“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.

The Union of Actors and Actresses has made a call to the May 1 Labor Day with a video, where the members of the union have stated, “On May 1, we will not be at movie sets, theaters stages or studios, but at squares” and read out the poem “We Will See Beautiful Days.”

Barriers have been brought to roads leading to İstiklal Street and Taksim square, which will be closed on May 1. Labor organization will hold the May 1 meeting in Maltepe.

HDP has issued a statement regarding the detention of 39 people in a police raid conducted to Güngören District office in Saturday evening. Deputy Co-Chair Başaran has said, “It is a constitutional crime. It is an adjustment of the election process with the hand of judiciary in favor of the government.”

Demonstrations were staged in 30 cities across the world for Sur and Hasankeyf on April 28, Global Hasankeyf Demonstration day. Protesters opened stands and carried banners in cities such as Berlin, London, Stockholm.

Seven academics from Boğaziçi University have stood their first trial.

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.

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.

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.

At a time when it is considered likely that Selahattin Demirtaş, the former Co-Chair of HDP, who is currently in prison, will run as a Presidential candidate, a new hashtag calling for his release has been started on social media.

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”.

After it was closed in 2007, the Ministry of Justice has given the use of Divriği Prison to Divriği Hacı Bektaş Veli Association for 30 years. The association will use the building as a djemevi.