2nd Administrative Court

A court in the northwestern Turkish province of Bursa has suspended a contract for the rental of a historical building to the Ensar Foundation, upon a complaint by the local branch of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP).

A local court in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbak?r has fined the Ministry of Defense a total of 548,000 Turkish Liras for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages to a victim, who died in custody allegedly due to torture.

Istanbul?s historic peninsula has come under renewed threat after the Fatih District Municipality issued a ruling to give itself full authorization in executions of construction projects across broad swathes of the peninsula.

A court has ruled for stay of execution on a decision that reduced the natural site criteria of an area in the Urla district of Turkey?s Aegean province of ?zmir, where a businessman known to be close to President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an built villas, hosting Erdo?an there on a number of occasions.

An Istanbul court has annulled a large number of reconstruction project plans for multiple places in Istanbul's centuries-old historical peninsula, stating that the projects will ease modern city life, but damage the peninsula's original fabric.

A Turkish court has ruled for a compensation of 28,000 Turkish Liras (around $12,000) for the death of Ceylan Önkol, a 12-year-old shepherd girl who was killed while grazing her cattle near her home in Lice, in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, allegedly by an explosive fired by the Turkish Armed Forces in 2009.

Turkey’s Council of State issued on June 16 a stay of execution for the construction of a hotel in Cappadocia, on the grounds that it would damage the natural landscape, news website Bianet has reported.