Leila Khaled, a symbolic figure of Palestinian resistance, has sent a message of solidarity to HDP following the arrest of Leyla Güven and Musa Farisoğulları, who have been sent behind bars shortly after they were stripped of MP status.

Arrested businessperson and rights defender Osman Kavala has been nominated for Václav Havel Human Rights Prize: “His arrest constitutes a warning and an intimidation to all who would dare to challenge the authoritarian regime of President Erdoğan.”

Berberoğlu, a member of the main opposition party, was stripped of MP status on Wednesday and arrested.

Some 93 percent of the patients who died from coronavirus were over 65 years of age, Koca has stated.

Although court hearings were postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, prosecution of journalists and fines on critical news outlets continued in May, Press in Arrest has said.

The company has said it was "surprised and upset" because of a boycott campaign against it over a social media post on Pride Month.

The İstanbul 52nd Penal Court of First Instance has ruled that Metin Uca shall be sentenced to 1 year, 2 months, 17 days in prison in the lawsuit filed by state-run Anadolu Agency Director General Kazancı and Vice Director General Özkaya.

The Kaos GL Association has released the Homophobia and Transphobia Based Hate Crimes Report 2019.

According to a recent survey by the Curiocity Research, 47 percent of workers think that it is too early to use public transportation while 59 percent say that it is too early to go to a shopping mall amid further normalization steps in Turkey.

11 thousand 631 people from 46 countries have expressed support for arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who have been on a death fast for their right to a fair trial.

The 8th Penal Chamber of the Court of Cassation has upheld journalist Özgür Boğatekin’s prison sentence of 1 year, 15 days. The Court of Appeals has rejected the application regarding the judicial fine given to him for “insulting Erdoğan.

After the increasing number of new cases, the Ministry of Interior had declared a curfew for 15 larger cities.

The theme of this year's World Environment Day is biodiversity.

The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has expressed concerns over normalization in Turkey amid COVID-19 pandemic. “Schools, factories and workplaces need to observe necessary protective measures,” the TTB has noted.

The HDP has released a written statement after its two MPs Güven and Farisoğulları and main opposition CHP’s Enis Berberoğlu have been stripped of MP status.

Turkey continues the weekend lockdowns in larger cities despite reopening.

Four human rights organizations have prepared a report on the violation of prisoner rights in Kırşehir Closed Prison based on the accounts of prisoners as communicated by their relatives and meetings with prison administration.

“I urge Turkey to respect its international obligations and to implement the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) swiftly,” Germany’s Minister of State for Europe Michael Roth has said in a written statement.

Stripped of their MP status yesterday, HDP’s Leyla Güven and Musa Farisoğulları and main opposition CHP’s Enis Berberoğlu have been arrested.

New cases were under 1,000 despite the increasing number of tests, according to the Health Ministry data.