Minister of National Education Ziya Selçuk made a statement recently and said, "Languages other than Turkish can not be taught in schools as a mother tongue". Responding to Selçuk, Education Union Giresun Branch President Ergün Önal said this statement was far from being scientific and education in mother tongue is a right.
The hunger strike prisoners started against the isolation on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on day 140. The hunger strike action in Maxmur is on day 119 while it is day 102 in Greece.
The Court of Cassation has given a ruling of release for journalist-writer Ahmet Altan, who has been behind bars for 4 years, 7 months and for whom the ECtHR has recently given a ruling of right violation. Altan has been released from Silivri Prison.
The court sentenced HDP Diyarbakır Provincial Co-Chair Hülya Alökmen to 10 years and 6 months in prison for "being a member of a terrorist organization" and issued an arrest warrant against her.
Standing trial for “entering a forbidden military zone” in Edirne while reporting on the situation of refugees heading towards Turkey-Greece border, Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporters Naci Kaya and İdris Sayılğan have been acquitted.
Bülent Duran, one of the attorneys of the Şenyaşar family, who shared important information about the Şenyaşar case, told that it is visibale in the footage that the Yıldız family initiated the attack and Fadıl Şenyaşar defended himself while Yıldız family shot to kill.
Visiting the Şenyaşar family staging a sit in for the last 37 days in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding 'Justice', HDP Antep MP Mahmut Toğrul said: "This is not justice, this is the law of the superiors.'
81 year old sick prisoner Sıddık Güler, held in İskenderun Type T Prison is not released even though he is not able to meet his basic needs on his own.
Attorneys of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with his clients.
On the first Wednesday after April 13 each year, Yazidis celebrate the festival of “Çarşema Sor” (Red Wednesday). HDP has marked the day, saying, “May this day be the harbinger of peace and fraternity”.
Zozan Özgökçe, one of the founders of VAKAD, stated that the decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention gave power to the men who committed violence, and said that women who applied to police stations were sent back to their homes without any measures being taken.
Ministry of Interior claimed that there were no provocative demonstrations against the Armanians near the Armanian Patriarchate and they were unable to detect any hate speech against the Armanians.
The hunger strike prisoners started against the isolation on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on day 139. The hunger strike action in Maxmur is on day 118 while it is day 101 in Greece.
There is still no news from Kurdish journalist Qehreman Shukri, who was detained by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) forces 77 days ago.
A lawsuit has been filed against journalist Cihan Ölmez over his statements to the press regarding curfews. The prosecutor has defined daily Evrensel and bianet as “so-called media outlets backing the organization.”