Vice Prime Minister, Mehmet Şimşek has announced Medium-Term Program in economy; foresaw 4.5% in growth, 7.5% in inflation in 2016.

1,128 academics from 89 universities in Turkey, and over 355 academics and researchers from abroad have signed a text calling on state of Turkey to end state violence and prepare negotiation conditions.

Minister of Interior, Efkan Ala said, “We pave the way for those who do their job properly. We take authority back from those who make people pay the price instead of serving them and give it to state officials who will serve”.

Human Rights Foundation of Turkey has announced that at least 79 civilians including 14 children were killed between the dates of December 11, 2015 – January 8, 2016.

Celebrating its fifth year, Pink Life Queerfest draws attention through various ways of expression such as video, literature, theatre and music to the discrimination and violence against LGBTI persons.

DİHA reporter Murat Verim was taken into custody from his home on January 10, Working Reporters’ Day.

President Erdoğan said on January 10, Working Reporters’ Day that democracy can be strong in so far reporters are independent.

In Sur district of Diyarbakır, one police officer and two specialised sergeants have lost their lives and nine security guards injured over hand-made explosives detonate.

Four people including one child have been killed in Cizre district where curfew is ongoing.

During operations conducted in Cizre and Sur, two soldiers have been killed in the attack carried out by members of YDG-H.

Animal rights defenders, city and ecology movements have told that Kısırkaya animal shelter is still operating despite court decision and that the protocol planned to be signed with district municipalities will increase illegal animal roundups and animal rights violations.

Following the police raid carried out against HDP Beyoğlu District building, HDP Beyoğlu Co-Chair has been taken into custody.

A working hours regulation signed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu for Friday prayer was issued today (January 8) on the Official Gazette.

Indefinite alternate hunger strike began at Alewi Culture Center in Aalen province of Germany on January 7 to grow and perpetuate solidarity with Kurdish people.

Following yesterday’s (January 7) report of state-run Anadolu News Agency that Sabiha Gökçen explosion had originated from four howitzer bullets, Chief Prosecution has made a written statement: “The investigation still continues and has not resulted yet”.

Non-prosecution verdict has been issued on criminal complaint filed by those who were tortured in Şişli for lack of evidence as “there is no footage in the police station” despite İstanbul Medical Forensics report.

HDP Beyoğlu District Co-President Ruken Demir in her statement to bianet said no one is being let near the building and that there is an HDP official inside.

Human Rights Association members struggling for the transport of Levon Ekmekçiyans’s body upon request of his family have noted that the process had been completed in two years with practices not required in the regulations and have pointed out to the unlawfulness in his trial and execution.

Seven human rights defender women going to parliament has staged a protest, called for to “put an end to killings, speak of peace, re-establish solution table and resume the negotiations as soon as possible”.

It has came out that 16-year-old Aydın Mete from whom no news had been received for four days, had been killed in Silopi district of Şırnak province which is still under curfew.