Of the 28 trade unionists detained, 14 have been arrested. The other 14 have been released pending trial.

The general meeting of the freedom of expression organisation IFEX is taking place in Oslo this year. 81 member organisations are meeting, and there are six representatives from Turkey.

The Ministry of Health has announced that two citizens of Turkey travelling from the USA have been diagnosed with the virus.

As the unilateral ceasefire of the PKK has come to an end, no concrete plans for a peace process have emerged yet.

A parliamentary report on the murder of 44 people in a village in Mardin questioned the role of the gendarmerie and blamed a general lack of education for the tragedy.

Transgender Esmeray has taken two police officers to court for beating her.

The new citizenship law passed in parliament has brought important changes.

Since 2007, Karay is the third person to be sentenced for threatening Agos newspaper.

Women's organisations, professional associations, trade unions and human rights activists in Diyarbakır have come together to appeal for peace.

Operations in five provinces have led to the detention of 35 trade unionists.

In its annual report, Amnesty International cites many cases of human rights violations. The rights of human rights activists, refugees, homosexuals and transgender people, children and others were not respected.

The President called the Kurdish question "Turkey's most pressing problem" and warned of any further delays.

People in Nusaybin, a border district with Syria, believe that locals rather than private companies, should make use of any land cleared of mines.

According to a preliminary examination by engineers, the Bursa hospital where a fire broke out was not prepared for an emergency.

Today is the fourteenth anniversary of the first protest against unsolved disappearances in Turkey.

If the Prime Minister is sincere in his criticism of past treatment of "others", here are some suggestions, both from an academic and from bianet.

A High Criminal Court in Ankara has decided to wait until September to hear the statements of Kurdish MPs regarding their trials over speeches they have made.

"A novel does not commit crimes," says Gürsel, but he faces a trial for the novel "Allah's Daughter".

Assoc. Prof. Tanrıöver believes that school books need to be scanned for hidden sexism, and that teachers should all undergo gender training.

At the sixth Gathering in Istanbul, Human Rights Watch rapporteur Sinclair Webb expressed worry about the treatment of children in court.