Mehmet Selim Kiraz

Slain prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz has been commemorated at a ceremony held at the Istanbul Courthouse on March 29, where he was murdered in a terror attack in 2015.

Two people who appeared in a viral video in which a man called for secularism in the Okmeydanı district of Istanbul were arrested on Jan. 3 on charges of "openly provoking people to hatred and enmity." 

The Istanbul 17th Court of Serious Crimes has accepted an indictment regarding the death of 14-year-old Berkin Elvan, who was killed with a tear gas canister during the Gezi protests in June 2013.

The indictment was completed on Dec. 7 after nearly three years of investigation, with the prosecutor saying the police officer had displayed "probable intent" in killing the boy. 

An indictment regarding the killing of Gezi victim Berkin Elvan has been prepared after nearly three years of investigation, with the prosecutor saying the police officer had "probable intent" in killing him. 

Turkish prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz was commemorated on the first anniversary of his death at Istanbul's Ça?layan Courthouse, where he was shot dead after being taken hostage by members of the outlawed far-left group the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C). 

Two suspected suicide attackers, including a suspect in the killing of leading industrialist Özdemir Sabanc? in 1996, were planning a terrorist attack in the Turkish capital of Ankara, according to a police statement. 

A gun was found inside a toilet at a court in Istanbul's Kartal district on Dec. 1.

The weapon was found inside a black nylon bag by technical personnel who had been called to fix a breakdown in the men's bathroom on the ground floor of the court's B Block.

An outlawed Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) member has been arrested after he was seen entering a courthouse in Istanbul's Asian side while wearing a police uniform.

This week, as usual, lots of crazy things happened in Turkey. The most mind-boggling one for me, however, was an indictment prepared by the Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office against 18 journalists. They were accused of "making propaganda for a terrorist organization," with the prosecutor asking for up to 7.5 years in prison for each.

Three Turkish newspapers, including daily Hürriyet, are set to stand trial on charges of making propaganda for a terrorist organization for publishing a photo from a recent hostage crisis in Istanbul.