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

Turkey Today – 31.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kocaeli Governorship decided to ban protests for 7 days against the planned march demanding that Kurdish be a compulsory course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MHP chair Devlet Bah\u00e7eli has defended Deputy Parliament Speaker Celal Adan over his curse directed at a HEDEP MP. Bah\u00e7eli said Adan responded \u201ccourageously to a separatist who made a treacherous speech.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Criminal Court of Istanbul did not release imprisoned Workers\u2019 Party of Turkey (T\u0130P) deputy Can Atalay, and referred his case to the Court of Cassation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trial of journalist F\u0131rat Can Arslan, who has been in pre-trial detention for 99 days for reporting on the appointment of prosecutor Mehmet K., who prepared the indictment of 16 journalists on trial in Diyarbak\u0131r, and his wife Seda K., a member of the court panel, started in Diyarbak\u0131r. The court ruled for the release and acquittal of the journalist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

HEDEP Sur District Organization Co-Chair Meliha C\u00f6mert, who was blocked by the police and forced to act as a spy, condemned the situation and said: “I continue doing my job.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 30.10.2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Parliamentary Group of the People’s Equality and Democracy Party (HEDEP) will make a statement on November 2 regarding the aggravated isolation of PKK Leader Abdullah \u00d6calan. Following the statement, HEDEP Group will apply to the Ministry of Justice to request a meeting with Abdullah \u00d6calan, who has not been heard from for 32 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HEDEP MPs protested the Parliamentary Speaker’s Office for its inaction against the MHP Deputy Parliament Speaker Celal Adan who swore at HEDEP MP S\u0131rr\u0131 Sak\u0131k. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 prisoners stated that they were kept in severe isolation conditions in Ere\u011fli High Security Closed Prison and listed the violations they experienced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 of the 3 HDP members detained in Beylikd\u00fcz\u00fc, Istanbul were released after giving their statements to the prosecutor’s office, and Emrullah \u015eeny\u00fcz was arrested.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Weekly 23 – 28 October 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 28.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan has condemned Israel’s bombardment of Gaza at a rally in Istanbul, blaming the West for the ‘massacre of the Palestinians’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thinking that the microphone was turned off, Turkish Deputy Parliament Speaker Celal Adan, from the ultra-nationalist MHP, swore at pro-Kurdish HEDEP MP S\u0131rr\u0131 Sak\u0131k after the latter mentioned the massacres that the Kurds have experienced for 100 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police prevented again the Saturday Mothers from gathering at Galatasaray Square. 27 people were detained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking before the general congress, CHP leader Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu said he would \u201chand over\u201d the party leadership to a social democrat in case he would run again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three high school students have been detained for “burning a picture of Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk,” founder of the Republic of Turkey, the Kayseri Governor\u2019s Office announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 27.10.2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

78-year-old Emin Soyal, whose heart works with a pacemaker, was arrested on the charge of “aiding the organization” despite his 91 percent disability report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawyers marched at \u00c7a\u011flayan courthouse and demanded release order for their colleague Can Atalay after the supreme court decision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEVA Party’s 13 Istanbul district heads have resigned from their party, saying they lost their trust to the party management. The move came after their meeting with CHP chair Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu last weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Istanbul Planning Agency’s (\u0130PA) recent report, children in Turkey face difficulties in accessing to education due to the government\u2019s spending cuts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 26.10.2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan said that Hamas is “not a terrorist organization, but a liberation and mujahideen group that struggles to protect its lands and citizens,” He announced that he canceled his plan to go to Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government ally Islamist New Welfare Party announced that they will vote against Sweden\u2019s NATO bid in the Parliament, citing the Quran-burning incidents in the Nordic country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Turkey violated the right to “freedom of peaceful assembly” of former pro-Kurdish MP Sevahir Bay\u0131nd\u0131r who broke her hip bone during a police intervention in a protest in 2010. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The military operation launched yesterday in the Lice countryside continues with “special units”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constitutional Court ruled that the “right to vote and be elected” and the “right to personal liberty and security” of imprisoned T\u0130P MP Can Atalay have been violated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 25.10.2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A raid was carried out by the police on the HDP Cizre District Organization building early in the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

54 kilograms and 912 grams of cocaine was discovered in a diplomatic vehicle entering Turkey from Bulgaria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An investigation was opened against journalist Oktay Candemir, who criticized the Minister of Internal Affairs Ali Yerlikaya, who shared the footage of the police house raid, saying “They are violating the presumption of innocence.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey hasn’t denied the reports that Hamas’s Haniyeh was in \u0130stanbul during the October 7 attacks. A Turkish flag was spotted in the video showing Haniyeh’s “prayer of gratitude” in response to the “Operation Aqsa Flood”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 23.10.2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan signed Sweden’s NATO accession protocol and sent it to the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People’s Equality and Democracy Party (HEDEP) Group Deputy Chairperson Meral Dan\u0131\u015f Be\u015fta\u015f submitted a bill to the Presidency of the Parliament to establish the Ministry of Women. In the justification of the bill, it was emphasized that women are subjected to discrimination in every field and that the gender issue is a democracy issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HDP Mu\u015f Provincial Co-chair Bermal Nergiz was detained. HDP Ere\u011fli District Co-chairperson R\u0131dvan Ula\u015fman and \u00c7erkezk\u00f6y district administrator Niyazi Artun were detained in the house raids carried out early in the morning in Tekirda\u011f.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DBP Party Assembly member Ali G\u00fcltepe was detained during house raids in Istanbul. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xwebun newspaper editor Nafiye Bal was detained in a police raid on her home in Diyarbak\u0131r. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey did not participate in the “School Meals Coalition,” established by 90 countries under the leadership of the United Nations World Food Programme, and also did not attend the summit held in Paris. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Weekly 17 – 22 October 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 22.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan has received a new indefinite disciplinary penalty. The justification of the penalty has not been disclosed to his lawyers on the grounds that \u201cit will be published in the press\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stating that the disease of her son Delil Bozkurt, who has cancer and is 80 percent disabled, has started to spread throughout his body, Mother Akisa Bozkurt said: \u201cHe cannot even stand up. He should be released immediately.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fince Akman, the mother of Yakup Akman, who was sentenced after being recognised as the perpetrator of the forest fire he reported to the fire brigade, said: “He was sentenced because he was Kurdish. If he was from Tokat, they would have said, ‘You called us. Thank you.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 21.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MHP chair Bah\u00e7eli, Erdogan\u2019s ally, threatens military intervention into Gaza against Israel. He said: “It is our legacy to undertake the mission of protecting Gaza.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan called on Israel to cease its attacks on Gaza, which he described as constituting genocide, and appealed to governments across the world to collaborate for a humanitarian ceasefire in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The police detained 23 individuals in Eski\u015fehir following a wedding ceremony for singing songs containing “terrorist propaganda”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday Mothers were prevented again from gathering in \u0130stanbul’s Galatasaray Square. Several people were detained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elif Akku\u015f, a 25-year war correspondent who was suspended from her post by the state-run TRT channel without a reason, was arrested despite suffering from severe health problems and being brought to the court on a stretcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkish lottery body has banned access to link-in-bio platform Linktree, citing it\u2019s being used to \u201cfinance illegal betting and terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 20.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

YSP’s Diyarbak\u0131r MPs submitted a parliamentary motion to examine the damage caused by trustee mayors in their constituency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a proposal in the Turkish Parliament to create a delegation to visit Palestine, Deputy Parliamentary Speaker S\u0131rr\u0131 S\u00fcrreya \u00d6nder, representing HEDEP (YSP), mentioned that 15 deputies and himself were banned from traveling abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalist Selahattin Kaygusuz was detained during a house raid in Batman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Turkish media, Israel has withdrawn its diplomats, including Ambassador Irit Lillian, from Turkey following the protests taking place across the country against Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 19.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the murder case of HDP member Deniz Poyraz, the court upholds life sentence against murderer of HDP member and denies deeper investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 people were detained in house raids in \u015e\u0131rnak’s \u0130dil district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. has decided to close its consulate in Adana province until further notice due to the ongoing protests in Turkey against Israel’s massacres in Gaza. Some of the protests took place near the U.S. consulates as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The motion to extend Turkey\u2019s military operations in Iraq and Syria were published in Official Gazette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0130yi party chair Ak\u015fener deems Israeli PM Netanyahu ‘Hitler of 21st century’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media watchdog RT\u00dcK has initiated a legal process against DW T\u00fcrk\u00e7e for its article titled “What actions are considered war crimes?” covering the Israel-Palestine conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Platform X is facing new sanctions in Turkey. The platform could face restricted access for failing to appoint a representative and comply with reporting obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 18.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The parliament approved a bill extending the authorisation for cross-border operations into Iraq and Syria for another two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, a drone strike by the Turkish army on a civilian vehicle in Erbil’s Koye district, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, resulted in one fatality and three injuries. The vehicle belonged to a family from the Makhmour refugee camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the hearing of former HDP MP Musa Fariso\u011flu, a 26-year prison sentence was requested on 3 separate charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foreign Minister Fidan has proposed assigning \u201cguarantor states\u201d to ensure the two-state solution for the Israel Palestine conflict, with Turkey as a potential guarantor for the Palestinian side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 17.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A child was injured in Turkey’s attack on Birc Qasa village in Afrin’s Sherawa district in Northern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government\u2019s far-right ally MHP chair Bah\u00e7eli stated that the Constitutional Court \u201cbacked terrorists\u201d by not closing down the HDP and they will confront the justices in the \u201cjudgment day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 15 people were detained in house raids in Ankara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F\u0131rat Gerekli, who is arrested in I\u011fd\u0131r Type S Closed Prison, stated that he and his friends were threatened and said: “If anything happens to us, the director of the prison will be responsible.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elif Akku\u015f, a 25-year war correspondent of the public broadcaster TRT was taken into custody in Ankara yesterday. Previously, Akku\u015f had been suspended from her position at TRT for a period of three months for an unspecified reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Weekly 9 – 15 October 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 15.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green Left Party has officially unveiled its new name “Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party” (HEDEP) during its 4th Grand Congress in Ankara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdogan’s son Bilal and his son-in-law, drone manufacturer Selcuk Bayraktar, took to the streets in Istanbul in a demonstration of support for Hamas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former Turkish President Abdullah G\u00fcl has stated that \u201cseparatist terrorism\u201d backed by international powers prevented the resolution of the Kurdish issue. He added that a true solution would have strengthened all citizens’ loyalty and sense of belonging to Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 14.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The police have prevented Saturday Mothers\u2019 vigil in Istanbul\u2019s Galatasaray Square despite the Constitutional Court ruling for the 27th week in a row and detained at least 24 human rights defenders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Future Party chair and former PM Ahmet Davuto\u011flu has stated that they might form an alliance with the ruling AKP for the local elections in some municipalities if they can agree on \u201ca good candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A court has sentenced a high school student to one year and eight months in prison and released him on charges of \u201cpublicly insulting the memory of Atat\u00fcrk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 13.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan said that the American military activities in Syria are “an extraordinary threat to Turkey’s national security,\u201d. His remarks came after U.S. president Biden had deemed Turkey as \u201ca national security threat\u201d due to its military activities in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new drone attack was carried out on the Maxmur Refugee Camp, which is frequently targeted by Turkey. A women was injured in the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14 regions were declared “Temporary Special Security Zones” by \u015e\u0131rnak Governorship for 15 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Welfare Party has submitted a legislative proposal to limit alimony to five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police raided Pir Sultan Abdal Cultural Association Sar\u0131yer\/\u0130stanbul Branch. Many people were detained in simultaneous house raids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 20 people, including Contemporary Lawyers Association \u00c7HD lawyers, were detained in Ankara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A court in Aydin’s Nazilli district has arrested two of the three teenagers under investigation for social media posts that were \u201cinsulting to religious values.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Eski\u015fehir Governor\u2019s Office has canceled the Octoberfest on the grounds of \u201cpublic order and security.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 12.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diyarbak\u0131r Execution Judgeship deemed the prisoners who made their defense in Kurdish as “Giving up their defense and using their right to remain silent”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government ally H\u00dcDA-PAR General Secretary and deputy \u015eehzade Demir held a press conference with a Hamas executive at the parliament. Demir called on the AKP gov’t to \u201ctake a clear stand on the side of the Palestinian resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nine police officers who held key posts during Soylu\u2019s ministerial tenure were suspended over mafia connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was learned that arrested HDP \u0130zmir Provincial Co-chair Berna \u00c7elik was strip-searched and TEM police entered her cell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15 internationalist young people who came from different European countries to attend the congress of the Green Left Party were detained in Urfa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Repentance” is imposed on \u0130zzettin Sevilgen, a 30-year prisoner who has been held in Giresun Type E Closed Prison and whose release has been postponed 4 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 11.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkish Deputy Education Minister Nazif Y\u0131lmaz quoted Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in a social media post and said \u201cOne day they will shoot you too. You\u2019ll die horribly.\u201d Y\u0131lmaz later deleted his post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government\u2019s radical Islamist ally H\u00dcDA-PAR, and opposition Islamist Felicity and Future parties will hold a joint rally in Istanbul in support of Palestinians following the latest conflict between Hamas and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has announced that 27 individuals were detained in operations conducted in 8 cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHP chair K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu has stated that they will reject the motion regarding the military’s presence in Iraq and Syria, saying it will enable foreign soldiers to enter Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalist Can D\u00fcndar’s application to the Constitutional Court against the rejection of his lawsuit against Sabah’s news claiming “He sold his villa through FET\u00d6 at an exorbitant price” was deemed inadmissible by the supreme court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 10.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan stated that “necessary action” would be taken against the shooting down of the country’s drone by the US in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan talked on the phone with leaders from Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Qatar, and Egypt and discussed the ongoing developments in the conflict between Israel and Palestinians, as stated by the presidency’s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The co-chairs of HDP in \u0130zmir, Berna \u00c7elik and \u00c7\u0131nar Altan, and Nihat T\u00fcrk, the co-chair of the party\u2019s Buca district organization, were arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DBP Deputy Co-Chairperson Zekiye \u0130lbasan was arrested in Diyarbak\u0131r on the charge of “resisting the police”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Future Party leader and former PM Ahmet Davuto\u011flu has hinted that they would support the new draft constitution of the government to “protect the family,” which is expected to target the LGBTI+ community in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 09.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey has further escalated its artillery and aerial bombardment in northern Syria. Two children, Nadia Al-Ayyash (10) and Ali Al-Ayyash (9), were killed in an artillery attack by Turkish military in the village of Mastour, near the district of Ayn Issa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkish authorities have captured 2,554 fugitives as part of a nationwide counter-terrorism operation launched after Ankara bombing, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan stated that a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital \u201cis an urgent need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stating that Turkey wants to destroy the autonomous administration with air strikes targeting the infrastructure in Northern and Eastern Syria, PYD Co-chairperson Salih Muslim said: “We will resist the attacks until the end.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kurdish journalist F\u0131rat Can Arslan faces 3 years in prison. Arslan had become the first journalist to be arrested for \u201cmarking counterterrorism officials as a target for terror groups.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drinking water problem has still not been solved in the city eight months after the earthquakes. E. Coli was detected in Hatay water samples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Weekly 1 October – 8 October 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 08.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mother and her 2 children were injured in the attack by Turkey’s drone targeting a mosque in Maxmur refugee camp in Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AKP has re-elected President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan as party leader at the party’s fourth extraordinary congress. Erdo\u011fan also made changes to the party’s Central Decision and Executive Board (MKYK), replacing 48 names out of 75.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commenting on Hamas’ latest attack on Israel, CHP chair Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu said they \u201care always with the Palestinian people\u201d. CHP’s \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel also \u201ccondemned\u201d Israel\u2019s attack on Gaza, \u201cwhich caused the death of 198 Palestinians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 07.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkish Air Forces carried out a new series of attacks yesterday night, targeting various sites and infrastructure facilities in Kobane city in northern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The police again attacked the Saturday Mothers at Galatasaray Square in Istanbul. A number of demonstrators were handcuffed behind their backs and taken into custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former AKP MP \u0130brahim Halil Y\u0131ld\u0131z, who was involved in the massacre against the \u015eenya\u015far family and was in the hospital during the hospital massacre, was re-elected to the AKP Central Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan has urged “all parties” to “refrain from aggressive acts” following Hamas’s attack on Israel, which the latter deemed “a war.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan stated that he does not “recognize LGBT” and pledged to counter “perverse” trends that he believes threaten the institution of family in the country at ruling AKP’s congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 06.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

75 people were detained in house raids in 11 cities. Police also raided HDP’s provincial and district organization buildings in Izmir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalist Ahmet Kanbal was detained during a police raid on his home in Mardin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In \u015e\u0131rnak’s Siopi district, an armored military vehicle collided with an 18-year-old motorcycle courier at the municipal intersection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Halide Aksoy, whose son’s bones had been delivered in a box following his death in an armed conflict in 2017, is standing trial for “membership to terrorist organization”. In today’s first hearing she was not released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHP chair Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu visited T\u0130P deputy Can Atalay, businessman Osman Kavala, and urban planner Tayfun Kahraman who were imprisoned due to the Gezi Park trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 05.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In today’s attacks on Northern Syria, Turkey targeted a power plant and petrol station with a drone. Turkish Air Force bombed the village of Qesif in the south of Kobane. Attacks hit also the IDP camp Washokani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HPG denied the statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan that the activists who carried out the attack in Ankara came from Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

24 people were detained following the attack on the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Ankara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Constitutional Court (AYM) has decided to refer to the Parliament the application of the Turkey Workers’ Party (TIP) Hatay MP Can Atalay on the grounds of “parliamentary immunity,” who is still imprisoned despite being elected a deputy. Atalay who was sentenced to 18 years in prison in the Gezi Trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green Left Party MP Y\u0131lmaz Hun requested that a commission consisting of all parties in the Parliament be established and \u0130mral\u0131 be visited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Diyarbak\u0131r Criminal Court on Oct. 5 ruled that Green Left Party MP Meral Dan\u0131\u015f Bekta\u015f cannot be part of the Koban\u00ea trials until her legislative immunity ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The police detained eight Dokuz Eyl\u00fcl University students for protesting the hike in meal prices with the help of university\u2019s security guards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 04.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalist Yanarda\u011f who was arrested after his critical statements regarding the isolation conditions of PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan on a TV program, was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months and released in today’s hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A court released a person who had a red notice issued against him by Kazakhstan for being a member of ISIS from prison. After 29 months of incarceration, the ISIS member is currently residing in Ankara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parliament’s press office has penned a report against opposition Green Left Party lawmaker \u00d6mer \u00d6calan for speaking Kurdish in a press conference held in the parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The request for “stay of trial” in the case of Green Left Party \u015e\u0131rnak MP Ay\u015feg\u00fcl Do\u011fan was rejected. Do\u011fan was the Program Coordinator of \u0130MC TV, which was closed by the Decree Law in 2016, and was accused of “being a member of a terrorist organization”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the case of the murder of Ceyda Y\u00fcksel in Bornova, the sentence given to Serkan Dindar was approved with a reduction of “unjust provocation”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media watchdog RT\u00dcK has penalized journalist Ay\u015fenur Arslan\u2019s program on the opposition Halk TV station with a five-time broadcast cancellation regarding her remarks on the latest PKK bombing. RT\u00dcK also fined the TV channel for actor & director Ezel Akay\u2019s remarks regarding the canceled Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 03.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalist Ay\u015fenur Arslan was detained after her comments on the Ankara bombing led to her programme being cancelled and an investigation launched against her. She was released later in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the attack on the General Directorate of Security, the number of people detained in operations carried out in 18 provinces exceeded 90.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A.E.\u00d6., who worked as a police officer at Konak District Police Department in \u0130zmir, murdered Elvin \u00d6z\u00fcta\u015ftan and seriously injured Fehmi Kaan Berbero\u011flu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Hatay Court accepted the first-ever lawsuit in the province regarding the Earthquakes that struck Southeastern Turkey and claimed 50,000 lives. The lawsuit will be about those responsible for the collapse of the \u0130lke Apartment Complex, killing 53.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maruf \u00c7elikel, a member of the Green Left Party Youth Assembly discovered a listening device in his home in Mu\u015f. \u00c7elikel believes the device was planted by the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 02.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constitutional Court president stated that they disagreed with the European Court of Human Rights because the latter has found Turkey guilty in the case of teacher who was convicted of \u201cmembership of the FET\u00d6 armed terrorist organization\u201d for allegedly using ByLock, an encrypted messaging app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After yesterday’s bomb attack in Ankara Turkish Air Forces conducted air strikes in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Constitutional Court decided that there was no “right violation” in the disciplinary punishments given to prisoners who went on hunger strike against rights violations in Sincan Women’s Closed Prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The parliament has received a total of eight summaries of proceedings seeking to have legislative immunity lifted for seven opposition MPs, including CHP MP Sezgin Tanr\u0131kulu and three YSP MPs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 20 people, including HDK and HDP executives, were detained in house raids in Istanbul and K\u0131rklareli. A ‘confidentiality’ decision was taken in the investigation file. A 24-hour lawyer restriction was also imposed on prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A prison sentence of up to 15 years is sought for HDP member H\u00fcsamettin Tanr\u0131kulu, who was arrested after S\u00fcleyman Soylu targeted him and it was revealed that the “report letter” about him was sent by the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erhan Ba\u015ftin, a prisoner in \u015eakran who contracted cancer in prison and was given a medical report stating that he was “life-threatening”, died two days after his request for release was rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 01.10.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An explosion followed by gunshots rang out near Ankara K\u0131z\u0131lay. Afterwards, there was ambulance activity. Minister of Internal Affairs Ali Yerlikaya announced that there was a bomb attack on the General Directorate of Security. The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A broadcast ban has been imposed regarding the bomb attack in Ankara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local elections in Turkey will be held on March 31, 2024. The decision taken by the Supreme Electoral Board (YSK) regarding the local elections on September 28 was published in the Official Gazette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crutches of ill prisoner Abdurrahman \u0130verendi in Trabzon Be\u015fikd\u00fcz\u00fc Type T Closed Prison were confiscated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University’s community has marked their 1000th day of protesting against President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan’s rector appointments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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