Emre Madran Press Awards have been granted by the Chamber of Architects this year for the first time in the section of urban protection. bianet journalist Nilay Vardar has received the prize in online journalism.

Access to websites of İMC TV, Özgür Radyo and Hayatın Sesi have been blocked.

Satellite broadcast of Yön Radio has been blocked. Yüksel Mansur, chief of the executive board of the radio has announced that the FM broadcast of the radio still continued and added “Ballads can’t be sealed off”.

10 TV channels including Hayatın Sesi, Azadi TV, Jiyan TV, Van TV, TV10, Denge TV and Zarok TV have been removed from TÜRKSAT.

The hearing in the trial of Arzu Demir charged with the claims of “propagandizing for an [illegal] organization” and “praising the crime and the criminal” in her book titled “Womanly State of the Mountain”, will continue on November 8.

A German media outlet Deutsche Welle has brought suit against the Turkey’s Ministry of Youth and Sport on the grounds that records of an interview made with the Minister Kılıç has been seized.

Journalist and bianet Project Consultant Nadire Mater, journalists Tuğrul Eryılmaz, Hasan Cemal and Mehmet Güç are testifying today at İstanbul Courthouse for joining the “Editor-in-Chief on Watch” campaign launched in support of the Özgür Gündem daily.

Former Editor-in-Chief of the Taraf daily, Ahmet Altan, was taken into custody yesterday night.

Turkey has been listed as the country with the greatest number of removal requests in Twitter’s first biannual Transparency Report of 2016.

DİHA reporter Feyyaz İmrak has been released at the second hearing. İmrak was under arrest since February 15.

The Özgür Gündem daily newspaper’s former Editor-in-Chief Eren Keskin and former Managing Editor Reyhan Çapan have appeared before a judge for the daily’s March 10 issue.

A report by pro-government Akit daily has claimed that Evrensel daily will be closed because “the daily advocates PKK’s actions”.

Following the 16-day detention, Evrensel reporters Cemil Uğur and Halil İbrahim have been released on probation.

While nine of 11 distributors who were detained in a raid launched on Azadiya Welat’s headquarters have been released, Arap Turan and Ferit Toprak been arrested.

An objection raised against Özgür Gündem daily Publishing Consultant Board member, novelist and columnist Aslı Erdoğan’s arrest has been overruled today by İstanbul 5th Criminal Court of Justice.

12 out of 35 journalists and columnists who had a detention warrant issued against them have been taken into custody and processed in the police station. Öztürk, Yılmaz, Aksoy, Akkuş, Gökçe, Tiryaki, Arap, Şahin, Şimşek, Taş, Çulhaoğlu and Çölgeçen were referred to court.

9 individuals who have participated in the “Editors-in-Chief on Watch” campaign including Nadire Mater, Tuğrul Eryılmaz and Hasan Cemal, have been summoned to give testimony.

Necmiye Alpay, Özgür Gündem daily’s Publishing Consultant Board member, linguist and writer, has been arrested on charges of “being a member of an armed terrorist organization” and “subverting the unity and integrity of the state”.

Police have raided Azadiya Welat daily’s central bureau in Diyarbakır. 27 people including one child have been taken into custody.

Radio and Television Supreme Council has announced that a broadcast ban has been imposed on the bomb attack in Cizre district of Şırnak on grounds of a notice sent by the Prime Ministry.