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13:10

Today, Emine Şenyaşar stood trial for “insulting” former AKP MP İbrahim Halil Yıldız. “It was a long time ago, I do not remember what I said, but I remember how they killed my children,” she said.

11:25

The appointments as part of the ÇEDES project spark anger in Turkey. “The aim of the AKP-MHP bloc is to raise a generation that does not question, only obeys,” said Zuhal Sezer, Co-chair of Eğitim-Sen Amed Branch No.2.

15:07

An 8-year-old girl was hospitalized in Karaj city of Iran after being subjected to violence by her stepfather. The child has died at the hospital, according to local press outlets.

14:42

Three members of the Purple Solidarity Association and Hatice Göz, coordinating member of the Social Freedom Party (TÖP), have been detained in the house raids conducted in Ankara and Izmir.

14:29

The Turkish General Directorate of Security has filed a criminal complaint against Green Left Party Istanbul MP Özgül Saki.

13:44

The cases of Saeeda Shafiei and Nasim Sultan Beygi have been sent to the 26th branch of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).

11:23

Three Palestinians were killed and 29 others were injured in the West Bank by Israeli soldiers, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

14:53

The 26th Flying Broom International Women Films Festival ended after the closing ceremony. At the festival, 66 films from different countries were screened.

13:51

Many people, including children, were detained in house raids conducted in the Cizre district of Şırnak province in this morning.

13:02

Eight members of the Peace Mothers’ Initiative, who were detained in Antalya on charges of “financing a (terrorist) organization”, have been released.

12:48

The 25th hearing of the Kobanê trial has been postponed to July 3. The court rejected the demand for release and removal of the judicial control order.

11:37

Selahattin Umay, a village guard chief, has seriously injured a woman namely E.U with whom he has an Islamic religious marriage in Ergani.

10:55

Müşerref Geçer and Emrah Kılıç, Co-mayors of the Patnos Municipality held by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), have been detained.

09:04

Yazidi families in the village of Siba Sheikh Khidir, who had to leave their houses due to ISIS attacks, are happy to return to their homeland. They describe their return to their homeland as a rebirth for them.

15:08

Emine Şenyaşar, who has been seeking justice in front of the Urfa Courthouse for 808 days, has been fined 8000 Turkish lira on charges of insulting AKP’s former MP İbrahim Halil Yıldız.

15:06

Eight members of the Peace Mothers’ Initiative have been detained in house raids conducted in Antalya on the grounds that they sent money to prisoners.

15:05

In Turkey, 730 workers, including 69 women and 11 children, died in the first five months of 2023, according to the report released by the Laborer Health and Occupational Safety Assembly (İSİG).

14:15

Iranian artist Athena Farghdani, former political prisoner, has been arrested after being summoned to testify by the Evin Prosecutor's Office.

12:52

Women artists living in the Baneh city of Rojhilat Kurdistan are subjected to the threats by Salafi groups; artworks of artists are destroyed by these groups.

12:51

Meryem Yıldırım, who was a parliamentary candidate of the Green Left Party from Izmir and arrested on May 31, has been released from prison.