Diyarbakır Governorship has announced that Gendarmerie Sergeant Corporal Dicle, who was attacked in front of his house in Yenişehir, lost his life yesterday.

Erdoğan has implied that Osman Kavala was detained as part of the investigation in which US mission staff Topuz was arrested.

Tried for having written an article on speaking in Kurdish in the trial of Özgür Gündem Editorsi-in-Chief on Watch campaign, Kayar in the summary judgement was asked by the chief judge “Why don’t you make your statement of defense in Turkish”.

Former NSA employee, political refugee Edward Snowden has shared a message of support on the Twitter page of Amnesty International for the rights advocates arrested over a training workshop Büyükada.

Serving as Ankara Mayor since 1994, Melih Gökçek has announced that he will resign from his post.

Referring to the State of Emergency Commission, the European Court of Human Rights has rejected the application of the Academics for Peace who were discharged through statutory decrees and claimed violation of their freedom of expression.

Sergeant major, who was assaulted as he went out of his home in Diyarbakır, has been heavily wounded and taken to hospital. An operation has been launched for the assailant to be captured.

Two assaults have been launched on the exhibition in Abdülmecid Efendi Mansion. Shouting out “Is this secularist”, the assailants attempted to damage the artifacts.

Among the mayors who have been asked to resign from his post, Bursa Mayor Altepe has said, “We continue our work. I hope we will continue to carry on our job”.

122 journalists entered prison in October. 296 journalists and media representatives faced 182 lifetime imprisonment and 3,036 years and 8 months in prison over the TCK and TMK. 109 journalists and media workers were discharged or forced to quit.

Financial aids to Turkey has been discussed at the summit of EU leaders; Merkel has declared that it has been agreed on reduction of financial aids.

The attorneys, who were taken into custody earlier today by police raiding their offices, had already submitted a request voluntarily to give their deposition to the Prosecutor’s Office earlier. Yet the office ignored the request and the raids were carried out, said Attorney Alcan.

Concerning Ankara, Bursa and Balıkesir mayors being asked to resign, President Erdoğan has said, “They will and must do what they have to do before we do something about it”.

Journalist Tuğrul Eryılmaz, one of the editors of the Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign of the now-closed Özgür Gündem will have the next hearing of his trial tomorrow.

EP Rapporteur for Turkey Kati Piri stated that she would propose in the European Parliament to launch an urgent call for release of Anadolu Kültür Board Chair Osman Kavala, who was taken into custody yesterday evening.

Application of İHD’s Öğrü, who was fined for 25 times on the pretext of “making a statement for the press 30 meters close to the courthouse” ban imposed by Adana Governorship, to the ECtHR has been concluded; Turkey has been found guilty of violation of right to protest.

CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Muižnieks demanded in a message he shared on the social media, that the rights advocates from various rights organizations who were detained during a training workshop on July 5 in Büyükada and were later arrested, be immediately released.

US Department of State Spokesperson Nauert stated that Turkey still had not provided the US the evidence regarding the arrest of two staff members of the US Diplomatic Mission in Turkey.

The Inter-Parliamentary Union consisting of parliamentarians of UN countries has become a party to case of arrested Co-Chairs and MPs of the HDP that was brought before the European Court of Human Rights.

Two soldiers have lost their lives due to an explosive being detonated during an operation launched against PKK in Zap Region close to the Turkish border.