In the fifth hearing of Gezi trial, the defending attorneys' requests for recusation have been rejected. While the attorneys left in protest, the audience was ordered out of the court hall. The court has not released Osman Kavala despite ECtHR verdict.
The fifth hearing of Gezi trial is held in Silivri today. Indicating that the Law of Criminal Procedure has been violated in hearing former soldier Murat Papuç, who is cited as an "informer" in the file, defending attorneys have requested recusation.
The embassies of 16 countries condemned Iraq's use of force against protesters.
The monthly "living cost" of a single, childless person is 2,698 lira, according to the Türk-İş survey.
Journalist İslan Özkan who reviews the Libya summit says if it is proven that Turkey sends jihadist troops from Idlib to Libya, it will face serious trouble.
Citizens in the villages of Sivrice where the accommodation in the houses has become unavailable are not able to get in their homes back due to the risk of collapse. The villagers who has received no aid yet have spoken: “Mobilization of aid has begun, but we have received nothing.”
Attorneys of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with his clients.
15-year-old F.Ç. told Mezopotamya Agency about the violence he was subjected to and the threats made against him should he not become an informer while he was in custody in Adana.
The hearing of the trial against journalist Beritan Canözer held in Diyarbakır. The prosecutor demanded prison sentence for Canözer.
A non prosecution decision was given by the court about the criminal complaint filed by F.A, who was taken into custody during the trustee protests and was sexually abused and threatened with rape by the police under custody. Attorney Fevzi Adsız stated that the prosecution did not listen the witnesses and did not watch the camera recordings before expressing his opinion.
The number of people who died in the earthquake in Elazığ has increased to 41. At least 128 people were rescued in the process.
Hüseyin Polat, who had a gastric bleeding in Tekirdağ F-Type Prison but was sent back on the grounds that the hospital was full, lost his life.
Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation against 50 people, after Interior Minister Soylu said they would open an investigation to those who shared social media posts on the earthquake.
Author Fikret Başkaya defines our status as “crisis of civilization” and he underlines that there is an escape from this within the capitalist mentality underlying the fact that Rojava is an alternative way out from the current situation.
Citizens having to stay in tents given by AFAD Red Crescent due to their houses being damaged have a heating problem. Stating that their children got sick from the cold in tents without blankets and heaters, said: "Neither us or our children can not sleep due to the cold weather."