Live updates from Istanbul’s May Day with police tear gas, clashes and confirmed statements.

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals will deliver the verdict on the case of Pınar Selek on June 11th. “Today, we’re leaving this court with more hope,” said Akın Atalay, one of Pınar Selek’s lawyers.

İstanbul Governor’s Office released a statement banning Taksim a day before May Day. “Demonstrations can’t be controlled and participants’ life and property safety will be in danger,” it said.

Following that authorities issued a demonstration ban on Taksim Sqaure in Istanbul, Ankara Governor’s Office released a statement saying that there would be any demonstrations in downtown Kızılay Square.

bianet interviewed Pınar Selek’s lawyer and the representative of International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Martin Pradel on the Pınar Selek case.

While the dead body of Gizem (6) was discovered 2 days after her disappearance. top suspect S.A’s proposal was reportedly rejected by Gizem’s sister.

The European Court of Human Rights found Turkey guilty of violating “right to respect for private and family life and correspondence”, ordering the Turkish state to pay non-pecuniary damages to the applicants.

People’s Democratic Party (HDP) formed a parliamentary group with 27 deputies as Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputies adhered to the party.

Turkish authorities are building a 30 centimeters wide and 3 meters high concrete wall in Kuşaklı village of Reyhanlı town on Turkish-Syrian border in order to prevent “border violations”.

Canada’s CBC and Radio Canada are doing a documentary for the 100th anniversary of Armenian Genocide. bianet interviewed Ines Faro, owner of the idea and the journalist of the documentary.

bianet brought together various human rights activists to evaluate and plan its human rights oriented journalism and the job opportunities in this field.

What did Armenians think about Erdoğan’s speech on April 24? Elif Akgül reported from Yerevan.

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders released a report concluding the 16 year long judicial proceeding held against Pınar Selek as “a judicial harassment”.

A PKK-linked group abducted two senior sergeants in the southeastern district of Lice after a gendarmerie intervention on those protesting against new military headquarters in the area.

Turkey’s intellectuals, activists and human rights advocates commemorated the 99th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Istanbul yesterday with a series of ceremonies.

From the early hours of yesterday morning, thousands flocked into the Armenian Genocide Monument in Yerevan, leaving flowers in memory of those who lost their lives in 1915.

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bianet interviewed Agos newspaper writer Pakrat Estukyan on the stories of his genocide survivor grandparents and denial politics.

The Armenia-Turkey border is shut down by Turkey since over 20 years. Being pressed in this difficult corner of the world, the issue of the closed border is the bleeding wound of Armenia, which is languishing the country everyday. This is an issue that even the friends of Armenians in Turkey are still hesitant to talk about it.

On the 99th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, bianet interviewed Hayk Demoyan, Armenian Genocide Museum Director in Yerevan. “Turkey must recognize the Armenian Genocide for the sake of its people and democratization,” Demoyan said.