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Turkey Weekly 30 – 31 May 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 31 May 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkish Armed Forces started a military offensive in Batman’s Kozluk district.\u00a0
Police raids were conducted in Batman against members of the HDP and the Free Women’s Movement. At least 15 women were detained.\u00a0
5 people were detained during police raids in Siirt’s Erih district.\u00a0
It was stated that Mehmet K\u00fclt\u00fcr and Feyyaz Ba\u015fak, who are held in Van High Security Prison, were beaten by the guards because they protested the change of their ward, and it was learned that all three prisoners were transferred elsewhere against their will.
The 16th hearing of the trial in which journalist Can D\u00fcndar faces \u201cpublishing or distributing the publications of terrorist organizations\u201d charges wss held in \u0130stanbul. The court’s decided to wait for the execution of the arrest warrant issued against journalist Can D\u00fcndar. Trial adjourned until October.
The 6th hearing of the trial in which journalist Derya Okatan faces \u201cinsult\u201d charge was held in \u0130stanbul. Citing the pandemic, the court did not allow any audience in the courtroom. Reasoning that Okatan had no intent or negligence regarding the crime she was charged with, the court ruled to acquit Okatan.\u00a0
The 2nd hearing of the trial in which since-shuttered Azadiya Welat\u2019s reporter Velat \u00d6ztekin faces \u201cinsulting the president\u201d charge was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. The court decided to wait for the response to subpoena issued so that \u00d6ztekin’s statement can be taken and adjourned the trial until November.\u00a0
Engin A\u00e7ar, a reporter for TELE 1 TV was detained yesterday while reporting on the damage on Hagia Sophia.
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 975 new infections and 4 deaths in the last 24 hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 30.05.2022<\/strong>
The cutting down of trees for the establishment of new police stations and military bases in the \u015eenyayla region of Mu\u015f province continues since March.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalists\u2019 Federation warns that the Presidency Communications Directorate will become the sole authority for news media if the new bill passes. 
The 9th hearing of the trial in which the proprietor of the since-shuttered Azadiya Welat newspaper Ramazan \u00d6l\u00e7en faces \u201cmembership of a terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. The court adjourned the trial until October to wait for the execution of the arrest warrant issued against \u00d6l\u00e7en.
Fifty-seven bar associations have released a joint statement about the recent bans on concerts, festivals and other cultural events across the country. 
Greece has announced that it will extend the border wall with Turkey in Alexandroupoli (Dedea\u011fa\u00e7) to prevent refugees from crossing into the country by walking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey has lifted the wearing of mandatory Covid-19 masks except for hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 908 new infections and 4 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 17 – 22 May 2022<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 22.05.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PACE rapporteurs have warned about a possible expulsion of Turkey from the Strasbourg-based body over the country’s refusal to release philantrophist Osman Kavala.
Yesterday hundreds of thousands of people gathered for a rally in Istanbul to protest the conviction of \u0130stanbul CHP Chair Canan Kaftanc\u0131o\u011flu, for “insulting” the president and the state.
The Justice Watch carried out by the \u015eenya\u015far family has reached day 440. The sit-in was launched on March 9, 2021 by Emine \u015eenya\u015far, who lost her husband and two sons as a result of the attack carried out by AKP MP \u0130brahim Halil Y\u0131ld\u0131z’s bodyguards and relatives in Urfa. 
Regarding the phone records of the hitman Altun, the killer of the Dedeo\u011fullar\u0131 family, HDP Group Chairperson Meral Dan\u0131\u015f Be\u015fta\u015f said “It is seen that such massacres were caused by the words, actions and attitudes of the law enforcement.”
Covid-19: Yesterday 1,264 new infections and 3 deaths were registered<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 21.05.2022<\/strong>
Lawyers of Asr\u0131n Law Office called for “urgent action” by referring the ban on family and lawyer visits for PKK Leader Abdullah \u00d6calan, to the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
One of the \u201cterrorists\u201d that Turkey says Sweden refuses to extradite has turned out to be Mehmet S\u0131ra\u00e7 Bilgin, a Kurdish author who died in Sweden in 2015. 
5 people, including two habitants of Tuteqel village, lost their lives in the airstrike carried out by Turkey in \u00c7emcemal, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
A vehicle in the Maxmur refugee camp in North Iraq which is under UNHCR protection was targeted by a Turkish drone. 
Saturday Mothers came together in week 895 to ask those responsible for the death of Hasan Ocak, who disappeared after being detained on 19 May 1995. 
Yesterday police entered the Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University campus and broke up the annual LGBTI pride march. Dozens of students were beaten and detained.
Covid-19: The current figures have not yet been published. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 20.05.2022<\/strong>
Emphasized that the hitman Mehmet Altun, who murdered the Dedeo\u011fullar\u0131 family, was encouraged, CHP MP Sezgin Tanr\u0131kulu said, “The audio recordings confirm once again that the murderer did not act alone.”
While there are intense clashes on Mount Cudi in \u015e\u0131rnak, air activity started in the region. 
The 29th hearing of the trial in which 67 people including since-shuttered D\u0130HA former reporter Engin Eren face multiple charges was held in Batman. The prosecution who was supposed to present his final opinion at today’s hearing failed to do so. The court decided to send the case file to the prosecution once again so that the final opinion can be prepared. Trial adjourned until June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey\u2019s interior minister has announced that some 502,000 refugees from Syria have returned to their country. 
Covid-19: The current figures have not yet been published. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 19.05.2022<\/strong>
President Erdo\u011fan repeated that Turkey will oppose Sweden and Finland from joining NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police raided the house of Halise Aksoy, mother of HPG fighter Agit Ipek, whose remains were delivered by post in April 2020. 
A woman’s dead body was found near a dam about 300 meters away from the military guard post in the \u00d6zalp district of Van province. 
The Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) has filed an application with the top administrative court of the country, demanding the annulment of the midnight music ban. 
Covid-19: 1,485 new infections and 4 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 18.05.2022<\/strong>
The images of the torture of 55 people 3 years ago in Halfeti is under investigation in Istanbul ATK for two years. \u0130HD Urfa Branch Co-chair Mustafa Vefa pointed out that the long review period is the continuation of the policy of impunity.
The 1st hearing of the trial in which 16 people who were taken into custody before the February 3, 2022 \u201cFreedom for the ill prisoners watch\u201d face \u201cdefying the Law no. 2911\u201d charge was held in \u0130stanbul. The court decided to exempt those defendants who’d given their statements from future hearings and to have those who have not yet given their statements be brought to the next hearing. Trial adjourned until October. 
The hearing of the trial in which 17 Peace Mothers face “defying the Law no. 2911” charge was held in \u0130stanbul. In his final opinion, the prosecutor requested that all the defendants be acquitted. The court ruled to acquit all the defendants on the grounds that the elements of the offense they were charged with did not occur. 
One of Saturday Mothers, Hanife Y\u0131ld\u0131z, was detained during yesterday’s joint press statement of Human Rights Association and Human Rights Foundation. 
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 1,433 new infections and 3 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 17.05.2022<\/strong>
Court of Cassation ruled that the search made by the special security officers is unlawful and that the evidence obtained from this search cannot be taken as a basis for the verdict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Party members gathered for HDP Diyarbak\u0131r Regional Conference blocked the road to traffic in response to the police who set up a search point in front of the hall where the conference would take place.
The co-chair of Human Rights Association provincial branch in Hakkari received deaths threats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first hearing of the trial in which journalist Nurcan Yal\u00e7\u0131n faces \u201caiding an organization knowingly and willingly\u201d charge was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. In his final opinion submitted to the court at the first hearing, the prosecutor requested that Yal\u00e7\u0131n be sentenced for the offense she’s been charged with. Trial adjourned until July. 
The 14th hearing of the trial in which nine people including ETHA reporter Ali S\u00f6nmez Kayar face \u201cmembership in an armed terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in \u0130stanbul. The court decided to evaluate the joinder requests after hearing the anonymous witness and to request the merging of cases for defendants who stand trial on the same charges in a case heard by \u0130stanbul 11th High Criminal Court. Trial adjourned until October. 
A drone attack was carried out on a house in the Til Rifet district of Shehba Canton in Northern Syria. 
Erdo\u011fan insists Turkey won’t agree to the NATO membership of Sweden and Finland while Stoltenberg says Ankara’s security concerns should be addressed. 
Covid-19: 1,608 new infections and 7 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 16.05.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey and the Human Rights Association have released a joint statement to condemn CHP \u0130stanbul Chair Canan Kaftanc\u0131o\u011flu’s prison sentence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Court of Cassation has upheld the life sentence of Fedai Varan, who killed Emine Bulut. The prosecutor had appealed against the verdict, alleging that the defendant’s sentence should be reduced due to “good conduct” and “unjust provocation.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women who have become unable to continue their daily lives in the Mergan hamlet of \u00c7ukurca, on the border line where pressure has increased with the attacks against Zap, Ava\u015f\u00een and Met\u00eena, stated that they are imprisoned in their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court has refused to arrest the police officer who is facing 25 years in prison for killing a waste worker in Diyarbak\u0131r. 
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 1,254 new infections and 4 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 9 – 15 May 2022<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 15.05.2022<\/strong>
CHP Chair Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu yesterday visited the headquarters of SADAT, a private military contractor with close ties to the government, in Beylikd\u00fcz\u00fc, \u0130stanbul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The military operations launched in the Besta region of \u015e\u0131rnak and in the Cudi and Gabar mountains continue. The soldiers are cutting the trees within the scope of the operation. Access to three villages was blocked. 
35 families have left the village of \u015eikeftan in \u015eemdinli due to the massive deployment of soldiers. 
The Kurdish singer’s concert planned for 20 May in Kocaeli was banned by the AKP-led municipality. 
Covid-19: The current figures have not yet been published. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 14.05.2022<\/strong>
Ill prisoner Abdullah Ece died in \u00c7i\u011fli State Hospital, where he was being treated for Coronavirus. 
Being held in Yozgat No. 2 Type T Closed Prison, Murat Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m stated that he and 16 other prisoners have been held in cells for months without any justification. 
Subjected to police violence during house raids in Istanbul two days ago, Vedat \u00d6zdemir said that he is having difficulty in breathing.
Police attacked the funeral of Kurdish politician Aysel Do\u011fan who died in exile where she was being treated for cancer. 
Saturday Mothers came together in week 894 to ask those responsible for the death of Mehmet Selim, Hasan \u00d6rhan who disappeared after being detained on 24 May 1994 in Diyarbak\u0131r’s Kulp district. 
Turkey continues its attacks on villages of Kobane. 
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 1,407 new infections and 5 deaths in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kurdish politician #AyselDogan died in exile and is about to be buried in her home town D\u00earsim, Bakur. But Turkish police are attacking the mourners with water cannons. 
We won\u2019t see these pictures in western media because the aggressor is #Turkey. There will be no outrage!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 13.05.2022<\/strong>
The General Assembly of the Constitutional Court completed the examination of the additional evidence in the case filed for the closure of the HDP. 
There is intense helicopter activity in Y\u00fcksekova district of Hakkari. It has been stated that the helicopters departing from the Gendarmerie Command are heading towards the \u015eemdinli and Da\u011fl\u0131ca regions.
The cities of Koban\u00ea and Manbij in Northern and Eastern Syria were bombed by Turkish Armed Forces. 
Facing up to 35 years in prison for “espionage,” Metin G\u00fcrcan, a founding member of DEVA Party has been arrested again after being released 2 days ago.
Covid-19: 1,534 new infections and 7 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 12.05.2022<\/strong>
According to local sources preparations for an operation were made in the areas to the north of Diyarbak\u0131r’s Lice district.
The 2nd hearing of the trial in which journalists Olaf Koens and Pepijn Nagtzaam face “defying the Law no. 2565 on Military Forbidden Zones and Security Zones” is being held in the Edirne 5th Criminal Court of First Instance. They were acquitted. 
The third hearing of the retrial in which since shuttered Azadiya Welat newspaper reporter \u00c7etin Kur\u015fun faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in Mardin. After having notified Kur\u015fun and his lawyer that the panel of judges in this hearing is temporary, the court adjourned the trial until October so that the case file can be evaluated by the competent judge.
An appeals court has ordered the arrest of Metin G\u00fcrcan, an academic and politician who was released yesterday after five months under arrest on \u201cespionage\u201d charges. 
Turkey’s attacks on the villages of Shehba and Eyn Isa in Northern Syria continue. 
Covid-19: The current figures have not yet been published. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 11.05.2022<\/strong>
The first hearing of the trial in which the Co-Chair of Human Rights Association \u00d6zt\u00fcrk T\u00fcrkdo\u011fan faces \u201cinsulting a public official\u201d charge upon complaint by the Minister of Internal Affairs S\u00fcleyman Soylu, was held in Ankara. In his final opinion, the prosecutor requested that \u00d6zt\u00fcrk T\u00fcrkdo\u011fan be sentenced for the offense he’s been charged with. Giving additional time for the defense to prepare their statements against the final opinion. Trial adjourned until June.
RT\u00dcK fines four TV outlets for broadcasting opposition MPs\u2019 comments on Gezi trial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Besta, where the preparations for the operation continue, the rangers who were sent to the front started cutting trees under the supervision of the soldiers.
Erdo\u011fan says no one can send refugees back as long as he is in power. 
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 1,670 new infections and 9 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 10.05.2022<\/strong>
Police raided several houses in \u015e\u0131rnak’s \u0130dil district. HDP Co-Chair M\u00fczeyyen \u0130nan and his son were detained. During police raids in Mardin\u2019s Derik district 7 people were detained. 
Notes including the phrase \u201cJITEM\u201d were left by an unidentified person or persons to the HDP G\u00fcrsu District Organisation. The police replied the party leaders who applied to the police station, and said “It must be a child’s prank. There is no need for an investigation.” 
The application to turn the prison sentence of 80-year-old Makbule \u00d6zer into house arrest was rejected. 80-year-old Makbule \u00d6zer and her husband 79-year-old Hadi \u00d6zer were detained together with their children during the police raid on their house on July 2018 in Van for ‘aiding an illegal organization’. 
The Council of State has rejected the appeals of the Minister of Interior and General Director of Security and annulled the ban on filming police during protests.  
The 23rd hearing of the trial in which journalists H\u00fcseyin Aykol, Reyhan \u00c7apan, Hasan Ba\u015fak and Kemal Yakut face multiple charges was held in \u0130stanbul. The hearing to which the defendants and their lawyers did not attend by submitting their excuses, has been postponed to a later date. 
The second hearing of the trial in which the Proprietor of Y\u00fcksekova News Portal Erkan \u00c7apraz and the Broadcast Coordinator \u00d6mer O\u011fuz face \u201cmaking propaganda for a terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in Hakkari. Trial adjourned until September.
Covid-19: 1,858 new infections and 7 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 09.05.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The eight convicts of the Gezi Park case have released a joint statement: ‘Either hatred and arrogance or fraternity and freedom will prevail’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within the framework of the military offensive in the KRI hundreds of armored vehicles and civilian vehicles carrying vital supplies departing from Van were delivered to Y\u00fcksekova District Gendarmerie Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biggest church of the Armenian community in the Middle East, Surp Giragos was re-opened for worship in Diyarbak\u0131r after a seven years of break. 
HDP deputy Abdullah Ko\u00e7 has submitted a parliamentary question about Suat O\u011fuz, who has been in prison for eight years and whose health problems have worsened and who catched Covid twice. 
Two Kurds have been arrested in Mersin on terror charges. Father and son had already been in “preventive police custody for ten days as a measure to prevent violence” on May 1.
Covid-19: The current figures have not yet been published. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 2 – 8 May 2022<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 08.05.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to IHD representative Ercan Y\u0131lmaz the release of a prisoner in Oltu prison was delayed by three month due to the answer the prisoner gave to the question “What does Abdullah \u00d6calan mean to you?”
Halil Co\u015fkun, member of \u00d6HD’s prison commission said that prisoners were forced by National Intelligence Organisation to collaboration. 
At the weekend housands of people took to the streets in Kurdish majority areas to protest against Turkey\u2019s military offensive in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. 
The Justice Watch carried out by the \u015eenya\u015far family has reached day 426. \u015eenya\u015far family said: “Misgovernment is a disaster. We will continue to fight for justice no matter what.”
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 1,480 new infections and 9 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 07.05.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PKK Leader Abdullah \u00d6calan, who has not been heard from for more than a year, has been given a new 6-month attorney ban before the previous 6-month attorney visitation ban expired.
10 children were detained during house raids in Cizre. 
Lawyer Yunus Emre \u015eahan who was battered by police in front of the HDP headquarters said “The police followed an order. We are not a state under the rule of law, but a police state.”
Saturday Mothers came together in week 892 to ask those responsible for the death of Mehmet Can Ay\u015fin who disappeared on 7 May 1994 in Diyarbak\u0131r’s Lice district after a military offensive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey and and its mercenaries shelled the villages of Shehba’s Til Rifet district and Afrin’s Sherawa district.
Covid-19: The current figures have not yet been published. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 06.05.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police who blockaded the HDP headquarters early in the morning, attacked the party members again this evening. The police who tried to enter the party building and break down the doors, sprayed pepper gas at the party members, including the MPs, at close range. 6 people were battered and detained. 
Lawyer Yunus Emre \u015eahan who was battered by the police in front of the HDP headquarters was rushed to hospital with a head trauma.
Family of PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan filed an application to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office to visit him. 
Appeals court rejects Dink family’s appeal against acquittals in murder case of Armenian Hrant Dink. 
The hunger strike launched by 7 prisoners in Kilis Type L Prison to protest arbitrary practices and violations of rights committed by the prison administration continues on day 15. 
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 1,743 new infections and 7 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 05.05.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A group brought in front of HDP headquarters under police protection, placed a black wreath. After a short statement the group left, police continued to stay. HDP members were attacked verbally & physically. A police chief threatened HDP MP Ba\u015faran: “I will nail you to the wall”
HDP has launched a campaign demanding equal citizenship rights for Alevis, an unrecognized religious minority in Turkey. HDP Co-Chair Mithat Sancar said Alevis suffer “discrimination and denial in every aspect of life.” 
The village guards who were deployed to Met\u00eena in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq said that they could not make any progress in the areas where the attacks continue and that their psychology is getting worse day by day.
A group of trans women have been battered by the police in \u0130zmir. 
Reactions continue against \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu\u2019s flashing the Armenian protesters with the Grey Wolf sign in Uruguay. Uruguay Senate has delayed the appointment of an ambassador to Turkey.
Covid-19: 1,253 new infections and 11 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 04.05.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ebubekir \u00c7\u0131kmaz was arrested in Cizre for refusing a police check under the General Information Retrieval System. 
Relatives of political prisoners complained that they were not allowed to visit the prisoners on the occasion of Bayram.   
The Urfa Bar Association has filed a criminal complaint against teachers who made racist remarks about a Turkish-Kurdish welcome sign at the entrance of Erzurum’s Karayaz\u0131 district. 
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 1,132 new infections and 7 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 03.05.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are at least 42 journalists and media employees imprisoned in Turkey because of their professional activities.
120 village guards from \u015e\u0131rnak were sent to Metina in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. 
Ill prisoner Naif \u0130\u015f\u00e7i from Ahlat prison said in a phone call with his family that he was threatened with death by the prison guards. \u0130s\u00e7i was detained in 2010 on membership in a terrorist organization charge. 
President Erdo\u011fan said that Turkey has been preparing “a new project for the voluntary return of 1 million Syrian refugees.”
Covid-19: 1,193 new infections and 10 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 02.05.2022
The governor’s office denied access to the cemetery to families who wanted to visit the graves of their relatives on the occasion of Ramadan. 
According to official figures, Turkish police detained 164 demonstrators in Istanbul on May 1.
6 soldiers were reportedly killed in a missile strike on a Turkish military base in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. 
Hunger strike of political prisoners in Antep’s \u0130slahiye prison continues on day 27. 
\u015eenya\u015far Family’s search for justice continues on day 420. The family lost three members as a result of the attacks of AKP Deputy \u0130brahim Halil Y\u0131ld\u0131z and his relatives. 
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 1,344 new infections and 8 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 01 Mai 2022<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Tens of thousands of people attended the May Day demonstrations across Turkey. 
Scores of workers and youth organisations set out for Taksim despite all obstacles. Groups marching to Taksim from different ways, faced police attack. Police took scores under custody. All roads leading to Taksim Square have been closed with barriers since last night. 
Placing a wreath in Taksim Square, D\u0130SK Chair Arzu \u00c7erkezo\u011flu, said: “The place where May 1 should be celebrated is the Taksim Square”.
Journalist Meral Dany\u0131ld\u0131z reports that police officers were ordered to lift their shields up to prevent journalists from recording individuals being taken into police custody. 
Journalist Derya Do\u011fan reports that police are not allowing journalists carrying IFJ-Global press cards into Taksim. Journalist are told to produce state-approved press cards.
Journalist Buse S\u00f6\u011f\u00fctl\u00fc who was taken into police custody while covering the May 1st demonstrations has given her statement at the police station. 
In the Sise cemetery, located in Diyarbak\u0131r’s Lice district, almost all the graves were destroyed. Most of those buried there are PKK fighters. Graves are repeatedly desecrated in the Kurdish majority areas. 
Covid-19: On April 30, Health Ministry reported 1,772 new infections and 11 deaths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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