While urban transformation projects took its toll in Istanbul’s historic Sulukule district, an orchestra has been founded by its young survivors. With a repertoire of Balkan melodies, the orchestra is now “professional” and emerging to release their first album.

Nymphomaniac, the latest movie of Lars Von Trier and banned in movie theaters, is now available at 4 universities in Turkey.

Ankara 6th High Criminal Court ordered top suspect police officer Şahbaz to attend the next hearing on the case of Ethem Sarısülük, a Gezi Resistance protestor who was shot dead by police fire.

3 workers lost their lives in the ongoing construction of 3rd Bosphorus Bridge in İstanbul. 80 construction workers killed in the first three months of 2014 and 7 killed in the first five days of April.

While Turkish authorities lifted the twitter ban in Turkey, the situation of YouTube ban remained unclear as telecommunication authorities and courts made incompatible statements regarding the reason behind it.

“The votes of Ballot Box No 1208 in Bayrampaşa district of İstanbul were recorded under HDP by mistake. We publish it due to our political ethics,” HDP said.

Men killed 24 women and battered 54 women in March 2014. While 25 percent of women were killed for seeking divorce, 21 percent of the murders were committed despite the court restraint order.

Turkey now has 7 mayors with headscarves. “We are always struggling for the truth. People who always looked from outside have just noticed this. We will abolish the male system with female mayors,” they said.

The European Court of Human Rights issued a verdict yesterday on the case of Yılmaz Köse, a private who allegedly committed suicide during his compulsory military service. Finding Turkey guilty of conduction an adequate investigation, the court ordered Turkey to pay 10,000 euros.

A compilation made by bianet revealed that male perpetrators left 22 women, 12 raped, 25 battered and 27 harassed in November 2013.

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu stated that YouTube ban was related to the national security. Telecommunications Communication Authorities, on the other hand, announced that the ban was due to “the crimes committed against Atatürk”.

Turkey now has female mayors in 4 provinces -3 of them are metropoles- and 33 districts. While youngest mayors also turned out to be women, they have been elected with the highest vote rates.

Acting upon businessperson Çeçen’s defamation complaint, Ankara 5th High Criminal Court ordered a URL-based restriction on bianet’s article regarding the purchase of Sabah-TV allegedly by the order of PM Erdoğan.

Police intervened protestors who gathered outside the Supreme Election Committee (YSK) headquarters in Ankara after Republican Peoples’ Party’s objection to the local election results.

After the announcement of AKP mayor candidate’s victory over CHP candidate with 0.72% in the local elections, several Ankara residents scrambled to compare the ballot box records and Supreme Election Committee’s (YSK) election results.

“I am not kidding, a cat broke into the transformer. And this didn’t happen for the first time. It is wrong to relate this to the elections,” Energy Minister said regarding the power outrages during the election night.

bianet interviewed Press Council Chairman Türenç, Turkish Journalists’ Union Chairman Güç and Turkish Journalist Association Chairman Olcayto on the discrepancy between AA and CİHAN’s election result coverage.

The vote counting has not been resulted. According to the unconfirmed election results in data of Anatolia Agency (AA), Justice and Development Party (AKP) has received 45.55% of the votes. Unlike AA, according to Cihan News agency AKP is the winner party with 43.20% of the votes.

Gültan Kışanak, Fatma Şahin and Özlem Çerçioğlu have become the first women to be elected as metropolitan municipality mayors.

4 mayor candidates who have previously signed the LBGTI-friendly Municipality Protocol have unofficially won the elections.