20 people in Batman, mostly affiliated to the pro-Kurdish BDP, were taken into police custody in the course of simultaneous raids on their homes. The reason has not been declared yet. Meanwhile, a signboard in Turkish and Kurdish became the subject of a court case.

15 people were taken into police custody on 15 June. The operation that was still going on on Wednesday afternoon was allegedly connected to a press release regarding the death of retired teacher Lokumcu after a massive police intervention in Hopa.

The website of the Fırat News Agency is subject to a cyber attack that made access temporarily impossible. The site can currently be reached under www.firatnews.ws.

Eleven people who stood trial in the scope of the KCK case in Ağrı were sentenced to imprisonment of 91 years and eleven months in total. The court did not hear their defence speeches because the defendants requested to speak Kurdish at the hearing.

Two days after Prime Minister Erdoğan's party won the elections, six people in Çorum were taken into police custody on the grounds of their participation in the 1 May celebrations 45 days ago. They were released the same day.

Newspaper distributor Karahan was sentenced to imprisonment of two years on charges of "propaganda for an illegal organization". The sentence was based on certain terms posted on a Facebook account registered in Karahan's name.

"Freedom for Zengin" as demanded by the journalist's supporters was the decision of the court at the hearing on 14 June. Journalist Zengin was released pending trial after two years in prison. She is charged with "membership in an illegal organization.

Journalist and academic Baskın Oran received his fourth death threat signed by the Turkish Revenge Brigade. The message was sent to the Armenian Agos newspaper and read "your time has come to die".

For the fifth time, the IPS Communication Foundation will give graduate students the chance to be trained in rights journalism. From 9 to 16 July, journalists, academics and human rights advocators will share their knowledge and experiences with the participants.

According to initial figures, the number of female members of parliament increased from 48 to 78. 472 MPs are male. KADER President Aydın: "A constitution that anticipates de facto equality of women is a must for us".

The OSCE Election Monitoring Delegation stated that the general elections on 12 June were done in a pluralistic and secure environment. The delegation criticized the 10-percent electoral threshold and urged the state to "establish a media distant of political pressure".

Azadiya Welat, the only nation-wide newspaper in Turkey publishing in Kurdish, has been banned for the duration of 15 days. This is the ninth publication ban for the daily. Its printing house in Diyarbakır was searched by the police.

Ertuğrul Kürkçü, independent candidate of the Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block in Mersin, will go to parliament. In his initial statement made to bianet, he assessed the outcome of the elections for the Block in particular and for Turkey in general.

The editor-in-chief of the Midyat Habur newspaper, Mehmet Halis İş, was stopped by the police when he took footage of an incident. The newspaper claimed that this sort of intervention became systematic in recent times.

The first two issues of the Özgür Halk ve Demokratik Modernite magazine were seized. The publication was suspended twice and a Diyarbakır court decided to confiscate all copies under allegations of "propaganda for an illegal organization".

Four parties will be in parliament after the general elections in Turkey on Sunday. The AKP succeeded to gain votes for the third time, the CHP bore away a moderate gain. The MHP passed the 10-percent election threshold, the Independent Candidates won 36 seats in parliament.

After almost three quarters of all ballot boxes have been opened, the Justice and Development Party takes the lead again, followed by the main opposition Republican People's Party. The far-right Nationalist Movement Party is above the 10-percent election threshold.

After half of all ballot boxes have been opened, the Justice and Development Party takes the lead again, followed by the main opposition Republican People's Party. The far-right Nationalist Movement Party is above the 10-percent election threshold.

By 31 March, 5 journalists were in prison for their writings, another 42 press members in the context of operations like "Ergenekon" and other major trials and investigations. Within 3 months, 13 people were sentenced to monetary fines and almost 22 years in jail on the grounds of their opinions on the Kurdish question.

Prime Minister Erdoğan gave an account on topics such as press freedom, internet censorship, military service and the recent incidents in Hopa in the course of a Q&A session with journalists in a broadcast of CNN Türk.