The European Court of Human Rights found Turkey guilty of violating prohibition of discrimination, stating that impossibility for married women to use just their maiden name is discriminatory.

17 individuals including 15 high school students in the northwestern province of Bursa have been sued over shouting the slogan “Lightbulb Tayyip” to protest the exam system.

85 women worldwide organizations released a statement supporting Canan Arın, advocate and founder of Mor Çatı women organization who is currently being charged with “insulting Prophet Mohammed and President Abdullah Gül.

Serdar Gültekin from Contemporary Lawyers Association (ÇHD) told bianet that children inmates in Şakran Prison were subjected to hone beatings, solitary confinement penalties in sound proof cells, while a prison staff member claimed that the facility had “10 star” hotel comfort.

CHP, Turkey’s main opposition party, completed a report on the situation of jailed journalists in Turkey, underlining that the number of jailed journalists (71) in 2013 is actually more than the number of jailed journalists (31) in 1980 - after the military coup on September 12.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of a park and culture house dedicated to his name in his native Hemite village, author Yaşar Kemal reminded that he was never discriminated in his village due to his Kurdish ethnicity and wished “Turkey to be like his village”.

Reporters Without Borders condemned Sevan Nişanyan’s conviction to 13.5 months of prison for insulting Prophet Mohammed and urged a dismissal in the appeals trial.

Bringing together 156 organizations from more than 120 countries, 38th International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Congress kicked off yesterday with the keynote addresses of Deputy Prime Minister Beşir Atalay and FIDH President Souhayr Belhassen.

CHP deputy Gök told bianet that AKP’s bill to limit the sale and consumption of alcohol aimed to impose a conservative lifestyle through legislations in the name of protecting public health of the youth.

Peace and Democracy Party deputy Kürkçü submitted an official inquiry to Interior Minister Muammer Güler regarding the recently released Redhack cables on the twin blasts in Reyhanlı that left 51 people dead.

Istanbul 5th High Criminal Court released university student Emine Akman this morning, considering her 21 month arrest period. Akman will be put through judiciary control and international travel ban.

Former Bar Association chairperson Aktar said that Hayri Kozakçıoğlu served as the black box of Turkey’s state of emergency year and died before he could share his knowledge with public. Kozakçıoğlu has allegedly committed suicide.

Necati Abay, a representative of Solidarity Platform with Jailed Journalists (TGDP) was sentenced to 11 years and 3 months of prison for terrorist organization membership allegations - charges that Abay claimed to be influenced by PM Erdoğan and certain media coverage against him.

Redhack released a series of cables that revealed the dawn of Reyhanlı twin blasts through top secret gendarmerie intelligence files.

The hearing of Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ - Turkey’s first openly declared gay referee who was restrained from his profession - continued yesterday with a designated expert report saying that homosexuality was quite common among athletes and referees.

A parliamentary commission on planning and budget passed a bill draft bill that envisioned a series of limitation on public alcohol use in Turkey, including in commercials and youth festivals.

Istanbul 14th Peace Court convicted author Sevan Nişanyan to 13.5 months of prison for “openly insulting religious values of a certain faction of the society” in one of his articles.

Reacting to Interior Ministry's new plan to assign to "guard officers" on university campuses, current and former student leaders spoke up to bianet, claiming that police presence would limit freedoms on campus.

According to the statistics released by Interior Ministry upon our application, 16,585 people used the name Zîlan - a Kurdish name. Other commonly used Kurdish names included Berîtan (7,822), Mazlûm (13,865), Şoreş (260).

Family and Social Policies Ministry released a booklet that contained tips for couples on a healthy sex life.