Anti-nuclear demonstrators held a protest during Akkuyu Nuclear Plant’s EIA report evaluation while Greenpeace voiced objections at the meeting.

bianet spoke with 2014 TGC Press Freedom Award recipient and preparer of BİA Media Survey Reports, RSF Turkey representative Önderoğlu about his 18-year journey following freedom of expression.

bianet spoke with 2014 TGC Press Freedom Award recipient, Rolling Stones fan, journalist, IPS Communication Foundation Steering Committee Member Eryılmaz about journalism and his 38-year struggle for press freedom.

Prison administration found the letter sent by an arrestee in Kandıra Prison to press institutions including bianet objectionable on the grounds that it “contained terms aimed at solidarity and communication through the press.”

GÖP started a social media campaign titled “Diren Gazetecilik” [“Resist, Journalism”] for the July 24 Journalists and Press Celebration in the name of Struggle for Press Freedom Day.

ECHR gave a verdict on the case of the gas-canister-caused killing of Tarık Ataykaya. The court ruled in favor of the plaintiff, and expressed that “the canister had been aimed at Ataykaya.”

Yüksel Dum, resisting alone with his shack in his demolished Roma neighborhood, won his tender case against the Kadıköy Municipality. However, he has to wait out the municipality’s objection process.

23 journalists entered the month of July in prison. 15 new cases were filed based on the TMK in April-June 2014; 38 people were convicted in total to 2 months 15 days in prison and 277,400 TL in fines for insulting the Prime Minister. 54 reporters were attacked. The ECHR gave a penalty of 160,000 TL in fines.

The Chamber of Environmental Engineers warns that the water brought in from Sakarya province is dirty and that this increases the smell of Istanbul’s water. Experts abroad are assessing the water for carcinogen risk.

The access ban on ANF's website has been lifted thanks to the third judicial package. Jurist Altıparmak says the verdict should be an example for 200 Kurdish and leftist websites banned like the ANF.

KCK Co-chairmanship reacted to claims that ISIS members injured in the Kobani attack were treated in Turkey and demanded the AKP explain its stance on ISIS.

Two soldiers lost their lives and one was injured in the conflict between a group attempting to cross the Syrian border and soldiers in Urfa province’s Ceylanpınar district.

An operation has been launched in 22 provinces on suspects including security officials.

Antalya province Environment and Urban Planning Provincial Headquarters meets tomorrow to discuss the registration of Alakır Valley as a 1st degree natural protection site.

An Assyrian Women’s Center was opened for the first time in Midyat district. In addition, a new magazine called "Neshe" (Women) to be published trimonthly in Assyrian and Turkish is out.

Red Umbrella protested the violence inflicted on two people in Sarıgazi Neighborhood for being sex workers, saying "We alone have a say on our profession, on our bodies!”

Sarp Kuray’s attorneys applied to the Constitutional Court for the postponement of the life sentence and the detection of rights violations, stating the unlawful practices highlighted in the ECHR verdict were repeated in the retrial.

One person died in the fight that started in Hakkari province on Friday and flared up again on Sunday evening. The governorate imposed a curfew across town, and Ertoşi and Pinyanişi tribes’ elders made a call for sensitivity.

Dink family attorney Bakırcıoğlu states the need for a new bill of indictment, going by the Consitutional Court’s decision noting the lack of efficient investigation into the Dink case.

Israeli attack on Gaza rages on. After journalists were asked to evacuate the coastal region and their hotels, the five journalists from Turkey working in the region say they are in good condition.