Children’s rights organizations have released a statement about a recently passed bill that will pave the way for intervention in civil society activities: “Keep your hands off children’s rights groups: We are enraged, concerned, but determined.”

A penal judgeship of peace has imposed an access block on social media platform Ekşi Sözlük’s a number of pages such as “Destruction of Dipsiz (Fathomless) Lake by governor’s permission” and “Restoration of Dipsiz Lake to its previous state.”

Amid ongoing debates on strip search in Turkey, Human Rights Association (İHD), Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) and Turkish Medical Association (TTB) have released a statement raising concerns about “the new and changing face of torture.”

Kavala has made a statement after Constitutional Court rejected his application: “The most common and severe problem in the judiciary is the detention practices taken under the influence of political messages and the political environment.”

In their applications to the Human Rights Association (İHD) and meetings with the İHD lawyers over the past year, several prisoners have recounted how they were subjected to a strip search in different prisons across Turkey.

Holding a press statement about the continued arrest of Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp, the İzmir Medical Chamber has demanded his release. With the indictment accepted by the court, the physician is now facing up to 15 years in prison.

The file of Roboski has been closed even though the soldier who joined the bombardment said that they considered the citizens shot in the incident to be doing border trade. The massacre has become one of the symbols of impunity in Turkey.

Prof. Şule Özsoy-Boyunsuz, an academic specialized in Constitutional law, has commented on Turkey’s new NGO bill: “The government might wake up one morning, pick an association and shut it down next morning. This law has no predictability.”

Speaking to bianet about the bill that would allow the appointment of trustees to NGOs, Kaos GL Association’s Legal Coordinator Dikmen says, “It foresees an inspection process that will spread all across civil society and has no boundaries, like a virus.”

Arrested politician Demirtaş has sent a message from prison amid statements of the President and Interior Minister disregarding the ECtHR judgement of “immediate release.” He has said, “We are right, strong and in good spirits. We will win together.”

Several politicians from Germany, including Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, have severely criticized the prison sentence of 27 years, 6 months given to journalist Can Dündar. Maas has defined the verdict as “a heavy blow to independent journalism.”

According to official figures, 111 people were killed, over a thousand people were wounded, 552 houses were arsoned and 289 workplaces were plundered during the Maraş Massacre that targeted the Alevi citizens in eastern Turkey.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a statement regarding the bill which will allow the appointment of trustees to civil society organizations, if passed by the Parliament: “Organizations disliked by the government for their work will especially be at risk.”

The father of Muratcan Ayas has said that he learned about his son’s heart attack from hospital reports. He has filed a criminal complaint against the care home where his son with autism was staying; an autopsy was done as part of the investigation.

The Human Rights Joint Platform (İHOP) has released a statement and shared its views as to the amendments introduced by the bill which will allow the appointment of trustees to civil society organizations, if passed by the Parliament.

Detained and arrested in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeastern province of Diyarbakır, Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-Chair and dismissed HDP MP Güven has been transferred from Diyarbakır Prison to Elazığ Prison in eastern Turkey.

Thousands of NGOs in various fields will face the risk of being closed "with a single signature" if the bill passes into law, 129 NGOs have warned.

According to a statement released by the Adana Provincial Branch of the Human Rights Association (İHD), prisoners in Çukurova region mostly complain about the restrictions imposed as part of COVID-19 measures.

Co-Chair of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) and dismissed HDP MP Leyla Güven has been arrested in Diyarbakır. Güven was previously sentenced to 22 years, 3 months in prison as part of a “terror investigation” in the province.

In a statement released by the Directorate of Prisons amid debates on whether there is strip search in Turkey, it is said that “a detailed search is done if there is reasonable and strong suspicion that the person will bring in a forbidden material or object.”