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Turkey Weekly 27- 30 June 2022<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 30.06.2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taken into custody again following the appeal of the prosecutor\u2019s office against his release from detention on probation, Muhammed Cihad Cemre, the son of HDP \u0130stanbul MP H\u00fcda Kaya, has been arrested. 
Z\u00fclk\u00fcf Kaya, who is being held in Patnos Type L Prison, was tortured by 20 guards for 2 hours while he was en route to the infirmary, his attorney filed a criminal complaint. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 6th hearing of the trial in which journalist Abdurrahman G\u00f6k faces \u201cmembership of a terrorist organization\u201d and \u201cmaking propaganda for a terrorist organization\u201d charges was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. The court’s unanimously acquitted G\u00f6k of “membership of a terrorist organization” charge but sentenced him to 1 year 6 months and 22 days in prison for “making propaganda for a terrorist organization”. G\u00f6k photographed the murder of Kemal Kurkut during the 2017 Newroz celebrations in Diyarbak\u0131r. 
The first hearing of the trial of 5 police officers who had violently detained journalist G\u00f6khan Bi\u00e7ici during the Gezi Park protests face multiple charges was held in \u0130stanbul. In his final opinion, the prosecutor requested that the case be dropped citing statute of limitation. Giving additional time for Bi\u00e7ici and his lawyer to prepare their argument’s against the prosecutor’s opinion, the court adjourned the trial until September 13th.
The 16th hearing of the trial in which the distributors of Azadiya Welat and \u00d6zg\u00fcrl\u00fck\u00e7\u00fc Demokrasi newspapers Mikail Tun\u00e7demir and Ferhat Duman face terrorism-related charges was held in Van. The panel of judges overseeing the case did not attend today’s hearing after having submitted excuses. Trial adjourned until September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 29.06.2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to C\u0130SST Advocacy Coordinator Berivan Korkut gendarme in Bak\u0131rk\u00f6y Women’s Prison remains in the room during gynaecological examination. 
Stating that the military operations in Y\u00fcksekova aims to empty the villages close to the border, HDP MP Sait Dede said: “They are trying to turn Kurdistan into a war zone and create a buffer zone.”
The 13th hearing of the trial in which journalist Hayko Ba\u011fdat faces \u201cinsulting the president\u201d charge upon complaint by the General Secretariat of the Presidency was held in \u0130stanbul. The court’s decided to wait for the execution of the arrest warrant issued against Ba\u011fdat. Trial adjourned until February 2023.
The 12th hearing of the trial in which journalist Hayri Demir faces \u201cmembership of a terrorist organization\u201d charges was held in Ankara. The court’s decided that it is not necessary to file a criminal complaint against H.\u015e. and that it is not necessary to hear H.\u015e. again as it will not benefit the case. Witness H.\u015e. had claimed that he saw journalist Demir in Syria in 2015. Trial adjourned until September. 
A lawsuit has been filed against journalist U\u011fur D\u00fcndar upon a complaint of Minister of Interior S\u00fcleyman Soylu over Sedat Peker tweets. D\u00fcndar has been charged with “praising a crime and a criminal” and facing up to 2 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 28.06.2022
Former HDP MP Aysel Tu\u011fluk diagnosed with dementia attended the 14th hearing of the Kobane trial. Lawyer Kenan Ma\u00e7o\u011flu stated that she is in no condition to defend herself. 
Beh\u00e7et and Birhat Eng\u00fcdar brothers who have been detained in Y\u00fcksekova were referred to Y\u00fcksekova State Hospital. Folowing their examination, it was revealed that both were exposed to battery and ill-treatment.
80-year-old Makbule \u00d6zer, who was arrested with her husband in Edremit on “aiding a terrorist organization” charges and referred to the hospital almost every day due to her health problems, has been in prison for 51 days. 
A lawsuit has been filed against Xweb\u00fbn Newspaper Grant Holder Kadri Esen for allegedly “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” for his post in social media. 
The 1st hearing of the retrial of Evrensel daily\u2019s former managing editor \u00c7a\u011fr\u0131 Sar\u0131 and former proprietor Arif Ko\u015far face \u201cpublicly degrading the military or security organizations\u201d charge was held in \u0130stanbul. The trial is adjourned until because Arif Ko\u015far was not served the Court of Cassation’s ruling which overturned their convictions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 7th hearing of the retrial of since shuttered Zaman newspaper columnists was held in \u0130stanbul. The court’s decided to remove the international travel ban imposed upon the defendants and to issue a writ so that the confiscated digital materials belonging to the defendants be returned. Trial adjourned until November. 
The 1st hearing of the trial in which 19 people including journalist Zekine T\u00fcrkeri, the Co-chairs of the HDP in \u0130stanbul Elif Bulut and Erdal Avc\u0131 face \u201cdefying the Law no. 2911\u201d charge was held in \u0130stanbul. Trial adjourned until December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 27.06.2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was stated that the soldiers who raided a village in Y\u00fcksekova battered at least 20 people including women and children and took them to the military operation zone. While 13 of them were detained, what happened to the rest of the villagers remain unknown.
Many people, including HDP Provincial Co-chairs Helin Kaya and Mehmet Karak\u0131\u015f, were detained during the raids on Binev\u015f Culture and Art Association and houses in Adana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While 3 people were detained in Diyarbak\u0131r within the scope of an investigation launched by Adana Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, a raid was also carried out on the Dicle Culture and Art Association.
The 3rd hearing of the trial in which the Minister of Interior S\u00fcleyman Soylu listed as complainant and in which the Co-Chair of the Human Rights Association \u00d6zt\u00fcrk T\u00fcrkdo\u011fan faces \u201cinsulting a public official\u201d charge was held in Ankara. Reasoning that the elements of the offense T\u00fcrkdo\u011fan was charged with did not occur, the court ruled to acquit \u00d6zt\u00fcrk T\u00fcrkdo\u011fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

373 LGBTI+ activists have been detained at \u0130stanbul’s Pride Parade, 30 of them were under the age of 18. According to the statement made by lawyers on social media, detainees were tortured on buses and were denied food or water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 20 – 26 June 2022<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 26.06.2022<\/strong>
In the run-up to the \u0130stanbul Pride March at least 52 LGBT\u0130+ activists have been taken into police custody. 
The police encircled the journalists preventing them from covering the incidents at the Pride March. AFP photojournalist B\u00fclent K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7 has been taken into police custody while covering the \u0130stanbul Pride. His hands were cuffed behind his back. 
It was learned that a new three-month visit ban was imposed on PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan as part of a disciplinary sanction. 
Forensic Medicine Institute gave a report again that 83-year old seriously ill prisoner Mehmet Emin \u00d6zkan could remain in prison. 
A military operation was launched in Hakkari’s Y\u00fcksekova district. 
\u015eenya\u015far Family’s search for justice continues on day 475. The family lost three members as a result of the attacks of AKP Deputy \u0130brahim Halil Y\u0131ld\u0131z and his relatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 25.06.2022<\/strong>
Saturday Mothers made their 900th demonstration in Galatasaray Square to ask the whereabouts of their relatives disappeared in custody and for the punishment of the perpetrators. The police, who blocked the streets with barriers, detained many of the protesters.
The Justice Ministry has given its approval for an investigation to be launched against Diyarbak\u0131r Bar Association executives over their April 24 statement marking the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.
The Governorship of \u0130zmir stated that 226 refugees were deported yesterday in a statement regarding the refugees who were  removed from the Removal Centers (GGM) by force.
Peace activist Muhammed Cihad Cemre, son of HDP MP H\u00fcda Kaya has been detained by the anti-terror police in \u00c7anakkale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 24.06.2022<\/strong>
DFG Co-chair Serdar Altan, who is among the 16 journalists arrested in Diyarbak\u0131r, stated that Kurdish journalists were targeted and said, “We did not know what we were accused of when we were detained, and unfortunately we still do not know what we are accused of.”
Journalists in \u0130stanbul expressed solidarity with arrested Kurdish journalists and demanded their immediate release. 
Interior Minister S\u00fcleyman Soylu called for higher punishments against those initiating forest fires, even bringing up the issue of the death penalty.
Turkey’s ruling AKP and MHP have voted down two separate motions submitted by the opposition calling for an investigation into forest fires in an effort to find long-lasting solutions to the issue. Meanwhile, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevl\u00fct \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu has denied the claims that Turkey is involved in the illegal trade of Ukraine’s grains. 
A Turkish local court has refused to abide by the Court of Cassation\u2019s ruling that had reversed a fine imposed on main opposition CHP leader Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu in a lawsuit known as the \u201cIsle of Man case.\u201d
The 2nd hearing of the trial in which 6 rights defenders face \u201cdefying the Law no. 2911\u201d, \u201cinsult\u201d and \u201cprevention of public duty\u201d charges was held in \u0130zmir. The police notified the court that the footage that the court requested at the previous hearing could not be found. Trial adjourned until November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 23.06.2022<\/strong>
Yesterday 20 people were taken into custody during house raids in Tarsus.
A CHP MP has submitted a parliamentary question inquiring about the financial audit records of SADAT — a private military firm with close ties to President Erdo\u011fan. In his answer, Finance Minister Nebati drew attention to the Tax Procedural Law’s article on the \u201cSecrecy of Taxes\u201d and said that government cannot share the information that needs to stay \u201cconfidential.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The body of HPG member Mehmet S\u00fcleymano\u011flu was taken by his family from Diyarbak\u0131r Forensic Medicine Institute after the DNA test matched the family\u2019s one and brought to Hazro.  At the entrance of the neighbourhood, the soldiers stopped the convoy and did not allow anyone other than family members to attend the funeral. 
The 1st hearing of the trial in which the President of the Ankara Branch of the Chamber of Architects Tezcan Candan and 6 former members of the Executive Committee face \u201cmaking propaganda for a terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in Ankara. Trial adjourned until September. 
The 5th hearing of journalists Ahmet Memi\u015f, Ali Akku\u015f, Cemal Azmi Kalyoncu, G\u00f6k\u00e7e F\u0131rat \u00c7ulhao\u011flu, \u00dcnal Tan\u0131k, Yakup \u00c7etin and Yetkin Y\u0131ld\u0131z’s retrial was held in \u0130stanbul. Lifting the international travel ban imposed upon \u00c7ulhao\u011flu, the court’s decided to send the case file to the prosecution so that they can prepare their final opinion as to the accusations. Trial adjourned until November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 22.06.2022<\/strong>
During yesterday’s detention of a citizen in Van’s Ba\u015fkale district, where soldiers fired into the air for minutes and battered women, 400 shell casings were collected. A committee of Human Rights Association and Van Bar Association examining the village will release a report. 
While the Kurdish journalists are behind bars for the last week, Piya and Ari Production companies are still under police blockade. The lawyers of the journalists are still not informed about the search that continues since June 8. 
The 3rd hearing of the trial in which the Bar Associations Chair Erin\u00e7 Sa\u011fkan face \u201cinsulting a public official\u201d charge is was held in Ankara. In his final opinion, the prosecutor requested that attorneys be sentenced up to 2 years 4 months. The prosecutor had been replaced. Giving additional time for the defense to prepare their arguments against the prosecutor’s final opinion, the court adjourned the trial until November.
Court of Cassation overturned the decision on 71 military students, who were sentenced to life imprisonment within the scope of the Sultanbeyli file, in the trials related to the July 15 coup attempt. 
Bar associations and human rights organizations have called for the immediate release of 84-year-old seriously ill prisoner Mehmet Emin \u00d6zkan. 
Mehmet Erbey, who is being held in D\u00fczce Type T Prison, stated that his belongings were stormed and they were subjected to a strip search during the raid on the wards, and that the draft of the book he had been working on for one and a half year was also confiscated.
ECHR has ruled that Turkey violated the rights of Syrian refugee Muhammad Fawzi Akkad by expelling him under the guise of a \u201cvoluntary return\u201d and fined Turkey to pay 12,250 euros. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 21.06.2022<\/strong>
Private military units that came to detain a citizen named K.A in the Ba\u015fkale district of Van opened fire into the air and battered the women who protested the situation.
A new military operation was launched in \u015eemdinli. 
Journalist \u0130brahim Karaka\u015f, who is being held in K\u00fcrk\u00e7\u00fcler F Type Closed Prison, stated that ill prisoners have not been referred to the hospital for 10 months <\/p>\n\n\n\n

15 days before the statue of limitations the hearing of the case brought against the murder of Kurdish scholar Musa Anter on September 20, 1992 in Diyarbak\u0131r was held in Ankara. Trial adjourned until September. 
The third hearing of the trial in which former HDP MP S\u0131rr\u0131 S\u00fcreyya \u00d6nder faces “insulting the president” charge was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. 
The 2nd hearing of the trial in which journalist Evrim Kepenek faces \u201cinsult\u201d charge because of her news article about Refik Y. who allegedly assaulted minor sexually, was held in \u0130stanbul. The court’s decided to wait for the result of the case in which Refik Y. stands trial for “sexual abuse of a minor” and adjourned the trial until November 1st. 
The 5th hearing of the SLAPP case brought against journalist Hazal Ocak by President Erdo\u011fan\u2019s son-in-law Berat Albayrak was held in \u0130stanbul. The judge held the hearing in the absence of Ocak’s lawyer who was waiting outside the courtroom and was not told that the hearing began. Albayrak’s lawyers attended the hearing via “electronic hearing.” The judge responded attorney \u00c7altepe’s objections by saying “We held it, it’s over.” The judge also refused to inform attorney \u00c7altepe about the date of the next hearing and said “You’ll get the minutes over UYAP.” 
All events within the scope of the 30th \u0130stanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week have been banned by Istanbul\u2019s Beyo\u011flu and Kad\u0131k\u00f6y District Governorates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 20.06.2022<\/strong>
With a new decree published by the Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK), 5,575 judicial and 351 administrative judges and prosecutors were replaced. 
Prosecutor Ahmet Altun, who prepared the Koban\u00ea Case indictment, was appointed as Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor.
Bismil Public Prosecutor Nilg\u00fcl K\u00fcrkaya, who is conducting the investigation regarding Kurdish journalists, has been assigned to the \u0130zmir Public Prosecutor’s Office, and the judge who made the arrest warrant was assigned to Sakarya.
The judge who opposed decision in Gezi Trial was relegated to Tokat. 
Journalists who are members of the D\u0130SK\/Bas\u0131n-\u0130\u015f union traveled from Istanbul and Ankara to Diyarbak\u0131r in solidarity for the 16 journalists who were arrested last week. Journalists said, “We are here to say Kurdish journalists are not alone.”
The office of journalist Osman \u015eahin was raided after he reported on the allegations about a doctor employed at the Ordu State Hospital. \u015eahin was asked to reveal his sources. When he refused to do so, his phone and computers were seized. 
The signboard of the “Saab” restaurant, which serves Arabic and African meals in Ankara, had to change its colors after police intervention. The signboard was previously yellow, red, and green. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 13 – 19 June<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 19.06.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to reporting by Halk TV, statements of secret witnesses from previous years form the basis of accusations against the recently arrested 16 Kurdish journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria announced that Ferhat \u015eibl\u00ee, Vise President of the Executive Council, lost his life in Turkey’s attack on the Kelar district of Suleymaniye on June 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was reported that prisoner Abdo \u015eeyh in Elaz\u0131\u011f prison was forced to strip search and beaten by the police. The Justice Watch carried out by the \u015eenya\u015far family has reached day 457. 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 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 18.06.2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the village of Keste in Duhok’s Amediye district, fire was opened against the villagers from a military base belonging to the Turkish Armed Forces. 2 villagers were injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HDP Youth Assembly member Serhat Irlan was taken into custody in Izmir. Irlan was arrested while sitting in a cafe in Konak Alsancak with his friends, but was not told the reason for his detention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Islamist and nationalist groups on June 17 attacked a picnic which Istanbul University students wanted to hold on the Beyaz\u0131t Campus as part of the LGBTI Pride week activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week 10 people have been detained during a wedding in Istanbul\u2019s Esenyurt district for wearing traditional Kurdish scarves in the colors of the Kurdish flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday Mothers came together in week 899 to ask those responsible for the death of Ferhat Tepe who disappeared after being detained on 29 June 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 17.06.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The summary of proceedings against HDP MP Saliha Aydeniz has been sent to the Ministry of Justice. Aydeniz’s immunity might be lifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resul Temur, the attorney of the arrested journalists, stated that his clients, who were asked about their journalism activities, were arrested with “forced comments”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Family and trustee of PKK Leader Abdullah \u00d6calan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office and \u0130mral\u0131 Prison Directorate to urgently meet with their relative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bekir G\u00fcven, who was imprisoned for allegedly spreading “terror propaganda”, 98 per cent disabled and seriously ill with Huntingdon, has died after his release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mehmet Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m, brother of Medeni Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m who was murdered by Turkish soldiers during a protest against the construction of a military outpost in Amed’s Lice district in 2013, received a prison sentence for “insulting” Turkish President Erdo\u011fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 16.06.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

16 journalists were arrested out of 22 people detained in Diyarbak\u0131r on June 8 and sent to prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many people, including journalists and HDP executives and members, were detained in simultaneous police raids in Istanbul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalist \u0130nci Hekimo\u011flu was detained in \u0130zmir. She was taken to the \u0130zmir Provincial Security Directorate Anti-Terror Branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sixth hearing of the trial in which journalist Cengiz \u00c7andar face \u201cpraising an offense and an offender\u201d charge was held in \u0130stanbul. The court’s decided to wait for the response to the rogatory letters issued for \u00c7andar’s statement to be taken. Trial adjourned until September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first hearing of the trial in which journalist \u0130nci Ayd\u0131n faces \u201cidentifying an official on anti-terror duty as a target\u201d charge upon complaint by Musa \u00c7itil was held in Ayd\u0131n. The hearing started almost 5 hours late because a SEGB\u0130S room could not be found. The court’s accepted the intervention request by \u00c7itil and exempted journalist Ayd\u0131n from attending hearings. Trial adjourned until October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 22nd hearing of the trial in which journalists H\u00fcseyin Aykol, Zana Bilir Kaya, \u0130nan K\u0131z\u0131lkaya and politician Hatip Dicle face Article 301 charges was held in \u0130stanbul. The court’s decided to wait for the arrest warrant issued against politician Hatip Dicle. Trial adjourned until November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Justice Commission of the Turkish parliament has approved a bill seeking up to three years in jail for those spreading so-called “disinformation” on internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 15.06.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prosecutor is taking the statements of arrested journalists. He referred journalists Safiye Alaga\u015f, Elif \u00dcng\u00fcr, G\u00fcl\u015fen Ko\u00e7uk, Mehmet Ali Erta\u015f Mehmet \u015eahin, Esmer Tun\u00e7, \u00d6mer \u00c7elik and Aziz Oru\u00e7 to the Criminal Judgeship of Peace and requested the journalists to be arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2nd hearing of the trial in which 8 MPs of the HDP, including the imprisoned former Co-chair Figen Y\u00fcksekda\u011f face multiple charges was held in Silvan. The court’s decided to wait for the responses to the writs issued previously and to issue another writ so that Figen Y\u00fcksekda\u011f can attend the next hearing via SEGB\u0130S. Trial adjourned until September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Akif \u00c7a\u011fatay K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7, an AKP MP and the head of the parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said Turkey may delay the accession of the two Nordic countries for as long as a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kadir Karademir, who was held in Patnos Type L Closed Prison, died under suspicious circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The body of HPG member Zindan Yeni, who was reported to have died in the clashes in Pirejman, was delivered to his family in a plastic container.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At today’s hearing of the Tahir El\u00e7i murder case, the court’s decided to hear former Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto\u011flu as a witness. The next hearing will be held on November 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first hearing of the trial in which journalist Can Atakl\u0131 faces \u201cpublicly degrading a section of the public\u201d was held in \u0130stanbul. The court rejected the intervention request by the Rize Associations Federation on the grounds that they cannot be harmed by the alleged offense directly. Trial adjourned until October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 14.06.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Court of Cassation has revoked CHP Istanbul chair Canan Kaftanc\u0131o\u011flu’s party membership. Kaftanc\u0131o\u011flu was sentenced to 4 years and 11 months imprisonment and a political ban was also imposed against her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The police has started taking the statements of 20 journalists and 2 media employees who have been held in custody since June 8. They are expected to be brought to the courthouse tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fourth hearing of the “\u00d6zg\u00fcr G\u00fcndem Solidarity” retrial in which \u015eebnem Korur Fincanc\u0131, Erol \u00d6ndero\u011flu and Ahmet Nesin face multiple charges was held in \u0130stanbul. There is a change in the panel of jduges. The controversial Gezi Case judge Murat Bircan has been replaced. The court’s decided to wait for the rogatory letters issued for Ahmet Nesin’s statement to be taken. Trial adjourned until October 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 4th hearing of \u201cthe \u00d6zg\u00fcrl\u00fck\u00e7\u00fc Demokrasi\u201d retrial where several journalists face multiple charges was held in \u0130stanbul. The court’s adjourned the trial until September 15th to review the case file as well as the petitions submitted by the defense lawyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hunger strike in Afyon Type T No 1 Closed Prison enters day 22. It was stated that other prisoners will join if the demands are not met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dersim Associations Federation (DEDEF) has issued a statement drawing attention to ongoing military operations in the villages of Dersim: “Warplanes bombard rural areas in Dersim, entrances and exits to villages are banned”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 13.06.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lawyers of 20 journalists and 1 media employee who are being held in police custody since June 8th, spoke with the prosecutor who is leading the investigation. No information has been shared with the lawyers about when the statements of 21 people will be taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

62 press organizations and 837 journalists made a statement to support the 22 people, 20 of whom were journalists, who were detained on June8 in Diyarbak\u0131r calling on everyone who intends to prepare for the Turkey of the future, to show solidarity with the detained colleagues and to take a stand against the violence of the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25 people who were detained for organising a march from Kad\u0131k\u00f6y to Gemlik were referred to the courthouse after their statements were taken without an attorney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalists Rozerin G\u00fcltekin and Ergin \u00c7a\u011flar, who were detained while following the Gemlik March in Bursa, were released after giving their statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Interior announced the launch of a new operation on Mount Cudi where clashes have been taking place infor 44 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 06- 12 June<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 12.06.2022<\/strong>
Today, a march from different cities to Gemlik was planned. In the harbour town near Bursa, ships travel to the prison island of Imrali, where PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan is being held. 
The police attacked the demonstration to Gemlik in \u0130stanbul\u2019s Kad\u0131k\u00f6y district. At least 46 people, mainly HDP officials, have been arrested. 
Journalists Rozerin G\u00fcltekin and Ergin \u00c7a\u011flar have been taken into police custody while covering the Gemlik March in Bursa. 
Van’s Governor’s Office extended the ban on actions and activities in the city for another 15 days. The ban has been in place since 2016. 
Students were beaten and detained in \u00d6DT\u00dc university campus for taking part in the local Pride Parade, organised for the tenth time. 
Two university students have been detained in Eski\u015fehir at graduation ceremony for holding banner commemorating Gezi Park victim Ali \u0130smail Korkmaz. 
Locals residents whose facilities such as water, electricity, and gas were cut off due to urban transformation in \u0130stanbul, have held a protest in front of the AKP led Beyo\u011flu Municipality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 11.06.2022<\/strong>
The detention period of 21 people, including 20 journalists, detained in Diyarbak\u0131r on June 8 has been extended by 4 days.
Ten more HDP politicians have been arrested on terror charges in Tekirda\u011f in western Turkey.
Families of the prisoners in Imrali Island Prison, Abdullah \u00d6calan, \u00d6mer Hayri Konar, Hamili Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m and Veysi Akta\u015f have once again applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office and the management of Imrali Island Prison to meet with their relatives.
The prosecutor remanded 16 people in custody who have been detained on 3 June in a police raid carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, including the Immigration Monitoring Association (G\u00d6\u00c7\u0130ZDER) co-chairs Kamile Kandal and Mehmet Bo\u011fatekin.
The Turkish army pulls together further troop contingents in the Cudi mountains in \u015e\u0131rnak. There are intense air movements over the massif on the border with the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 10.06.2022<\/strong>
The Association of Lawyers for Freedom (\u00d6HD) held a press conference in Diyarbak\u0131r and announced that 775 lawyers registered to 29 bar associations, including representatives of institutions and bar association presidents, have applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office to be allowed to pay a visit to Imrali Prison between June 10-17.
The military operation, which started on 30 April on Mount Cudi, continues.Military shipments were made to the region where there was constant air movement.
The 25th hearing of the case, known as the “KCK Press Case”, in which 46 journalists and media workers are on trial, was held in \u0130stanbul. Announcing its interim decision, the court decided to wait for the arrest warrant issued earlier against Kayhan and to accept the excuses of some attorneys of the journalists. Trial adjourned until November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A drone belonging to Turkey bombed a warehouse in the Meyselon district of Qamishlo. Five people were injured as a result of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 09.06.2022<\/strong>
While the restraining order in the files of 21 people, including 20 journalists detained in Diyarbak\u0131r yesterday continues, the journalists are being held in solitary confinement.
Journalist Bar\u0131\u015f Pehlivan has shared that he’s been receiving serious threats from those who claim to be affiliated with F\u0131rat Deliba\u015f, the leader of an organized crime group after having written about Deliba\u015f in his column yesterday. 
The 25th hearing of the “KCK Press” trial in which 46 journalists face terrorism-related charges was held in \u0130stanbul. The court accepted the request by journalist Rawin Sterk’s attorney Sercan Korkmaz for the court to inquire about the disciplinary proceeding by the High Council of Prosecutors and Judges against Chief Public Prosecutor Bilal Bayraktar. Trial adjourned until November. 
Human skeletons and bones were found near Saraykap\u0131 Prison which was once known as a J\u0130TEM base in Sur district.
Police today prevented Birle\u015fik Kamu-\u0130\u015f public employees union members from gathering in front of the Turkish Statistical Institute office in the capital city of Ankara. 
SADAT, a military firm close to Erdo\u011fan sues K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu for damages after the CHP chair has defined it as a paramilitary organization. K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu visited the headquarter of SADAT on May 13. 
Erdo\u011fan has warned Greece not to arm demilitarized islands located near Turkey, saying that otherwise Athens will “regret its actions just like a century ago.”
TELE1 Editor-in-Chief Merdan Yanarda\u011f has announced that TV channel faces confiscation and sale of license if the debt of 1 million 800 thousand lira is not paid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 08.06.2022<\/strong>
21 journalists were taken into custody during today’s police raids. 
A restriction decision was brought on the files of the detained journalists. 
Releasing a joint statement, 23 international groups, including the International Federation of Journalists and the European Federation of Journalists, have called on the government to withdraw the “disinformation law.”  
The Council of State yesterday heard the case filed by 15 organizations against the country’s withdrawal from the \u0130stanbul Convention. The prosecutor denanded the reversal of the President’s decree. 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has described the “Turkey report” adopted by the European Parliament as “biased and unrealistic. …of no use to us”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 07.06.2022<\/strong>
HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan appeared as a defender in the proceedings before the State Council regarding Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention. 
Dicle F\u0131rat Journalists Association Co-chair Dicle M\u00fcft\u00fco\u011flu has been released after four days in detention. 
Erdo\u011fan has called on Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson to fire her Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist as a condition for Turkey to approve of Sweden\u2019s bid to join NATO, according to Swedish media.
Police raided the house of 70-year-old retired teacher Hasan Irgat, living in the Tatvan district of Bitlis, early this morning. Irgat, who had health problems, was detained.
Condemning the three-month delay of his son’s release due to the decision of not being in good behaviour, Ramazan Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m said: “The Turkish state imposes that Kurds should give up their identity and language, or the they will not release the prisoners.”
Despite previously permitting the Kurdish adaptation of Moli\u00e8re play, the Mersin Governor’s Office canceled the event 20 hours before the scheduled time.
The ODT\u00dc management has banned a planned gay pride march on the campus for June 10, saying that \u201call kinds of security measures will be undertaken\u201d if students choose to attend the march.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 06.06.2022<\/strong>
President Erdo\u011fan on swearing at Gezi protesters: \u201cSometimes I have to use strong words\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emine \u015eenya\u015far was fined 7.040 TL for “insulting” Minister of Interior S\u00fcleyman Soylu and AKP member \u0130brahim Halil Y\u0131ld\u0131z.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After almost 4 days in detention, the Co-chair of the Dicle F\u0131rat Journalists’ Association Dicle M\u00fcft\u00fco\u011flu has been transferred to the Diyarbak\u0131r Courthouse where her statement was taken remotely by the Van Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office via the SEGB\u0130S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Adana Governor’s Office canceled a theater play by the Amed City Theater, which was a Kurdish adaptation of Moli\u00e8re’s “Tartuffe.” 
Erin\u00e7 Sa\u011fkan, the chair of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations said recent concert, event bans in Turkey \u201cunconstitutional and totally arbitrary\u201d.
Covid-19: <\/strong>The figures have not been updated since one week.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Today – 5 June 2022 <\/strong>
A military operation was launched in the villages in Idil, province of \u015e\u0131rnak. 
In the wave of arrest that has been rolling since two days 36 of more than forty wanted people are in police custody. They are to be referred to the public prosecutor’s office at the beginning of the week.
Serdar Altan, the Co-chair of Dicle F\u0131rat Journalists’ Assocation has shared that Dicle M\u00fcft\u00fco\u011flu who has been taken into police custody on June 3rd, was asked about why she’d sent money to the imprisoned journalists Nedim T\u00fcrfent and Ziya Ataman.
Erdo\u011fan has argued that Turkey’s economy would have been much better now if Gezi Park protests hadn’t taken place in 2013.
The Justice Watch carried out by the \u015eenya\u015far family has reached day 453. Emine \u015eenya\u015far said “I will continue to demand justice for everyone put behind bars unjustly and unlawfully, especially my son who is held in a cell alone for 4 years.”
Covid-19: The figures have not been updated since Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 4 June 2022 <\/strong>
The family of PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office for a visit on Imrali Prison island. 
Three activists of the Kurdish women’s movement have been arrested in Batman on terror charges. 
Detention period of Dicle F\u0131rat Journalists Association Co-Chair and MA Editor Dicle M\u00fcft\u00fco\u011flu has been extended for 4 days. 
According to TurkStat, in May 2022, the annual consumer inflation rate was 73 percent in Turkey while the Inflation Research Group (ENAG) has estimated the same rate as 160 percent. 
Foreign Ministry has summoned Greek Ambassador Christodoulos Lazaris and complained to him about what it said was Greece “providing opportunities for terrorist groups” including the PKK.
Turkey-backed jihadist groups are attacking the village Um Al-Kef in western of Tal Tamir. More than 100 mortars and howitzers have hit the village so far while the power was cut off during the shelling.
Saturday Mothers came together in week 897 to ask those responsible for the death of Veysel G\u00fcney, who was executed 41 years ago and whose body was not given to the family. 
Covid-19: The current figures have not yet been published. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 3 June 2022 <\/strong>
As part of a new operation in 10 provinces against HDK and HDP, several politicians including party executives have been detained.
9 people were detained in Van during police raids. Before arresting HDP Provincial Administrator \u00d6mer I\u015f\u0131k, the police opened fire inside the house. 
Dicle F\u0131rat Journalists Association Co-chair Dicle M\u00fcft\u00fco\u011flu was detained. M\u00fcft\u00fco\u011flu’s house was raided early in the morning. 
The 30th hearing of the trial in which 67 people including since-shuttered D\u0130HA’s former reporter Engin Eren face multiple charges was held in Batman. Separating the files of 3 defendants from the case file, the court decided to subpoena defendants who are yet to provide their statements and to give additional for the defense to prepare their arguments against the final opinion. Trial adjourned until October.
The 35th hearing of the trial in which the imprisoned and gravely ill journalist Devrim Ay\u0131k faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in \u0130zmir. The hearing’s started almost 90 minutes late. Journalist Devrim Ay\u0131k has been brought to the hearing from Eski\u015fehir.
The 8th hearing of the trial in which 6 people including DFG chair Dicle M\u00fcft\u00fco\u011flu and journalist Aziz Oru\u00e7 face terrorism-related charges was held in A\u011fr\u0131. Continuing the international travel ban imposed on the defendants, the court’s decided to exempt DFG Co-chair Dicle M\u00fcft\u00fco\u011flu from attending the hearings and to wait for the results of the confiscated digital equipment investigation. Trial adjourned until September.
Covid-19: The current figures have not yet been published. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 2 June 2022 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ak\u0131n G\u00fcrlek, the head of the heavy penal court that sentenced Selahattin Demirta\u015f, Canan Kaftanc\u0131o\u011flu and \u015eebnem Korur Fincanc\u0131, has been appointed as the Deputy Minister of Justice.
The first hearing of the trial in which the CHP \u0130stanbul Chair Canan Kaftanc\u0131o\u011flu faces “insulting the president” charge was held in \u0130stanbul. She is acquitted of all charges. 
It was stated that 5 of the women detained in Batman were poisoned by the food in the police station. 
Attacking the families staging a  sit-in for justice in front of the Istanbul Courthouse , the police battered and detained scores of people.
A criminal investigation has been launched against Mesopotamia News Agency reporter Berivan Altan for “provoking the public to hatred and hostility.” Altan was asked about her news report in which she reported a racially motivated attack on a Kurdish family in Ankara.
The 18th hearing of the trial in which 23 defendants, including ETHA reporters \u0130sminaz Temel, Havva Cu\u015ftan; ESP Co-Chair \u00d6zlem G\u00fcm\u00fc\u015fta\u015f and attorney Sezin U\u00e7ar face terrorism-related charges was held in \u0130stanbul. Continuing the judicial control measures imposed upon the defendants. Trial adjourned until November.
The UN has approved Ankara’s request for changing the country’s name to T\u00fcrkiye. 
Covid-19: The homepage of Health Ministry has not been updated since Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 1 June 2022 <\/strong>
President Erdo\u011fan has called the citizens who attended the 2013 Gezi Park protesters “sluts.” 
Presidential Spokesperson \u0130brahim Kal\u0131n said regarding a possible military operation of Turkey in Syria: “We will not ask for permission from anyone”. 
The 2nd hearing of the trial in which Charlie Hebdo\u2019s general director Julien Serignac, chief editor Gerard Biard, exec. editor Laurent Sorurisseau and cartoonist Alice face \u201cinsulting the president\u201d charge was held in Ankara. In a 3-minute hearing, the court’s decided to ask about the writ issued to the Ministry of justice for rogatory letters on November 19, 2021 and adjourned the trial until December.
The 5th hearing of the trial in which \u0130stanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu faces \u201cinsulting a public official\u201d charge was held in \u0130stanbul. Accepting the prosecution’s request, the court adjourned the trial until September 21st. 
The seventh hearing of the trial in which journalist Hayko Ba\u011fdat faces \u201cinsulting the president\u201d and \u201cpublicly inciting the public to hatred and hostility\u201d charges was held in \u0130stanbul. Accepting the requests by Ba\u011fdat’s lawyer, the court’s decided to wait for the case file to be completed and to wait for the rogatory letters. Trial adjourned until December. 
Dozens of women gather in Eski\u015fehir park in protest of \u201cyoga ban\u201d. Women complained about \u201cgrowing reactionism\u201d in the city, where a music festival was recently banned and leaflets advising killing LGBTI+s were distributed by religious groups.
The 6th hearing of the trial in which seven Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University students face \u201cinciting the public to hatred and hostility\u201d charge was held in \u0130stanbul. Giving time for the defense to review the report and prepare their statements against it, the court adjourned the trial until September 28th.
Covid-19: The current figures have not yet been published. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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