Responding to a parliamentarian inquiry of Pervin Buldan from HDP, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said 1,914 children are in prison in Turkey. Besides, 353 children stay with their prisoner or convict mothers. Children’s average period of detention is 110 days.

The European Court of Human Rights held that Turkey violated the right to “liberty and security” as well as “freedom of expression” in OdaTV case where prominent journalist Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener were jailed for 375 days.

“According to RTÜK's justification, all celebrity shows must have a penalty,” RTÜK Yıldırım member said, criticizing the penalty on Calvin Harris’ music video.

Being imprisoned for 17 years, translator Ok was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment. A petition started for the court to release Ok. The signatories demand to abrogate TMK [Anti-Terror Act] article no.17 and change the criminal execution system.

Ahmet Şahbaz, a police officer who has been standing trial for killing Ethem Sarısülük during the Gezi Resistance last year, has been arrested.

A blaze roared last night in an Istanbul mosque used by Jafari Muslims - a school of jurisprudence of most Shia Muslims. While arson allegation spread after the incident, the imam of the mosque said they had been receiving threats lately.

According to Faruk Çelik, Turkey’s Minister of Labor and Social Security, only three child workers aged between 15 and 17 lost their lives in 2012. No data for 2013 is available. With respect to Istanbul Work Heath and Security Assembly, 34 child workers lost their lives in 2012 and so did 59 child workers in 2013.

Diyarbakır Prosecutor’s Office issued a “nolle prosequi” ruling on the complaints of 1500 applicants related to torture allegations in Diyarbakır Prison No. 5 during Turkey’s 1980 military coup. Chairman of 78’ers Association in Diyarbakır said they would object the ruling.

Police authorities in Izmir province sent a letter to Ege'nin Sesi newspaper, requesting the removal of an article related to the Sivas Massacre. Newspaper’s editor-in-chief, on the other hand, said it was a blow of press freedom.

The family members of Ali İsmail Korkmaz, a Gezi Resistance protestors killed in Eskişehir, established a foundation in the name of their son. “Our depature point was my brother’s activities,” Gürkan Korkmaz told bianet.

Transparency Organization demanded a juridical regulation for presidential candidates to share their assets with public opinion. It called the candidates for declaring their first degree relatives’ assets.

The Ministry of Justice explained 122 cancer patients are in prison. The ministry also mentioned they had taken 13,980 complaint applications from the prisoners, their relatives and various authorities since 2002.