Hundreds of thousand people gathered in Diyarbakır this morning to celebrate the arrival of spring equinox, a major celebration among Turkey's Kurds also known as Newroz. PKK leader Öcalan's message to Kurdish people was read both in Kurdish and Turkish.

Explosions hit Turkey's Justice Ministry building and governing AKP headquarters on Tuesday night, a series of attacks later on claimed by DHKP-C organization.

Police and private security forces intervened Newroz celebrations in Ankara University this afternoon, casting tear gas bombs and wounding several students.

Local business owners, lawyers, politicians of Şemdinli - a far southeastern district where PKK launched its armed campaign in 1984 - spoke up to bianet and expressed their full support on the ongoing peace process.

The European Court of Human Rights found Turkey guilty for inflicting torture on Ayhan Mimtaş, ordering the Turkish state to pay 12,750 euros as damages.

A group of students from Denmark's Naestved Gymnasium and HS high school visited bianet during their trip to Turkey.

A local administrator in Çanakkale province filed an official compliant claiming that a gold drill in the Ida mountain region polluted neighboring rivers and killed water frogs.

Istanbul's French language teachers went on a one-day strike today after MICEL management introduced a new contract that ended most teachers' working permits by the end of 2013.

Turkey's Ergenokon trial reached its 281th hearing yesterday, with prosecutors summing up their case to seek life sentences for 64 defendants including retired generals and an ex-military chief.

Mothers, teachers, NGO representatives and politicians from Şarköy, a district located in the northwestern Turkey, agreed that the 30-years long bloody conflict must end immediately, reminding that Kurdish and Turkish people co-existed somewhat for centuries.

An Istanbul court arrested Kaan Ünsal, a leftist magazine staff, for being an illegal organization member.

Peace and Democracy Party delegation returned from their visit to PKK leader in his solitary confinement this afternoon, bringing Öcalan's message that urged the Turkish government to proceed with its next move towards peace.

A deputy delegation from Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party set off to Imrali this morning to meet PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan in his solitary confinement, which marked the third row of parliamentary visits since January.

A recent report released by a migration organization indicated that 5285 children were hit by right abuses in Turkey in 2012 with at least 575 cases concerning right to life.

All around Turkey, from Izmir to Van and Ankara to Mardin, the Newroz festival was celebrated with calls for peace.

Like in other cities, Newroz was celebrated early in Istanbul, and like in other places, people supported the peace process and asked others to do so, too.

The second day of the “Social Movements, Media and Politics” conference at the Izmir Economy University brought discussions about environmental and labour rights protesters and the new media.

Aysel Tuğluk and Ahmet Türk, the co-chairs of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) spent last week discussing the current process with Kurdish organisations in order to give Öcalan messages. We talked with Tuğluk about the process towards a solution.

Although Kurdish parties and organisations outside of the parliamentary Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) support a peace process, they have called for a meeting of all Kurdish organisations prior to negotiations.

In the court case of Esin Güneş, who was thrown down a precipice and killed, her husband has received a life sentence. The lawyer will also file a criminal complaint against public officials who protected the defendants.