The 1st legislative year of the 26th term of Turkish parliament begins today. MPs will take their oaths at the beginning of the new legislative year.

Death threats against Protestant churches continue. In the video with ISIS flag that is published online, people from clergy and community are pointed as targets.

Today in Paris, where one of the bloodiest attacks in Europe happened, public places are opened and the operations against ISIS suspects continue.

Documentation Center of TİHV (Human Rights Foundation of Turkey) reported the violation of rights committed against the civilians during the curfew in Silvan district of Diyarbakir. In the report, it is stated that 6 people were killed by the security forces. After the release of TİHV’s report, another civilian was killed in Mescit Neighborhood in Slivan.

Vicken Cheterian will write articles for Agos every other week about the political conditions of the countries in Middle East, North Africa and former Soviet republics.

Having contributed and conduced to many researches on Kurds and Kurdistan, Martin Bruinessen talked to Agos about the current condition of Kurdish question.

Would they prefer continuing their lives by maintaining the rights and status that they gained so far or going on with a new and smaller system, i.e., with a broader presence in Rojava, by demanding those rights all over again? People of Christian communities ask those questions themselves every day.

Fourth book of Hrant Dink Foundation’s oral history project “Sound of Silence”, which has been going on since 2011, “Armenians from İzmit Speaking” is published.

98 women were elected to the parliament on June 7, but this number declines to 82 on November 1. Now, the parliament is full of mustaches once again. Women are unhappy because of the unequal representation, but they will carry on struggling for their demands.

The indictment against the public officials that was prepared by investigating prosecutor Gökalp Kökçü as a part of Hrant Dink case is returned to the prosecution by Public Prosecutor of Istanbul.

Garo Paylan, in the exclusive “periscope” interview, made some statements about election, the future of the peace process and the problems of Armenian community.

Decrease in HDP and MHP’s votes sealed the fate of the new parliament. We talked to two scholars, Cuma Çiçek and Yücel Taşkın, about the reasons and possible consequences of this change.

Last night, after the election result was unofficially announced, the chairs of 4 parties in the parliament made statements assessing the results and their position.

According to the unofficial results, Armenian, Syriac, Mhalmite, Yazidi and Roman MPs who were elected to the parliament on June 7 remain in the parliament.

In Turkey, the voting process has ended and the polls are closed.

According to the unofficial results, votes are as the following.

Author of “Islam and Nazi Germany's war”, David Motadel answered our questions about Netanyahu’s recent statement.

Here is a list of some important public officials who are and are not included in the bill of indictment.

The Senate of the Republic of Paraguay approved a resolution that officially recognizes the Armenian Genocide.

Mor Hananyo Monastery got its land back after 12 years of legal struggle.