The Council of State, Turkey’s supreme court that adjudicates on administrative issues, blocked the government regulation to force police and prosecutors to disclose investigations to their superiors.

Journalists Society of Turkey (TGC) sued police authorities over the entry ban and eviction of press rooms across Turkey’s police stations.

3 cabinet ministers declared their resignations this morning with resigner Environment and Urbanization Minister Erdoğan Bayraktar urging PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to resign as well.

Released on December 20 after being jailed for 27 months, acclaimed translator Ayşe Berktay spoke up to bianet on her prison days as well as the peace process.

PKK leader Öcalan’s new photos have been released as he met BDP Co-Chair Demirtaş and BDP Group Interim Chair Pervin Buldan on Imrali Island.

Kelime Oyunu, a popular quiz show has been canceled by TV administration after a question that seemed related to Turkey’s corruption probe.

Elif Çermik (64), a demonstrator who was wounded due to police tear gas at yesterday’s alternative urbanization gathering in Istanbul, still remains in ICU with critical condition.

Several photo journalists across Turkey assembled this afternoon to urge authorities to increase efforts for Bünyamin Aygün, a photo journalist at Milliyet newspaper who has been abducted in Syria 27 days ago.

Turkey’s prominent journalism organizations protested the media presence ban across the country’s police stations, saying that it violated the right to information.

Istanbul 15th High Criminal Court released 6 defendants pending a trial including acclaimed translator Ayşe Berktay in KCK case.

Diyarbakır 4th High Criminal Court rejected the release of jailed Kurdish deputies Faysal Sarıyıldız, Selma Irmak and Kemal Aktaş despite the prosecutor’s opinion.

Bakırköy 9th Assize Court sentenced shooter policemen of Ferhat Gerçek case to 2.5 year of prison. On the other hand, Gerçek himself received 3.5 years of prison of prison for “damaging a police vehicle and insulting policemen”.

In 2013, the number of content removal requests Google received from Turkey increased by 966%, compared to 68 percent worldwide.

Istanbul Prosecutor’s Office officially requested RTÜK and TIB to take precautions on the graft probe.

Despite enjoying a fair bit of local support, local human rights organizations (LHROs) in the Global South are still largely dependent on foreign funds. To better tap into local resource pools, LHROs will have to rethink their funding strategies, and perhaps reconsider some of their activities.

Sabah newspaper laid off its prominent columnist Nazlı Ilıcak for “editorial disagreements”.

Peace and Democracy Party Youth Assembly informed that their Facebook page has recently been closed down.

While chief prosecutor Çolakkadı announced that the prosecutors on the corruption probe case were not dismissed, police authorities said they have dismissed the aforementioned police commissioners.

The government often accuses Turkey’s human rights groups of doing the work of “foreign powers,” which scares off local donors. But when rights groups seek foreign funding, they get attacked for taking “imperialist money.”

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish deputies spent the night at the parliament hall within a hunger strike to protest the recent rejection of release request for jailed deputies.