hatay following Foreign Minister Davutoğlu’s remarks, Abu Hussein, a commander of the Free Syrian Army (FSA,) spoke to bianet about what goes on in the camp.

A U.S. citizen of Syrian descent who claimed to be one of the political leaders of the opposition movement in Syria expressed their gratitude both to the Turkish government, as well as to foreign Al-Qaeda militants for their contributions to the Free Syrian Army (FSA,) while speaking to bianet in the southern border province of Hatay.

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) finally released its expert report on the computers of three suspects standing trial in the Oda TV case. The report, however, proved to be just as enigmatic as it had remained elusive for the seven months that it took to prepare it.

After security forces denied opposition deputies access into the Apaydın Camp that hosts fighters of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the southern border province of Hatay, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu issued a statement defending the status of the camp as a forbidden zone.

Security forces denied journalists and opposition deputies access into the Apaydın Camp which hosts fighters of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the southern province of Hatay. FSA troops inside the camp did not even allow journalists to shoot photographs.

Thousands of cancer patients in Turkey strive to get treatment without a smidgen of psychological support. It’s all about oncology around here.

Officials accused Güllüzar Erman of robbing a bank based on a stranger’s testimony provided under torture and despite the account of events offered by eyewitnesses. Erman has remained under arrest for nine years and received a sentence of life-time imprisonment.

The Education Ministry has introduced a new set of criteria to determine whether a child is fit to start primary school. Prof. Fatma Gök, however, warned the initiative is more about making the children adapt to the government’s policy, rather than the other way around.

While attacks against Turkey’s historically persecuted Alevi minority have once more picked up speed in recent times, unidentified assailant(s) attempted to torch the Pir Sultan Abdal Culture Association (PSAKD) in Istanbul’s Kartal district this time around.

A notice presented by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock to the Prime Ministry represents a step forward in the conservation of Turkey’s fish stocks and maritime environment, according to Greenpeace Mediterranean Oceans Campaigner Banu Dökmecibaşı.

Unidentified individual(s) marked 25 Alevi homes with blue paint in Istanbul’s Kartal district on Wednesday. The Alevi Pir Sultan Abdal Culture Association (PSAKD) called on the government to roll into action and bring those responsible before justice.

Residents in a village in the southeastern province of Şırnak have been unable to leave their homes without permission from the military for the past 15 days. Locals say their livelihood is at risk, as they cannot venture outside to feed their animals or tend to their fields.

Law enforcement officials arrested college student Ezgi Özgün on the same day and for the same reasons as Sevil Sevimli, a French-Turkish student who had arrived in Turkey as part of the Erasmus exchange program. While authorities released Sevimli, however, Özgün still remains behind bars. “Is justice not blind?” she asks.

With a number of international reporters still missing in Syria, Turkish journalists Bünyamin Aygün and Serkan Ocak have cautioned that taking to the Arab country still poses major lethal risks. Veteran journalist Mete Çubukçu also noted that both sides of the conflict in Syria are now targeting journalists.

Turkey’s first bi-monthly magazine on Kurdish history has hit the bookshelves. Published in Turkish, “Kürt Tarihi” (“Kurdish History”) delves into the annals of the Kurdish past, long overlooked by official institutions engaged in historiography.