Tolga İslam, an activist from Soldier Rights Initiative, expressed his concerns on Turkish Army's amended discipline act, saying that there are more practices to be removed other than disciplinary cell penalties.

A suicide bomber suspected to be a militant from DHKP-C organization blew himself up at the US embassy in Ankara this morning, leaving 2 people dead.

Contemporary Journalists Association of Turkey honored bianet with its annual Best News Website Award, acknowledging bianet's long-lasting work on Turkey's media.

Contemporary Journalists Association of Turkey honored bianet with its annual Best News Website Award, acknowledging bianet's long-lasting work on Turkey's media.

An Alevi association annual report reveals at least 60 right abuses including board-marking of apartments with Alevi residents, discrimination of Alevis' funerals were committed in 2012.

Union of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK), a Kurdish organization founded by Abdullah Öcalan, denied allegations on Turkish media regarding the withdrawal of PKK's militia to Northern Iraq, saying that the related news coverage was a part of psychological war operation.

ECHR found Turkey guilty for suspending the publication and distribution of 9 newspapers and magazines between 2008 and 2009, ordering the Turkish state to pay applicants a total of 13,500 euros.

"At least 2 uncontracted Syrian workers were either dead or wounded after an explosion at a galvanizing factory in Antep today. Turkey has a bad record of uncontracted employment," said Nihat Necati Bencan, a local workers' union representative.

Şemdinlihaber, a local news website, launched a fundraising campaign to rebuild a ruined secondary school building after two consecutive arson incidents in the past year.

A non-commissioned army officer has been hospitalized after a failed attempt to shoot himself in his Tatvan district apartment this morning.

Human right advocate Ahmet Kahveci told bianet on the mobbing cases that Turkish Military's contracted civilian staff faced including disciplinary penalties, being forced to athletic trainings and assemblies.

PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan has filed a lawsuit to Turkey's constitutional court, complaining that his book entitled "Kurdish people's Manifesto" had previously been declined for publishing.

Greenpeace and a local environmental platform warned that the massive blaze in a fiber storage facility in Yalova province has caused the release of hazardous gas into the air, a claim that refuted factory administration's previous statement.

68 journalists and 27 publishers entered 2013 behind bars in Turkey due to charges related to "being an illegal organization member". 78 out 97 jailed media workers marked from Kurdish media. 2012 marked attacks on journalists and defamation verdicts in favor of PM Erdogan.

A military court in Diyarbakir district resumed the trial of Kıvanç Ağaoğlu who is suspected for allegedly killing Sevag Balıkçı during their compulsory military service, ruling to continue suspect's lending trial until the next session on February 28.

The parliament reached consensus on a bill permitting defendants to speak in the mother tongue, despite limitations.

"A statute of limitations will not apply to the case this year," said Halil Sevinç, the family advocate of journalist Uğur Mumcu who was assassinated in 1993.

Sarp Kuray, a life sentence convict for "attempting to overthrow the constitutional order by force", was ordered to stand trial on January 29, after ECHR ruled that Turkey has not hold a fair trial.

An Istanbul court ordered life sentence for sociologist Pinar Selek for her involvement in the 1998 Spice Bazaar explosion, a case that has reopened three times in 14 years.

A state council division ordered to remove the obligation that Turkey's advocates "must not wear headscarves" at work.