A murder suspect reportedly attempted to flee when the gendarmerie was to detain him.

The future of the Laz language has to be planned and this can only be done by an institution that is politically and financially strong.

A delegation from Turkey-supported Kurdish National Council (ENKS ) in northern Syria met with officials of the Foreign Ministry in Ankara in relation to the attack during Newroz in Jinderis.

"They will be dragged into a second disaster by being deprived of their income. This decision is genuinely sentencing the survivors to death by hunger. It is like pronouncing them to a second death," says a trade union leader.

The head of the Ak Youth association threatened Merve Dişli to "put you in your place" because of her reporting about the association.

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Muharrem İnce, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Sinan Oğan will compete for the presidency in the 14 May elections.

The officers being charged with injury rather than torture shows that the authorities indent to cover up the officers' crimes, according to the head of the Diyarbakır Bar.

The HDP and DBP politicians are charged with "being a member of a terrorist organization" and "providing financial support to a terrorist organization."

Police are investigating the attack on the party's office in Merter, İstanbul. İYİ party's chair Meral Akşener reacted with a stern message to President Erdoğan. ''The man who would scare Meral Akşener has not yet been born, I am not afraid Mr. Recep.''

National Union of Higher Education of France will be present in the courthouse today in İstanbul to be in solidarity with Pınar Selek. Without academic freedom, there is no university, they say.

The low score reflects the government's concentration of power, strict laws criminalizing online expression, and extra-legal efforts to stifle dissent and independent journalism, according to the report.

After a Kurdish Islamist party joined the ruling alliance, Ruşen Takva described the bloc as "racist, right-wing and reactionary."

This is the first time Zaza language courses will be offered in İstanbul by the municipality.

Instead of "opening," Anadolu Agency used the term "to officially grant a nuclear facility status" when reporting that President Erdoğan said "Putin may visit Turkey on April 27 for the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant opening."

Between January 1 and March 30, eleven thousand and 531 inspections and operations were conducted by the security forces of İstanbul where 1403 people were arrested.

Songül İlker, seriously ill prisoner Ekim Polat's mother, called on the Ministries of Justice and Health: "Do not let my son die in prison. He needs to be in the hospital for treatment."

Pınar Selek, an academician and sociologist, was acquitted four times but is now put on trial for the fifth time with same accusations. She will be following tomorrow's hearing at Human Rights Association in Paris but dozens from France and other countries will be at the courthouse in İstanbul to be in solidarity with her.

"My top priority will be prisons. I will work to prevent deaths in prisons from being normalized as suicides," said Asya Gezer, who lost her sister in suspicious circumstances.

The main opposition candidate visited his party's candidate in the previous election amid concerns that İnce may take away crucial votes from him.

The General Assembly of Turkey accepted a bill that compels those convicted for selling or using drugs to follow compulsory treatment and rehabilitation programs.