Necati Yılmaz

There is no information that an abducted Turkish teacher has been killed by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the governor's office in the eastern province of Tunceli has stated. 

Previous reports had said a 23-year-old teacher, Necmettin Yılmaz, was killed by a group of PKK militants after being abducted on a highway. 

A delegation from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has visited two educators, who were arrested after being on hunger strike for over 75 days in protest at being dismissed from their jobs through state of emergency decrees, in a jail in Ankara. 

The humanitarian conditions in prisons are deteriorating day by day, a Republican People's Party (CHP) sub-commission investigating prison conditions has stated after conducting interviews with imprisoned journalist in Istanbul's Silivri Prison.

A report written by a delegation from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has stated Ömer Çelik, an arrested editor of Diyarbakır-based news agency DİHA, had been tortured by police forces in his house before being detained. 

A delegation from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on April 28 visited jailed daily Cumhuriyet journalists and executives in Istanbul's Silivri Prison. 

CHP deputy leader Veli Ağbaba, Ankara lawmakers Necati Yılmaz and Şenal Sarıhan and Muğla deputy Nurettin Demir compiled a report with messages from the arrested journalists and executives after their visit.