Rapper Ezhel has sent a letter from the prison where he is kept. Saying in his letter that he went to the police station on his own will to give deposition, Ezhel called on the person who filed the complaint against him, "What did I do to you".

The President of France Emmanuel Macron has posted a tweet about Le Point magazine’s cover of President Erdoğan entitled “Le Dictateur” and said, “Freedom of the press is priceless; without it, here would be a dictatorship.”

Holding demonstrations and making statements for press have been banned for 30 days in Turkey’s eastern province of Van. The ban does not apply to the election works and the events held by governmental agencies.

Nominating candidates in 81 provinces, Hüda Par will support Erdoğan in Presidential election.

28 international rights organizations have shared a message of solidarity for the filmmakers Ertuğrul Mavioğlu and Çayan Demirel, who face five years of prison sentence due to the Bakur documentary.

Sendika.org editor Ali Ergin Demirhan was detained due to his news report titled “We can stop dictatorship” and his social media posts. Demirhan has been released after his deposition.

The fifth anniversary of the Gezi resistance, which started with some tents burnt by security forces in Taksim and spread to the masses across Turkey, is being commemorated on Twitter under the hashtag #Gezi5Yaşında (Gezi is 5 Years Old).

Supreme Election Board President Güven has said, “The number of voters to cast vote at the ballot boxes planned to be moved is 144 thousand”.

After Le Point magazine’s cover of Erdoğan entitled “Le Dictateur” being taken down off, OSCE representative Désir has said, “Trying to export censorship to other countries is unacceptable”.

Request of 19 governorship to have the ballot boxes transferred has been accepted by the Supreme Election Board. HDP MP Sancar has stated that place of 270 thousand voters will be changed and most of these people are Kurdish voters.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has announced that it will send 37 observers to Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Turkey, seven observers in the pre-election period and 30 observers to be on duty on election day.

HDP’s MP candidate Abdullah Güngen has been vetoed by the Supreme Election Board on the ground that the decision to return his legal rights hasn’t been issued. İdris Baluken’s candidacy has been dropped due to his penalty being upheld.

Deputy Prime Minister in Charge of Economy Mehmet Şimşek has stated, “We will take a step back from neither the independence of the Central Bank, nor the market economy.”

According to Mediar’s survey, presidential election will be concluded in second ballot, and the HDP will overcome electoral threshold.

HDP’s imprisoned presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş has addressed President Erdoğan through his tweets posted via his attorneys. Demirtaş has said, “I would also like to hear your opinions as to your favorite opponent forced to run his election campaign in prison.”

Following rapper Ezhel being arrested on charge of “promoting use of drugs”, hashtag FreeEzhel has become TT on Twitter in Turkey in a short time.

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HDP’s imprisoned presidential candidate Demirtaş’s demand for release has been rejected by the upper court on the ground that “there is the possibility of spoliation of evidence”. Demirtaş’s lawyers are taking the case to the Constitutional Court.

Five academics from Boğaziçi University have had their first hearings at the 29th Heavy Penal Court. The court board chaired by Mustafa Çakar has ruled that the files of two cases held today be combined with the files of two other cases that it has previously combined.

MHP Vice Chairperson Sefer Aycan has criticized President Erdoğan for interfering in the monetary policies. The CHP has shared its election slogan with the public.