3 Female Kurdish politicians including PKK co-founder Sakine Cansız and Kurdish National Congress Paris representative Fidan Doğan, were found dead in the Kurdish Information Office in Paris last night. Peace and Democracy Party condemned the murders. While AKP government suggested that it was an internal dispute of PKK, PKK Europe secretary Zübeyir Aydar held the Turkish "deep state" responsible for the killings.

"We have applied to Ministry of Justice to schedule an appointment with PKK leader Öcalan," Peace and Democracy Party co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş said.

Clashes between Turkish Army and PKK militia on Monday night left 1 Turkish soldier dead on Turkish border to Iraq.

RedHack group hacked the "online data sharing portal" of Turkey's Higher Education Council this morning, leaking thousands of cables related to corruption investigations in universities.

Sedat Altunay, who was convicted with a total of 14 years and 6 month of prison for attending a 2 day student boycott and various protest walks on Dicle University campus, was unable to benefit from sentence reductions due to his testimony in Kurdish.

The last remaining mill in the Cappadia region, a famous venue in 1970s Turkish movies, has been demolished for a road construction.

Charged with his involvement in 1997 ousting of government, Turkey's ex-military chief has been released pending a trial last night.

Turkey's ex-military chief Ismail Hakki Karadayi has been detained in Istanbul over his involvement in the coup in February 1997 that ousted the country's first Islamist-led government.

Publishers Union of Turkey protested upon a request by a national education ministry commission in Izmir province to censor John Steinbeck's "Of mice and man".

The national education ministry launched a disciplinary investigation on a secondary school teacher for giving reading assignment from Jose Mauro de Vasconcelos' masterpiece "My Sweet Orange Tree".

Ötekilerin Postası (The others' post), a Facebook group dedicated to publish uncensored alternative news on Turkey's most controversial issues, announced that it will live stream a feature on Roboski Massacre which happened exactly a year ago.

The suspension of two unlawful hotel constructions in Cappadocia region created controversy regarding the lack of local administration control on construction licenses. Local organizations and residents are wondering how the hotel constructions went unnoticed while ordinary residents received prison sentences for simple renovation abuses.

The campaign initiated by METU academicians to protest a university president declaration holding students responsible for the Göktürk 2 launch ceremony on December 18.

On Saturday evening, an Ankara court released 8 university students who were detained after Friday police raids to investigate last week's protests at METU.

Anti-terror police teams raided several apartments this morning, detaining students who protested PM Erdogan during Göktürk 2 satellite ceremony at METU on Tuesday evening.

METU professors boycott have boycotted the classes today, protesting the police brutality on campus on Tuesday.

News coverage related to environment and urbanization projects in Turkey rose by 10 percent in 2012 to roughly 57,000 articles, according to a report by Interpress.

Peace and Democracy Party deputy Sebahat Tuncel submitted an official inquiry to PM Erdogan concerning the police brutality on METU campus on December 18.

Education Minister Ömer Dinçer announced that the ministry have envisioned a different set of questions for minority students at university entrance exam, which will testtakers' general knowledge on Islam by next year.

Education Minister Ömer Dinçer announced that the ministry have envisioned a different set of questions for minority students at university entrance exam, which will testtakers' general knowledge on Islam by next year.