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Turkey Weekly 19 – 25 December 2022<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 25.12.2022<\/strong>
It has been stated that the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has withdrawn from some areas in the Zap region.
Turkey’s attacks on north-eastern Syria continues uninterrupted. Artillery attacks targeted areas in Koban\u00ea and Afrin. In Shera, two civilians were injured in missile strikes.
The Interior Ministry has announced that they filed a criminal complaint against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality after claiming that 1668 personnel who are linked to \u201cterrorist organizations\u201d are employed in the municipality.\u00a0
President Erdo\u011fan has issued a decree in which the rector that was supposed to be appointed to Kahramanmara\u015f \u0130stiklal University was by mistake appointed to Kahramanmara\u015f S\u00fct\u00e7\u00fc \u0130mam University. The decree was later corrected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 24.12.2022<\/strong>
The Ministry of Interior announced that a military operation was launched in Diyarbak\u0131r, Bing\u00f6l, Batman and Mu\u015f countryside with the participation of 3,650 soldiers.
Turkey bombed Metina mountain and a village close to Amediy\u00ea in the Federated Kurdistan Region.
HDP Co-Chairs Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar condemned the Paris attack and called “French authorities to enlighten the massacre as soon as possible”.
The provincial organizations of HDP and DBP have launched a 3-day vigil at the DBP office in Antep to protest the detention of DBP Co-Chair Keskin Bay\u0131nd\u0131r and DBP executives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 23.12.2022<\/strong>
The first hearing of the trial in which the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) Central Council President \u015eebnem Korur Fincanc\u0131 faces \u201cmaking propaganda for a terrorist organization\u201d charges was held in \u0130stanbul. The court’s ruled to continue \u015eebnem Korur Fincanc\u0131’s detention. Trial adjourned until December 29.\u00a0
DBP Headquarters and its buildings in many cities were raided by the police. Many executives, including Co-Chair Keskin Bay\u0131nd\u0131r, were detained. In the investigation launched against DBP, detention orders were issued for 15 people in 9 cities.\u00a0
The decision regarding HDP MP Semra G\u00fczel’s dismissal from her parliamentary seat was published in the Official Gazette. Semra G\u00fczel was stripped of MP status with 330 votes in the parliament.\u00a0
Mor Aho Monastery and Church, which was built in a Syriac village on Gabar Mountain, was destroyed during excavations despite being in a “special security zone”.
Sweden has not taken any concrete steps to address Turkey’s security concerns, foreign minister \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu said.\u00a0
The 2nd hearing of the trial of 19 people who were brutally detained on the Mis Street by the police prior to the 2021 \u0130stanbul Pride March face \u201cdefying the Law no. 2911\u201d and \u201cprevention of public duty\u201d charges was held in \u0130stanbul. Trial adjourned until January.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 22.12.2022<\/strong>
A water station in a village of Kobane was targeted by Turkey. 3 workers were injured and a vehicle was destroyed.\u00a0
CHP\u2019s Istanbul Mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu has said that the party\u2019s leader K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu will be the presidential candidate.\u00a0
Electricity, water and natural gas cuts were made in the rooms of Ere\u011fli High Security Prison, where the hunger strike against the severe isolation and rights violations continues.\u00a0
The execution of \u0130smail Hakk\u0131 Tursun, a prisoner of 30 years in Urfa Prison, has been postponed for 6 months and 5 days on the grounds that he has no regrets.
The third hearing of the Bakur Documentary retrial in which journalist Ertu\u011frul Mavio\u011flu and director \u00c7ayan Demirel face \u201cmaking propaganda for an armed terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in Batman. Trial adjourned until March.\u00a0
The 19th hearing of the trial in which newspaper distributors Mikail Tun\u00e7demir and Ferhat Duman face terrorism-related charges was held in Van. Giving additional time for the defense to prepare their arguments against the final opinion, the court adjourned the trial until 21 February 2023.\u00a0
The 14th hearing of the retrial in which since-shuttered Dicle News Agency\u2019s former reporter Ramazan Ako\u011ful faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. Trial adjourned until February.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 21.12.2022<\/strong>
Bekir \u015eahin, a top prosecutor at the Court of Cassation, requested that HDP’s bank accounts where it receives funds from the Treasury should “urgently” be blocked as part of a case seeking a political ban on the party.\u00a0
DTK Co-chair Berdan \u00d6zt\u00fcrk and HDP MPs launched a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Justice against the isolation imposed upon PKK Leader Abdullah \u00d6calan.
Yesterday, 5 HDP Youth Council members were detained in raids on some houses in Kocaeli. 3 people were detained in Batman.\u00a0
Turkey’s media-watchdog RT\u00dcK has imposed 3 separate fines on Halk TV’s program called Medya Mahallesi.\u00a0
The 15th hearing of the trial in which journalist Hayri Demir faces making propaganda for a terrorist organization\u201d charges was held in Ankara. The court sentenced Demir to 1 year 21 months and 22 days in prison.\u00a0
The 6th hearing of \u201cthe \u00d6zg\u00fcrl\u00fck\u00e7\u00fc Demokrasi\u201d retrial in which journalists \u0130hsan Ya\u015far, \u0130shak Yasul, Mehmet Ali \u00c7elebi, Mizgin Fendik, P\u0131nar Tarlak, Reyhan Hac\u0131o\u011flu and Hicran Urun face numerous charges was held in \u0130stanbul. Trial adjourned until March.\u00a0
The 2nd hearing of the trial in which popstar G\u00fcl\u015fen faces \u201copenly inciting the public to hatred and hostility\u201d charge was held in \u0130stanbul. The judge sent the case file to the prosecutor so that he can prepare his final opinion. Trial adjourned until March.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 20.12.2022<\/strong>
The 2nd hearing of the trial in which the former Diyarbak\u0131r MP \u00c7a\u011flar Demirel faces \u201cinsulting the president\u201d charge was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. \u00c7a\u011flar Demirel did not attend today’s hearing due to health issues. Trial adjourned until February.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latin American health organizations against human rights violations have addressed a letter to President Erdo\u011fan, demanding the release of Prof. \u015eebnem Korur-Fincanc\u0131. 
Yeni Ya\u015fam daily newspaper applied to the Constitutional Court against the court decision blocking access to their reports on the claims of Sedat Peker about Serhat Albayrak, owner of the Turkuaz Media Group and brother of Berat Albayrak, former finance minister and President Erdo\u011fan’s son in law.
After an individual application by a Yasin G\u00fcng\u00f6r from Elaz\u0131\u011f prison who claimed to be subjected to ill-treatment, the high court ruled that he should be paid compensation and his allegations should be investigated.
The third hearing of the trial in which journalist Sezgin Kartal faces \u201cinsult\u201d charge upon complaint by columnist Fuat U\u011fur is being held in \u0130stanbul. The prosecutor repeated his final opinion as to the accusations and requested Kartal to be sentenced. The court ruled to acquit him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 19.12.2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dilek Hatipo\u011flu and Nurullah \u00c7ift\u00e7i, former co-mayors of Hakkari, have been sentenced to 11 years in prison each.
The military operation launched on December 15 on Mount Cudi, located between \u015e\u0131rnak center and Silopi district, continues.\u00a0
The buildings of the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), Kurdistan Socialist Party (PSK) and Azadi Movement in Diyarbak\u0131r were raided by the police.\u00a0
The bodies of HPG fighters removed from the Xerzan cemetery in Bitlis are not released to their families. The cemetery\u00a0was destroyed by construction equipment in December 2017.\u00a0
The Court of Appeal found the prison sentence of 1 year, 2 months and 17 days given to journalist Hakk\u0131 Boltan for “insulting” AKP President Erdo\u011fan and then-Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto\u011flu too low, and demanded that the sentence be given at the upper limit.
The \u015eenya\u015far family continues the justice vigil. Ferit \u015eenya\u015far stated that the family\u2019s private car was given a “parking” fine last week due to a banner demanding justice.
Journalist Onur \u00d6nc\u00fc is acquitted once again in the \u2018insulting Soylu\u2019 case. \u00d6nc\u00fc had previously been acquitted in the same case which the court had heard via simple trial procedure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 12 – 18 December 2022<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 18.12.2022<\/strong>
A police officer has slapped HDP Istanbul co-chair Ferhat Enc\u00fc during a protest against sick prisoners\u2019 condition behind bars. The police detained a reporter for recording the moments of slapping, as well as Enc\u00fc.
Representatives of political parties and NGOs in \u0130zmir took to the streets in protest of war and isolation. Yet before the beginning of the protest march, the crowd was encircled by the police and 50 people have been detained.\u00a0
Muhsin Acar, who was taken into custody during yesterday’s police raid Diyarbak\u0131r, had his nose broken and his face is covered in haematomas.
Erdal Tuncel, brother of imprisoned Kurdish politician Sebahat Tuncel, has not been released even though he has served his sentence for a year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 17.12.2022<\/strong>
20 people were detained during police raids in Diyarbak\u0131r.\u00a0
A drone attack on Northern Syria carried out by Turkey killed three civilians, including a 12 year old child.\u00a0
President Erdo\u011fan said\u00a0that the courts would correct any mistakes in an appeal process after the jailing of Istanbul’s opposition mayor, and in the meantime Turks had no right to ignore legal rulings.
The co-owners of SAAB, a Somalian restaurant in Ankara, have announced that their business was closed following racist targets and attacks.
Twenty-six people were detained in the scope of an investigation carried out by \u0130stanbul Chief Prosecutor’s Office against relatives of prisoners. Sending money or clothes to prisoners is included among the issues investigated.\u00a0
Four people detained in police raids in Mersin four days ago have been released.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 16.12.2022<\/strong>
It was stated that political prisoners on an indefinite and non-rotating hunger strike in Ere\u011fli Prison were put in solitary confinement.\u00a0
An explosion occurred while a police car was passing on the Diyarbak\u0131r -Mardin highway.
Journalists working for Kurdish media outlets called for justice for their colleagues who are behind bars since 6 months ago without yet an indictment.\u00a0
Documentarist and journalist Sibel Tekin has been taken into police custody in an early morning raid to her house. It’s been learned that Tekin was taken into custody upon the complaint of police officers.\u00a0
The first hearing of the retrial of journalist Perihan Kaya over \u201cmaking propaganda for a terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. The court decided to issue a writ so that the statement of Kaya who lives abroad can be taken via rogatory letters. Trial adjourned until May.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 15.12.2022<\/strong>
Leaders of six opposition parties have visited \u0130stanbul Mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu at the municipal hall in the Fatih district. They later addressed thousands of people gathered outside of the municipal hall.\u00a0
Founder of Hiranur Foundation Yusuf Ziya G\u00fcm\u00fc\u015fel, who condoned the rape of his daughter when she was 6 years old, and Kadir Wishli, who “married” his daughter, were arrested.
Turkish Bar Association President Erin\u00e7 Sa\u011fkan and bar association presidents will launch a Justice Watch in front of the courthouse on December 26 for HDP employee Deniz Poyraz who was murdered in \u0130zmir.
The first hearing of the trial in which the Co-chair of the Human Rights Association \u00d6zt\u00fcrk T\u00fcrkdo\u011fan faces \u201copenly degrading the state of the Republic of Turkey\u201d charge was held in Ankara. T\u00fcrkdo\u011fan and his lawyers did not attend the hearing.\u00a0
President\u00a0Erdo\u011fan, in response to a question on the discussions of a land operation to north Syria, said,\u00a0“Currently, we want to take a tripartite step together with Syria and Russia.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 14.12.2022<\/strong>
During police raids in Mersin 9 people, including HDP Akdeniz and Toroslar district co-chairs, were detained.\u00a0
The Supreme Court of Appeals overturned the 3 years, one month and 15 days prison sentence given to journalist Mehmet G\u00fcle\u015f for alleged “terrorist propaganda”, finding it disproportionate.
Journalist Sinan Ayg\u00fcl has been arrested for “inciting the public to hatred and hostility” after he had reported the allegations of a sexual abuse of a minor.\u00a0The sixth hearing of the trial in which journalist Metin Cihan and his alleged source face \u201cillegally obtaining or giving personal data\u201d charge was held in the \u0130stanbul. The court decided to wait for the expert’s report. Trial adjourned until March.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 13.12.2022<\/strong>
Unidentified person or persons who attacked the HDP Ke\u00e7i\u00f6ren District Organisation’s building in Ankara wrote the inscription “How happy is the one who says I am a Turk”.
Bar Association Human Rights Center, which met with ill prisoners in Urfa prisons, said that ill prisoners could not reach their medicines and were subjected to their cavity of mouth to be searched.
The execution of Erdal Tuncel, who was re-arrested from a different file on the day of his release decision, was postponed 3 times on the grounds that he “used water and electricity too much”. Tuncel is the brother of imprisoned former MP Sebahat Tuncel.\u00a0
In the popular daytime reality TV program of Esra Erol on ATV, the channel turned the volume down while a woman was expressing her feelings in Kurdish.
President Erdo\u011fan\u00a0has postponed strikes in two factories of a steel manufacturer for 60 days due to national security.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 12.12.2022<\/strong>
H\u00fclya Ay\u0131k, the mother of journalist Devrim Ay\u0131k who is 76 percent disabled and seriously ill, said that her son’s health condition is getting worse day by day, but the hospital referral was canceled because he refused the cavity of his mouth to be searched.
The police detained dozens of demonstrators who took to the streets in Van to protest the isolation of PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The members of the Urfa Peace Mothers Council called for peace against war by laying down their white scarf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sentenced to compensation by a local court for insulting former AKP MP Mehmet Metiner, Hac\u0131 Bo\u011fatekin went to Constitutional Court where he won the case. However, he has to return again to the Constitutional Court now for the same case since the local court has not recognized the decision of the top court. 
The seventh hearing of the trial in which 52 students of Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University face \u201cdefying the Law no. 2911 on Assemblies and Demonstrations\u201d and \u201cdeprivation of liberty\u201d charges was held in \u0130stanbul. The court’s decided to send the CD submitted to the case file to an expert for it to be analyzed. Trial adjourned until March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 5 – 11 December 2022<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 11.12.2022<\/strong>
Turkey continues shelling civilian settlements in Northern Syria. 61-year-old Salih El Selame lost his life in Turkey’s attacks on Ain Isa.
Speaking at the Parliamentary General Assembly about the Ministry of Interior budget for 2023, HDP MP Hasan \u00d6zg\u00fcne\u015f criticized the government for having \u201cturned the country into a police and military state through policies of war.\u201d
The aggravated isolation on PKK Leader Abdullah \u00d6calan was protested in Diyarbak\u0131r.
The sit-in launched by the \u015eenya\u015far family has reached day 643. The \u015eenya\u015far family said: “This case is protected by the President. The whole world probes this injustice.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 10.12.2022<\/strong>
Family and Social Services Minister Derya Yan\u0131k has said that violence against women and child abuse are not the subject of politics because they are \u201chuman nature issues and can be seen in every society.\u201d
Three reports were prepared by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office about the lifting of the immunity of HDP Batman MP Feleknas Uca and sent to the Parliament. 
The Court of Appeal fundamentally overturned the local court’s decision regarding the attacks on the \u015eenya\u015far family’s workplaces. The court found the sentence given to Fad\u0131l \u015eenya\u015far low and stated that it was mandatory to carry out the workplace and hospital files together.
Tahir G\u00fcrdal (53), who caught lung cancer after entering prison and was treated in handcuffs for days at Gazi Ya\u015fargil Training and Research Hospital, died 13 days after his sentence was suspended. 
Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has said that an analysis carried out in northern Iraq refutes the allegations that the Turkish military has used chemical weapons against the PKK in its operations.
President Erdo\u011fan has said that he will run for the presidency in the upcoming elections for the last time, and then will \u201cpave the way to the youth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 09.12.2022<\/strong>
In Hesek\u00ea’s Zirgan district, a school, a bakery that supplies bread for 20 villages, and 400 houses were destroyed during Turkey’s bombardment in Northern Syria.
HDP Diyarbak\u0131r MP Remziye Tosun took off and threw her white muslin on the floor in the general assembly of the parliament in protest of cross-boarder military operations. 
Finland’s Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen visited his counterpart in Ankara to discuss the progress in his country’s NATO membership and related issues. 
Culture and Tourism Ministry has demanded the return of its funding for Emin Alper\u2019s new movie Burning Days (Kurak G\u00fcnler), which gives place to a homosexual relationship, citing \u201cscenario change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 08.12.2022<\/strong>
An investigation has been launched regarding HDP’s statement “Recognize the Armenian Genocide” on April 24, 2021.
The Court of Cassation, Turkey’s high court of appeals, has overturned the nine-year prison sentence given to jailed former Diyarbak\u0131r mayor Sel\u00e7uk M\u0131zrakl\u0131 over alleged \u201cterrorism\u201d charges.
The fourth hearing of the trial in which the Co-Chair of IHD Ankara Branch Fatin Kanat faces \u201cmaking propaganda for a terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in Ankara. Reasoning that the elements of the offense Fatin Kanat was charged with did not occur, the court ruled to acquit him. 
The first hearing of the trial in which the former executive editor of bianet Nazan \u00d6zcan faces \u201cinsult\u201d and \u201clibel\u201d charges upon complaint by President Erdo\u011fan’s former lawyer Mustafa Do\u011fan \u0130nal, was held in the \u0130stanbul. The court decided to accept the intervention request of \u0130nal on the grounds that he might have been harmed by the alleged offense. Trial adjourned until March. 
The fourth hearing of the trial in which journalists Do\u011fan Erg\u00fcn and \u0130zel Sezer face multiple charges upon complaint by President Erdo\u011fan’s lawyer Mustafa Do\u011fan \u0130nal, was held in \u0130stanbul. The court adjourned the trial until March so that the defense can prepare their arguments against the final opinion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 07.12.2022<\/strong>
Deputy Parliament Speaker Haydar Akar has not allowed HDP MP \u0130mam Ta\u015f\u00e7\u0131er to speak in Kurdish during the talks for the 2023 budget in the Parliament. 
HPG announced that they have the body of soldier Mustafa Bazna, who lost his life in Metina and was reported as a “missing martyr” by the TSK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H\u00fcseyin \u00d6rs, an \u0130Y\u0130 Party MP, was taken to intensive care after he was hit by AKP MP Zafer I\u015f\u0131k in a brawl in parliament.  
Foreign Minister \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu has said that Finland must lift an arms embargo on Ankara as a condition to securing support from Turkey for its NATO membership bid.
Justice Minister Bozda\u011f has said that Sweden needs to do more before Ankara can approve its NATO membership after Stockholm deported Kurdish refugee Mahmut Tat. 
The eighth hearing of the trial in which journalist Hayko Ba\u011fdat faces \u201cinsulting the president\u201d and \u201copenly inciting the public to hatred and hostility\u201d charges was held in \u0130stanbul. The court decided to send the translated documents of the merged case file to the rogatory office and adjourned the trial until March.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 06.12.2022<\/strong>
Turkey’s attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria continue. Today, many villages have been bombed. 
A woman and her child, crushed by a Turkish armored vehicle, lost their lives in the town of Atareb in the city of Aleppo. 
Turkey is supporting the enlargement of NATO but expects Sweden and Finland to take more concretr steps, Foreign Minister Mevl\u00fct \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu said.  
The third hearing of the SLAPP case brought against journalists Can Bursal\u0131, Bar\u0131\u015f Terko\u011flu and Independent Turkish daily by the former lawyer of President Erdo\u011fan\u2019s former lawyer Mustafa Do\u011fan \u0130nal was held in \u0130stanbul. The court ruled to reject the lawsuit. 
The sixth hearing of the SLAPP suit brought against journalist Hazal Ocak by former Minister of Treasury and Finance and Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan\u2019s son-in-law Berat Albayrak was held in \u0130stanbul. Trial adjourned until April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 05.12.2022<\/strong>
An military operation was launched in Siirt’s Pervari district. It was stated that the villagers were not allowed to leave their homes.
A bomb-laden vehicle exploded in Qamishlo. After the explosion, extensive damage occurred in the surrounding area.
Presidential spokesperson \u0130brahim Kal\u0131n said “Turkey will not target troops of Russia, the US or Iran in a possible military offensive in Northern Syria. 
The bodies of 3 HPG members who lost their lives in clashes in Gabar could not be identified by the families because they were covered in burns. 
\u015eadiye Manap who has been in prison for 30 years was detained right after her release and arrested by the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 28 November – 4 December 2022<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 04.12.2022<\/strong>
CPT’s Imrali Delegation Head Therese Rytter, whom MA reached after the Asr\u0131n Law Office’s statement on \u0130mral\u0131, answered the question about whether she had met with PKK Leader Abdullah \u00d6calan or not as follows: “We went to \u0130mral\u0131 to examine the conditions of detention.” 
Turkey’s attacks on Northern Syria continues. The village of Um El K\u00eaf in Til Temir was bombed. 
Foreign Minister Mevl\u00fct \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu has said that he expects a “clear picture” on the war in Ukraine by spring, adding Turkey will continue efforts for that end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Justice Watch carried out by the \u015eenya\u015far family has reached day 636. 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 03.12.2022<\/strong>
Announcing its interim decision in the Koban\u00ea Case, the court board rejected all the demands of politicians and their lawyers and decided to write a negotiation for the translation of the ECtHR’s decision regarding Y\u00fcksekda\u011f into Turkish.
8 TJA activists brought to Ankara Courthouse within the scope of Ankara-based investigation were arrested, 13 women were released under house arrest.
TJA activist Figen Ekti, who was also detained, was taken to the hospital after she fell ill when she was brought to Ankara Courthouse 4 days later.
Yeni Ya\u015fam Newspaper, Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform (MKGP) and Dicle F\u0131rat Journalists Association (DFG) held a memorial event in front of the old building of the newspaper in Kad\u0131rga due to the anniversary of the simultaneous bombing of \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00dclke Newspaper’s headquarters in Istanbul Ca\u011falo\u011flu, Kad\u0131rga and Ankara offices on December 3, 1994. 
Stating that 7 years have passed since Dilan Kortak’s death and 2 years have passed since the Constitutional Court’s violation decision, the investigation was carried out very slowly, B\u00fclent A\u015fa said that the investigation was not conducted in an impartial manner.
Kurdish refugee Mahmut Tat, who was sentenced to 6 years and 10 months in prison for “being a member of the PKK” in Dersim in 2015 and sought asylum in Sweden, was extradited to Turkey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 02.12.2022<\/strong>
Defence Minister Hulusi Akar has called on the United States to show understanding over a possible new Turkish military operation in Syria.
18 women detained as part of the investigation against TJA did not testify against the torture practices of the Ankara Police. 
After reports that the Nil\u00fcfer District Municipality in Bursa opened a “LGBTI+ solidarity center, the Interior Ministry has launched a preliminary investigation. 
Having conducted a hunger strike for months demanding a fair trial, G\u00f6khan Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m was released from prison in September. However, he was arrested again in November.
Dismissed from public service during the period of state of emergency, teacher Engin Karata\u015f was denied reinstatement because of the protests he held after being dismissed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 01.12.2022<\/strong>
Turkish parliament has voted down CHP’s motion to establish a parliamentary investigation commission regarding the bomb attack on Istanbul’s \u0130stiklal Avenue. 
Women detained in different cities as part of the investigation against TJA activists were brought to Ankara after being held in handcuffs for 36 hours. 
Veysi Akta\u015f, who is held in isolation with PKK Leader Abdullah \u00d6calan in \u0130mral\u0131 Prison, was not allowed to attend the funeral of his father, who passed away yesterday. 
The 3rd hearing of the trial in which Charlie Hebdo\u2019s general director Julien Serignac, editor in chief G\u00e9rard Biard, executive editor Laurent Sorurisseau and cartoonist Alice face \u201cinsulting the president\u201d charge was held in Ankara. The court decided to inquire with the Ministry of Justice about the fate of the rogatory letters prepared by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office. Trial adjourned until June. 
Journalist Z\u00fcbeyde Sar\u0131 is acquitted of \u2018inciting the public to hatred and hostility\u2019. The court reasoned that the elements of the offense Sar\u0131 was charged with did not occur and ruled to acquit the journalist.
\u015eadiye Manap, who was released from Gebze Women’s Closed Prison after 30 years of imprisonment, was detained before leaving the prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 30.11.2022<\/strong>
Presidential spokesperson \u0130brahim Kal\u0131n said Turkey may start ground offensive in northern Syria “at any moment”. 
According to his lawyers a CPT delegation might not have met Abdullah \u00d6calan during their prison visit in September. 
After Selahattin Demirta\u015f DBP Co-Chair Saliha Aydeniz and HDP MPs G\u00fclistan K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7 Ko\u00e7yi\u011fit, Nuran \u0130mir and Erdal Aydemir applied to the Ministry of Justice for a meeting with PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan. 
The body of HPG member Ferhat Acar, who lost his life in the clash in the C\u00eelo area of Hakkari, was given to his family 185 days later.
The 34th hearing of the trial in which 31 people, including journalist Engin Eren face \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d charges was held in Batman. Lastly, the court sentenced 2 defendants to 6 years and 3 months in prison. 
The prosecution has demanded a life sentence for Deva Party\u2019s Metin G\u00fcrcan, a former military officer, an academic and a politician, on “espionage” charges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on the allegation of “membership in a terrorist organization”, 50 women in 14 cities were detained.
Lawyers of PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office to meet with their client. 
Turkish authorities have threatened Azerbaijani Saida and Italian Dalila, who were detained during the protest to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Nov. 25 in Istanbul, with deportation. 
The 22nd hearing of the trial in which the since-shuttered Dicle News Agency\u2019s (D\u0130HA) reporter \u015eerife Oru\u00e7 faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in Batman. The court decided to wait for the execution of the arrest warrant issued against Oru\u00e7. Trial adjourned until March. 
The sixth hearing of the retrial in which 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 face \u201caiding a terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in \u0130stanbul. Trial adjourned until February. 
The first hearing of the retrial in which the since-shuttered Azadiya Welat daily\u2019s former editor-in-chief \u0130smail \u00c7oban faces \u201cmaking propaganda for a terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. The court decided to send the case file to the prosecution so that the final opinion as to the accusations can be prepared. Trial adjourned until January. 
Interior Minister S\u00fcleyman Soylu has once again accused opposition-run Istanbul Municipality, saying 1668 personnel they hired are linked to “terrorist organizations.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 28.11.2022<\/strong>
Seven soldiers were killed during the “Claw-Lock Operation” in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the Defense Ministry has announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Interior Minister the brother of Bilal Hassan, who is believed to have escaped to Bulgaria after the deadly November 13 \u0130stanbul bomb attack, has been detained.
Tahir El\u00e7i, the former chair of the Diyarbak\u0131r Bar was commemorated outside of courthouses in Diyarbak\u0131r and several other cities on the anniversary of his assassination. In 2015 El\u00e7i attended a TV programme where he said “The PKK is not a terrorist organization.” 
Six political parties constituting the opposition alliance (Table of 6) announced the Constitutional amendment proposals they agree upon for the Strengthened Parliamentary System they propose. 
The ninth hearing of the retrial of since-shuttered Zaman newspaper’s columnists \u015eahin Alpay, Ali Bula\u00e7, M\u00fcmtaz\u2019er T\u00fcrk\u00f6ne, Ahmet Turan Alkan and editor Mehmet \u00d6zdemir was held in \u0130stanbul. The court sentenced \u015eahin Alpay, Ali Bula\u00e7 and Ahmet Turan Alkan to 2 years and 6 months in prison. M\u00fcmtazer T\u00fcrk\u00f6ne sentenced to 3 years and 9 months in prison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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