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Journalist Karakaş Released

Journalist Karakaş Released

Arrested due to their social media posts against Afrin operation, nine people including journalist Karakaş have been released.

5 Academics Stand Trial at 2 Courts

5 Academics Stand Trial at 2 Courts

Three academics have had their second hearings at the 36th Heavy Penal Court and two academics have had their first hearings at the 37th Heavy Penal Court. All of the hearings have been adjourned.

8 May 2018 Tansu Pişkin

Ayşe Çelik Released from Prison

Ayşe Çelik Released from Prison

Ayşe Çelik, who was imprisoned with her six-month-old baby on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” after she called a live talk show and said, “Children and mothers are killed here. Do not keep silent,” has been released from prison.

2 More Academics Have Their First Hearings

2 More Academics Have Their First Hearings

Academics Mahmut Çınar from Bahçeşehir University and Gizem Sayın from the Faculty of Law at Kadir Has University have had their first hearings at the 37th Heavy Penal Court.

Person Dumping Garbage in Front of Armenian Church Released

Person Dumping Garbage in Front of Armenian Church Released

The person who has written a racist writing on the wall of Surp Takavor Armenian Church in Kadıköy and dumped garbage on its front door has been released after being taken into custody.

Vegan Inmate Evcan on 38th Day of His Hunger Strike

Vegan Inmate Evcan on 38th Day of His Hunger Strike

Osman Evcan’s lawyer, who visited Evcan in prison, has stated that 60-year-old Evcan has fallen to 54 kilos and his health condition is worsening. Evcan has been in isolation for two years.

2 May 2018 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Letter by Imprisoned Male Boğaziçi University Students

Letter by Imprisoned Male Boğaziçi University Students

Nine imprisoned students from Boğaziçi University have penned a letter.

2 May 2018 Elif Ünal

66 People Attempting to March to Taksim Detained

66 People Attempting to March to Taksim Detained

66 people who attempted to march to Taksim to celebrate May 1 Labor Day in Taksim have been detained, the Security Directorate has stated.

Taksim and İstiklal Avenue Closed

Taksim and İstiklal Avenue Closed

All roads leading to Taksim Square have been closed to vehicle traffic and pedestrians have been denied access to İstiklal Avenue due to the May 1 Labor Day. Pedestrians are requested to present “an official document which proves that they work on May 1.”

1 May 2018 Pınar Tarcan

Academics for Peace Granted 2018 Courage to Think Defender Award

Academics for Peace Granted 2018 Courage to Think Defender Award

2018 Courage to Think Defender Award has been granted to Academics for Peace due to their extraordinary efforts to form solidarity at universities and encourage academic freedom, freedom of questioning and peaceful exchange of ideas.

EU Delegation to Monitor and Report on Pınar Selek Case

EU Delegation to Monitor and Report on Pınar Selek Case

European Commission has announced that the EU Delegation in Turkey will continue monitoring and reporting on the case of Pınar Selek, who has been tried and acquitted four times in the trial of Egyptian Bazaar explosion.

Racist Writing on Wall of Armenian Church in İstanbul’s Kadıköy District

Racist Writing on Wall of Armenian Church in İstanbul’s Kadıköy District

“From Erzurum resident, this homeland is ours” has been written in capital on Surp Takavor Armenian Church in Kadıköy, İstanbul. Besides, garbage has been dumped on church’s front door.

Prosecutor’s Office Demands Prison Sentence for 9 Academics

Prosecutor’s Office Demands Prison Sentence for 9 Academics

Academics İpek Merçil, Oğuz Arucu, Güven Gürkan Öztan, Gülhan Türkay, Sinan Yıldırmaz, Taner Gören, Ertan Ersoy, İbrahim Kaboğlu, Mehmet Ruza Türkay and Yücel Candemir have had their second hearings.

27 April 2018 Beyza Kural

Operation, Curfew in Diyarbakır’s Districts of Lice, Kulp

Operation, Curfew in Diyarbakır’s Districts of Lice, Kulp

Diyarbakır Governorship has announced that curfew has been declared in 69 villages and hamlets in the districts of Lice and Kulp in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır on the ground of an operation to be launched in the region.

Rights Defender Ceylan not Released

Rights Defender Ceylan not Released

Former Human Rights Association Bitlis Branch Chair Ceylan wasn’t released in the hearing held today. Ceylan has been kept in detention for 1.5 years.

Akın Atalay at Justice Watch

Akın Atalay at Justice Watch

Cumhuriyet Executive Board Chair Akın Atalay, who has been sentenced to 7 years 3 months and 15 days in prison in Cumhuriyet trial, have attended 56th Justice Watch: “We will continue to be on side with law and rights”.

Social Media Operation in İzmir

Social Media Operation in İzmir

Police have launched a social media operation in İzmir. Among the ones taken into custody in house raids is also Onur Kılıç, who is a member of the Freedom and Solidarity Party and has been previously arrested for the same reason.

Prison Sentence for Journalist Küçükkaya, Attorney Okan

Prison Sentence for Journalist Küçükkaya, Attorney Okan

Journalist İsmail Küçükkaya and attorney Fidel Okan have been sentenced to 16 months and 20 days in prison on charges of “publicly insulting a public officer” and “publicly insulting institutions and bodies of Republic of Turkey.” Their sentences have been suspended.

Demand for Release of Can Kept in Detention for 78 Days

Demand for Release of Can Kept in Detention for 78 Days

Friends of Celalettin Can have demanded release of him on his 78th day in detention.

25 April 2018 Beyza Kural

Prison Sentence for 1 Fine Arts Associate Professor, Statements of Defence by 5 Academics

Prison Sentence for 1 Fine Arts Associate Professor, Statements of Defence by 5 Academics

Assoc. Prof. Merve Didem Dayı has been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison; her sentence has been suspended. Müftüoğlu, Durakbaşa, Yapıştıran, Taşkın and Akça have presented their statements of defence.

25 April 2018 Beyza Kural

Governorship Bans the Word ‘Genocide’; 1915 Commemoration Cancelled

Governorship Bans the Word ‘Genocide’; 1915 Commemoration Cancelled

İstanbul Governorship has requested that the statement to be read out during 1915 Commemoration not contain the word “genocide.” Three Human Rights Association members have been detained.

24 April 2018 Pınar Tarcan

Investigation Against 208 Social Media Users in 1 Week

Investigation Against 208 Social Media Users in 1 Week

Ministry of Interior has announced that 710 social media accounts have been investigated and legal action has been taken against 208 social media users over last week.

3,936 Children’s Right to Life Violated in 7 Years

3,936 Children’s Right to Life Violated in 7 Years

CHP MP Tanrıkulu has presented a report documenting the right to life violations committed against children in recent years. The report has shown that while child mortality from violence and occupational homicides has not decreased, extrajudicial executions have seen a dramatic increase in 2015 and 2016.

Jailed Journalist Doğan: Paintings Dangerous, Books Forbidden in Prison

Jailed Journalist Doğan: Paintings Dangerous, Books Forbidden in Prison

Journalists’ Union of Turkey has met with jailed journalist Zehra Doğan, who has been in Diyarbakır Type E Prison since June 12, 2017.

Judge: Why Didn’t You Sign Such Declarations After Terrorist Attacks?

Judge: Why Didn’t You Sign Such Declarations After Terrorist Attacks?

Presiding Judge of İstanbul 14th Heavy Penal Court has asked the academic, “Why didn't you sign such declarations before even though several terrorist attacks were carried out?”

19 April 2018 Elif Ünal

Hearings of Önderoğlu, Korur-Fincancı, Nesin Adjourned to October

Hearings of Önderoğlu, Korur-Fincancı, Nesin Adjourned to October

Next hearings of Önderoğlu, Korur-Fincancı and Nesin, against whom lawsuits have been filed on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” after their solidarity with the closed Özgür Gündem newspaper, will be held on October 9.

Happy Çarşema Sor to Yazidis

Happy Çarşema Sor to Yazidis

On the first Wednesday after April 13 each year, Yazidis celebrate the festival of “Çarşema Sor” (Red Wednesday). Yazidis believe that “Çarşema Sor” marks the day when the world was fermented by God and life on earth started, namely the first day of the year.

ETHA Reporter Adil Demirci Arrested

ETHA Reporter Adil Demirci Arrested

ETHA reporter Adil Demirci has been arrested on the fifth day of his detention on charges of “being a member of an illegal organization” and “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.”

Operation, Curfew in District of Hizan in Bitlis

Operation, Curfew in District of Hizan in Bitlis

Curfew has been declared in the villages and hamlets in the district of Hizan in Bitlis due to an operation to be launched in the region.

3 Journalists from ETHA Detained

3 Journalists from ETHA Detained

ETHA editor Şahin and its reporters Gayip and Demirci have been taken into custody from their homes.

2 More Boğaziçi University Students Taken Into Custody

2 More Boğaziçi University Students Taken Into Custody

Two more students from Boğaziçi University have been taken into custody. 10 students have been arrested and four students have been detained so far as part of the investigation.

JinNews Reporter Filiz Zeyrek Released

JinNews Reporter Filiz Zeyrek Released

JinNews reporter Filiz Zeyrek, who was taken into custody on the ground of her news photographs on March 30, has been released on probation.