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Çığ, a prominent and often controversial scientist who witnessed the history of the Republic of Turkey since its founding, served as the chairperson of the HZİ Neuropsychiatry Foundation, which was allegedly involved in using imprisoned socialist revolutionaries as test subjects during the 1980s.

Throughout his decades-long career, Alış worked for solidarity among musicians.

Keyman was a renowned academic and a public intellectual in Turkey.

After a musical career spanning over 60 years, Erkin Koray, one of the pioneers of Beat Generation music and the "Anatolian rock" style in Turkey, has passed away in Canada where he was receiving treatment.

Ethnographer, documentary filmmaker and librarian Cem Madra was also among the founders of the İstanbul-based “Açık Radyo” radio station.

Actor Ferhan Şensoy has penned a letter to be read out by his daughter at the funeral of actor Rasim Öztekin. In reporting the news, Anadolu Agency (AA) has censored the expression “in a joyous tavern.”

Within three days, the Istanbul High Criminal Court imposed another publication ban on the Kurdish Azadiya Welat newspaper based on two articles and one obituary for a PKK member. One of the articles mentioned is entitled "Heroism week is the saga of freedom".