Berkin Elvan

Two people have been arrested on charges of making propaganda for an illegal far-left group after unfurling a banner demanding the trial of those responsible for killing the 15-year-old Gezi protests victim, Berkin Elvan, during a provincial congress of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Istanbul.

A group of protesters have attempted to march Turkey's new presidential palace to mark the shooting of 15-year-old Gezi protests victim Berkin Elvan, but the police prevented the demonstration by using tear gas.

In the last 11 years, 241 children have been killed in Turkey, lawmakers from main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) have said, citing documentation by the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (T?HV).

Mourners have marched in Istanbul to commemorate Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, on the 8th anniversary of his killing.

The march started 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 19 from Taksim Square and ended with a homage to Dink in front of the Armenian weekly Agos newspaper's office building in the Pangalt? neighborhood of the ?i?li district.

A Turkish court has said that ?slanderous and insulting? slogans cannot be considered freedom of speech, in a ruling on the 11-month jail sentence given to an academic for chanting slogans against then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an during a rally.

Amnesty International has launched a petition campaign via change.org to stop South Korea exporting some 1.9 million tear gas canisters to Turkey.

The "Do Not Send Gas to Us" campaign states that the canisters are currently set to be handed to Turkey in mid-January.  

An outlawed Turkish Marxist group on Jan. 2 said it was behind an attempted attack on an Ottoman-era Istanbul palace that formerly held the offices of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.
      

With its ups and downs, 2014 in Turkey was an unforgettable year in terms of deadly accidents that could have all been prevented if necessary precautions had been taken in time. Ranging from mine accidents to migrant deaths at sea, those have assumed a place in the country's long list of ignominious fatal accidents.

Mustafa Ali Tonbul (R) after his surgery with his father, Mehmet.
A 17-year-old high school student sentenced to three months in jail with four other teenagers by a Children’s Court for setting up tents during last year’s Gezi protests in İzmir has expressed his dismay for the ruling handed out Dec. 26.

The forensic report on the 15-year-old teenager Berkin Elvan who died following a long period in a coma he sustained after being hit by a police tear gas canister during the Gezi protests was released on Dec. 23, nine months after his passing away.