Residents in a village in the southeastern province of Şırnak have been unable to leave their homes without permission from the military for the past 15 days. Locals say their livelihood is at risk, as they cannot venture outside to feed their animals or tend to their fields.

Law enforcement officials arrested college student Ezgi Özgün on the same day and for the same reasons as Sevil Sevimli, a French-Turkish student who had arrived in Turkey as part of the Erasmus exchange program. While authorities released Sevimli, however, Özgün still remains behind bars. “Is justice not blind?” she asks.

With a number of international reporters still missing in Syria, Turkish journalists Bünyamin Aygün and Serkan Ocak have cautioned that taking to the Arab country still poses major lethal risks. Veteran journalist Mete Çubukçu also noted that both sides of the conflict in Syria are now targeting journalists.

Turkey’s first bi-monthly magazine on Kurdish history has hit the bookshelves. Published in Turkish, “Kürt Tarihi” (“Kurdish History”) delves into the annals of the Kurdish past, long overlooked by official institutions engaged in historiography.

Law enforcement officials took four suspects under custody in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa in connection with Monday’s lethal blast in neighboring Gaziantep that killed nine people and injured 69 more. Rioting mobs also attacked the offices of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) once more in Gaziantep yesterday evening.

A minibus rolled over in the southeastern province of Şırnak, killing the driver and nine troops inside the vehicle. The relatives of the victims of last year’s Roboski massacre helped the wounded troops and carried them off to a hospital.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) denied it had any involvement in Monday’s deadly blast in the southeastern province of Gaziantep that killed nine people and injured 69. The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and human rights organizations also condemned the incident.

Two specialist sergeants died and one soldier was injured after members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) detonated a roadside bomb in the southeastern province of Hakkari. Another troop and 15 PKK militants also lost their lives during a military operation in the area.

Eight people lost their lives and 61 were injured after explosives loaded inside a vehicle went off near a police station in the southeastern province of Gaziantep on Monday evening.

The Chief Prosecutor’s Office in the eastern province of Van launched a probe into an encounter between members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) who were conducting a road check in the southeastern province of Hakkari and a delegation of politicians, including certain members of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP.)

The Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) issued a press release on the Disaster Law and Building Inspection Draft Bill: “All laws that protect the immunity of cities, habitats, nature and professional fields are getting scrapped.”

A campaign launched by Greenpeace Mediterranean has achieved success, as the Federation of Food and Drink Industry Associations of Turkey announced that it withdrew an application to import 29 different kinds of genetically modified organisms (GMOs.)

The gains scored in the struggle against violence toward women in July, the penalties incurred on the offenders and sample court verdicts...

Authorities launched an investigation against a number of workers who began holding sit-in demonstrations after they were fired from Roseteks Company without any severance pay. The police then rounded them up from their homes without any prior legal notice.

An article that appeared in a magazine published by the Faculty of Theology at Uludağ University engages in racism under the guise of “science,” according to Turkish-Jewish writer Roni Marguiles. Deputy Dean Recep Cici refused to comment on the issue to bianet.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) released Hüseyin Aygün, a deputy of the main opposition People’s Republican Party (CHP) who was kidnapped on Sunday.

The Ministry of Interior issued a ban on all demonstrations in the southeastern province of Siirt on the eve of the 28th anniversary of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) first armed raid on Aug. 15, 1984. A commemoration will nonetheless be held in Diyarbakır.

Men killed 20 women, three other men and two children in July, according to bianet’s tally. They also injured 24 women and raped 11 more. Women’s husbands turned out to be their worst nemesis, as they were most frequently the culprits in cases of murder and violence.

Members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) kidnapped Hüseyin Aygün, a deputy of the main opposition People’s Republican Party (CHP,) in the southeastern province of Tunceli (Dersim) on Sunday, sparking fierce criticism from nearly all quarters.

Men murdered 20 women, three other men and two children in July, 2012. They also wounded 24 women and raped 11 more. Istanbul witnessed the greatest number of incidents during the same period.