Peoples’ Democratic Congress (HDK) Peoples and Beliefs Commission: “Genocide is a crime against humanity and there is no timeout. We did not forget, will not forget, will not make it forgotten.”

The Constitutional Court will examine the application of Osman Kavala in its meeting on May 22. Speaking to bianet, lawyer Turgut Kazan has stated that “the court should give its judgement by considering its own prestige and without feeling any fear.”

HDP MP Tuma Çelik has submitted a parliamentary question regarding the murder of a Rum (Greek) citizen in Gökçeada/ Imbros, Çanakkale. Stating that minorities are targeted, Çelik has added that information about the autopsy is not given, either.

It has been alleged that those who were detained after the conflict in Halfeti in Turkey’s southeastern province of Urfa were tortured. HDP Siirt MP Danış-Beştaş has stated, “No matter where such scenes occur, no Minister of Interior could remain in office."

Ergin Çevik, the Editor-in-Chief of Antalya-based Güney Haberci news website, was attacked by three people in Aksu, Antalya. Releasing a statement, the Progressive Journalists Association has stated, “Such attacks cannot frighten the journalists.”

Cancer patient Prof. Dr. Haluk Savaş, a discharged physician and academic who was not allowed to go abroad for treatment, has posted a message on his Twitter account and announced that he has received his passport.

Hosting Ekrem İmamoğlu in his live program aired on CNN Türk, Ahmet Hakan cut the program short by half an hour after İmamoğlu started talking about the extravagances in İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Hakan has been criticized on social media.

The Supreme Election Council (YSK) has completed writing the justified ruling on the annulment of İstanbul Metropolitan Mayoral elections. The ruling will be shared with the public after the dissenting opinions are added.

Diyarbakır Bar Association Women’s Rights Center has called all bar associations to take an action against male violence.

AKP MP Nurettin Canikli has filed a criminal complaint for defamation against Şaban Vatan, the father of 11-year-old Rabia Naz, who suspiciously died. Canikli has said that “his lawsuits don't aim to prevent his messages about his daughter’s death.”

Translator Metin Cihan, who has been raising concerns on social media over the suspicious death of 11-year-old Rabia Naz Vatan, has deposed at the police department due to a tweet that he posted about the Gezi resistance in 2018.

Media ombudsperson Bildirici has penned an article entitled “How has the debate between the President and TÜSİAD been faded out?” and drawn attention to the shortcomings in the news of not only pro-government media but also of the opposition media.

Binali Yıldırım has tried to provide justification for the claim of stolen votes in İstanbul elections and said that the balloting committee chairs did not give the voting papers for the Metropolitan Municipality elections to those who seemed like pro-AKP voters.

Archaeologist Sinan Sertel, who was a member of the excavation team working in Olympos Ancient City in Antalya, has been stabbed to death in a dispute that erupted after it was alleged that trees were being cut in the area.

All events such as protest demonstrations, marches, meetings, assemblies and sit-in protests have been banned in Hakkari for 30 days. One day later, a similar ban has also been introduced in Turkey’s another eastern province Van for 10 days.

Coming together in the 32nd year of “March Against Beating” in İstanbul, women have expressed solidarity with jailed journalist and writer Ayşe Düzkan: “We remember our past to build our future; the future will be ours, the future will be woman.”

The students and colleagues of Academic for Peace Assoc. Prof. Tuna Altınel, who has been behind bars since May 11, have established a committee of solidarity for the academic at the Lyon-1 University in France.

Making a statement on the occasion of International Week of the Disappeared, relatives of the ones who disappeared in custody and rights defenders have demanded that the fate and whereabouts of deceased journalist Khashoggi be revealed.

Directors of Cyprus-based Afrika newspaper Şener Levent and Ali Osman Tabak have been acquitted in the lawsuit filed against them for allegedly insulting President Erdoğan with a caricature published on the newspaper on December 8, 2017.

18 international freedom of press and expression organizations have sent a letter to President Erdoğan for the recently attacked journalists Yavuz Selim Demirağ and İdris Özyol: “Publicly denounce these acts of violence and ensure journalist safety.”