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Turkey Weekly 30 – 28 April 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 30.04.2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEM Party MPs applied to the Parliamentary Human Rights Investigation Commission regarding the isolation of PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan. The Ministry of Justice General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses responded to the application and claimed that the prisoners in \u0130mral\u0131 “equally benefit from all rights granted by law and regulations”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Court of Cassation has upheld the sentences of two members of the Progressive Lawyers Association (\u00c7HD), former chairperson Sel\u00e7uk Koza\u011fa\u00e7l\u0131 and Bark\u0131n Timtik. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Yunusemre District Municipality of Manisa the former AKP administration spent 100 million Turkish liras ($3.09M) in just five hours on election night after it became apparent that the CHP candidate had won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Education Ministry launched the new \u201cEducation System of the Turkish Century,\u201d for primary and secondary education. Educators\u2019 union representatives voiced their criticisms about the curriculum\u2019s preparation, content, and intentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 29.04.2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey has decided to support the candidacy of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for NATO Secretary General. President Erdo\u011fan says he expects new NATO chief to address Turkey\u2019s terrorism concerns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the murder case of Tahir El\u00e7i, former President of Diyarbak\u0131r Bar Association,  the prosecutor gave its opinion for the acquittal of the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The release of journalist Derya Ren, held in Diyarbak\u0131r Women’s Closed Prison, was postponed for 3 months on the grounds of “disciplinary punishment”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEM Party submitted a motion to the Parliament to declare April 28 as the “Day of Remembrance and Mourning for Those Who Lost Their Lives in Workplace Murders”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the investigation into the murder of former Grey Wolves Chair Sinan Ate\u015f, an indictment was filed against 22 people for “premeditated murder”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Today – 28.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkish warplanes bombed Amediye countryside of Dohuk city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister of Interior Ali Yerlikaya announced that 147 people were detained in 19 cities in the last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Mecidiyek\u00f6y metro station in \u0130stanbul’s \u015ei\u015fli district, police detained a refugee woman by beating her “naked”. Political news reporter Ekim Veyiso\u011flu, who was filming the police violence, was first prevented and then detained together with his friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an extraordinary congress, M\u00fcsavat Dervi\u015fo\u011flu has been elected as the new \u0130Y\u0130 Party chair. Dervi\u015fo\u011flu had received the previous chair Meral Ak\u015fener’s support in the congress, who resigned after the local election defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 27.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEM Party MP Pervin Buldan has brought the  \u201ctop secret\u201d \u201cPsychological Impact Report,\u201d found recently in a second-hand book shop, to the attention of the parliament. Buldan requested to investigate the deaths of prolific Kurdish businesspeople in the 90s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three journalists who were referred to the Criminal Court of Peace with a request for arrest were sent to prison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

IHD drew attention to the condition of 82-year-old ill prisoner Makbule \u00d6zer and called for her immediate release. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday Mothers gathered at Galatasaray Square in week 996. In this week’s action, the fate of Nurettin Yedig\u00f6l, who was detained in a raid on his house in \u0130dealtepe, Istanbul on 10 April 1981 and disappeared, was asked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several universities known for their own history of calling police to suppress student and faculty protests, expressed their “sadness” and “concern” over reports of police brutality on U.S. campuses during pro-Palestinian protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 26.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A military  operation was launched in the rural area of Hakkari’s Y\u00fcksekova district. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During house raids carried out in Urfa DEM Party assembly member Muhsin Aydo\u011fdu and party’s Youth Assembly member \u00d6mer K\u0131stak were taken into custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In \u015e\u0131rnak’s Cizre district, police detained at least 19 people, including children, on the grounds of “making propaganda for an illegal organisation”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A court has sentenced Ahlam Albashir, a Syrian national, to life imprisonment for her role in a 2022 bombing on Istanbul’s \u0130stiklal Avenue that killed six people. While the case involved more than 30 other defendants, four were released from prison, while twenty others received prison sentences ranging from four years to life imprisonment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ismail Kaya, son of seriously ill prisoner Abdulalim Kaya, who is 93 percent disabled, stated that his father was transferred to the Forensic Medicine Institute ATK blindfolded and handcuffed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 25.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A local court has banned jailed Kurdish politician G\u00fcltan K\u0131\u015fanak\u2019s book “The Purple Color of Kurdish Politics” and ruled to pull all copies off the shelves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Mara\u015f’s Pazarc\u0131k district, the epicenter of the Feb. 6 earthquakes, the newly elected CHP mayor announced that the previous AKP administration had accepted invoices for 4.5 million liras in the last working hour before the local elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Displaced residents of the Kavakl\u0131 village in eastern Turkey began a vigil protest at the lead and zinc mine that has taken over the village since 2007, demanding an immediate stop to the operations.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After six years and 20 hearings, a court has delivered its verdict in the \u00c7orlu train accident case, where 25 people lost their lives. The court sentenced four Turkish Railways managers to prison for causing death with “conscious negligence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 24.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEM Party Batman Provincial Organisation building was raided by the police. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erdo\u011fan’s chief adviser Oktay Saral has targeted the mayor of Seyhan district, Oya Tekin from the CHP, with a fake image depicting PKK leader \u00d6calan’s photo hung at a DEM Party building during Tekin\u2019s visit. After Tekin shared the original image showing no \u00d6calan photo on the wall, Saral deleted his post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The families of Ayd\u0131n Kudat and Abdurrahman G\u00fcner, prisoners held in Karab\u00fck Type T Prison for 32 years, stated that their release was arbitrarily prevented and that the administration unlawfully threatened them by saying “We will not release them before the 36 years are up.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A disciplinary investigation was opened against woman prisoners who reacted to the shoe search practice imposed in Bak\u0131rk\u00f6y Women’s Closed Prison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second hearing of the retrial of journalist Mehmet Salih Turan on charges of “terrorist propaganda,” was held in \u0130stanbul. The court decided to dismiss the case as the statute of limitations had expired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHP chair \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel has reiterated that the Workers\u2019 Day should be celebrated in the symbolic Taksim Square on May 1, saying he \u201cvouches\u201d that no violent incident will occur. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 23.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 journalists were detained in police raids in Istanbul and Ankara. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Istanbul Governor Davut G\u00fcl announced that the labor unions were banned from celebrating the May 1 Workers’ Day in Taksim Square and said, “It will be celebrated in any area other than Taksim.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lawsuit was filed against Emine \u015eenya\u015far, who became a symbol for those who want justice with her struggle, on the allegation of “insulting the president”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan stated that he does not believe that Hamas will leave Qatar, where the group is currently based. He also noted that he has not observed any indications that Doha would want the group to leave either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Culture Ministry has withdrawn its support from the 43th Istanbul Film Festival after the smear campaign of pro-government newspapers and social media users against the festival over LGBTI+ themed movies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 22.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEM Party has denounced the probes launched by the Interior Ministry into Mardin and Diyarbak\u0131r metropolitan municipalities. The party deemed the probes \u201ccheap conspiracies\u201d to weaken the local administrations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u0130stanbul Governor’s Office has announced a ban on a public remembrance event for the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. The event, organized by the April 24 Commemoration Platform, was scheduled to take place in Kad\u0131k\u00f6y district on April 24. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its 2024-2028 Strategic Plan, Turkey\u2019s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) considered secularization as a \u201crisk,\u201d against which \u201cthe efforts to strengthen moral values should be increased,\u201d online news outlet K\u0131sa Dalga reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of a new bill published in the Official Gazette, Culture and Tourism Ministry will cover the lighting expenses of the cemevis, Alevi houses of worship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first hearing of the case which involves 76 SOL Party members and BirG\u00fcn reporter Asena Tunca was held in Istanbul. The court decided that the defendants whose defenses were not taken will be present at the next hearing and adjourned the hearing to September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first hearing of the trial, where journalist Furkan Karabay is prosecuted on charges of “insult” and “defamation” based on a complaint by Mustafa Do\u011fan \u0130nal, former lawyer of President Erdo\u011fan, was held in Istanbul. Trial adjourned until November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 15 – 20 April 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 20.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u015eaban Vatan, the father of Rabia Naz Vatan, who died under suspicious circumstances 6 years ago, announced that President Tayyip Erdo\u011fan filed a lawsuit against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday Mothers gathered at Galatasaray Square in week 995 and asked for the fate of Kadir Keremo\u011flu, who was disappeared by J\u0130TEM 29 years ago.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suru\u00e7 Families Initiative renewed their demand for “justice for 33 Dream Travellers” on the 105th month of the Pirsus Massacre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan met with Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 19.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Turkish airstrike targeting a vehicle in the village of Nawdarok, Sidakan district of Erbil province, resulted in the death of civilian 43-year-old Sarwar Qadir Rashko yesterday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Constitutional Court (AYM) has lifted the disciplinary punishments enacted by the Higher Education Council for political activity on university campuses such as congregating and posting banners without permission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An investigation has been initiated against S\u00fcleyman Sal\u011fucak, a resident of \u015e\u0131rnak province who gained attention after confronting a voter transported from another city during the March 31 local polls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Halise Aksoy, who was arrested based on the statements of confessor Umit Akb\u0131y\u0131k, was released at the third hearing of the case. The bones of her son Agit were delivered to her by cargo in a box and who was arrested on April 28, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CHP has invited all workers to Istanbul\u2019s Taksim Square on May 1, supporting calls made by various labor unions to reopen the symbolic location for Labor Day celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

G\u00fclistan S\u00f6n\u00fck, the eastern Batman province\u2019s first woman co-mayor, reiterated the importance of the co-mayorship model implemented by pro-Kurdish parties for the women\u2019s movement in Turkey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 18.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The specialist sergeant, who was arrested on charges of sexual assault against 2 women in \u015eirnak, claimed that he wanted to “help” women and defended himself as “I am a respected person in my profession”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan has attributed his party\u2019s local election defeat to AKP supporters\u2019 abstention from voting as the turnout was lower than usual with 78.11%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A court sentenced two people who protested AKP MP Meliha Akyol’s faulty car parking by live broadcasting it to a fine of 18,000 Turkish Liras and two years imprisonment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh will travel to Turkey at the weekend to hold talks with President Erdo\u011fan after Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan met the Hamas leader during a visit to Doha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 17.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 82nd hearing of the Kobani trial was held in Sincan prison. The court ruled for the continuation of the detention of 18 arrestees. The next hearing of the case was adjourned to May 16th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Constitutional Court has annulled a regulation that mandated a single type of uniform for prisoners accused of terrorism-related crimes when appearing outside of prison facilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fifth hearing of the lawsuit filed against Bread Producers Union President Cihan Kolivar due to “publicly humiliating a section of the public based on social class differences”, “publicly humiliating the Turkish nation” and “insulting the President” was held in Istanbul. Trial adjourned until September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan stated that Turkey would undertake new measures to fortify its medium-term economic program, focusing on enhancing public savings, prioritizing investments, and expediting structural reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 16.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEM Party Legal Commission Co-Spokesperson Ozturk Turkdogan stated that there will be a detention review in the Koban\u00ea Case tomorrow and said: “We will be there as if a decision will be made.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet \u015eim\u015fek has denied allegations of a \u201ccrisis\u201d between him and President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan regarding the tight monetary policy implemented after the general elections of 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 16th hearing of the trial in which journalist Hayko Ba\u011fdat is prosecuted on charges of “insulting the president,” was held in \u0130stanbul. The session was adjourned to address the deficiencies in the case file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An investigation has been initiated against journalist Oktay Candemir following a complaint from Abdulahat Arvas, who was the AKP candidate for Van Metropolitan Municipality Mayor in the local elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 15.04.2024 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An absolute majority could not be achieved in the 16th round of voting for the Presidency of the Supreme Court of Appeals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkish warplanes bombed the rural areas in Erbil’s Biradost region in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emine \u015eenya\u015far whose husband and two sons were murdered by the bodyguards and relatives of former AKP deputy Ibrahim Halil Y\u0131ld\u0131z continues the Justice Watch in front of the Ministry of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A court arrested Antalya province\u2019s Kepez district mayor Mesut Kocag\u00f6z from the main-opposition CHP over the cable car accident that left one dead and 17 injured. CHP began to hold a \u201cjustice watch\u201d in front of the prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 8 – 14 April 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 14.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Turkish drone attacked a house in Gelale village of \u015earbaj\u00ear last night. As a result of the attack, a young man named Muhammed Sa\u00eed, who was working in Gelale village, lost his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkish warplanes bombed villages in the Met\u00eena area of Dohuk in Kurdistan Region of Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has stated on a phonecall to his Iranian counterpart H\u00fcseyin Emir Abdullahiyan that Turkey did not want further escalation in the region following Iran\u2019s retaliatory attack on Israel.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After MHP\u2019s appeal to the election council regarding the K\u00fctahya municipal election was rejected, the party\u2019s deputy chair Feti Y\u0131ld\u0131z has called for the implementation of the electronic voting system in Turkey \u201cto end the controversies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 13.04.2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MHP deputy chair Feti Y\u0131ld\u0131z threatened CHP leader \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel with death after the latter\u2019s response to MHP leader Bah\u00e7eli. In a post, Y\u0131ld\u0131z quoted the saying \u201cPeople are born at dawn and die at dusk,\u201d while addressing \u00d6zel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The release of Ali \u015een from Edirne F Type Prison was postponed for the second time by the Administrative Observation Board. The reason given was that he refused to accept the ‘remorse’ imposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Political Communicator Evren Bar\u0131\u015f Yavuz was detained for sharing posts about the Ministry’s trade restrictions with Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A group of three attacked a Starbucks store in Mara\u015f as the incident became the latest in a string of attacks against the coffee chain possibly over its alleged support to Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 12.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Supreme Election Council (YSK) presented I\u011fd\u0131r\u2019s Tuzluca district municipality won by the main opposition CHP to the ruling AKP because CHP\u2019s elected mayor Cemal Kurnaz \u201cwas not qualified for the elections.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Council of Europe has expressed concern about Turkey\u2019s insistent noncompliance with the ECHR ruling that demands the immediate release of imprisoned philanthropist Osman Kavala, in its latest annual report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unidentified individuals have vandalized the grave of Medet Serhat, a distinguished Kurdish lawyer known for his advocacy of Kurdish people\u2019s rights who was assassinated in 1994. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 11.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Supreme Election Council (YSK) has received 81 objections from political parties regarding local elections and accepted three of them during the objection period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lawsuit was filed against a woman named A.C., who attempted to attack the building used jointly by HDP and Green Left Party in Adana last year and said “The police sent me” to the party members who caught her, on the charge of “threatening with a weapon”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MHP leader Devlet Bah\u00e7eli has suggested Meral Ak\u015fener not stepping down from the opposition \u0130Y\u0130 Party leadership as she announced following the local elections defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 10.04.2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government appointed the district governor as a trustee to Urfa’s Hilvan district won by the DEM Party until the renewal of elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkish National Intelligence Organization holds art competition for children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ismail Tanbo\u011fa, a prisoner in Diyarbak\u0131r Type T Closed Prison diagnosed with stomach cancer , has been waiting for surgery for 3 months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book titled “22 Days in the Madhouse – Ill Prisoners on the Cross” written by Resul Kocat\u00fcrk, who is staying in K\u0131r\u0131kkale Type F Closed Prison, was not given to him on the grounds that it is “objectionable”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 09.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government has appointed Kayseri Deputy Governor \u00d6mer Teke\u015f as a trustee in Central Anatolian Kayseri province’s P\u0131narba\u015f\u0131 District Municipality, which was won by the CHP. The local election board decided that elections to be renewed on June 2 following an objection from the MHP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u015e\u0131rnak Governorate announced that Gabar and Cudi Mountain regions were declared as “Special Security Zone” for 15 days.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has prioritized the examination of a second application by Osman Kavala, who has been detained since October 18, 2017, marking 2,352 days in prison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trade Ministry announced that the country would impose restrictions on exports to Israel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 08.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A court has arrested seven people about the ballot paper burning incident in Urfa’s Hilvan district during the local elections, including relatives of the current mayor from the AKP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was reflected in the mobile phone camera footage that some documents and materials were stolen from Urfa’s Halfeti municipality under the AKP administration before the certificate of election ceremony. In the local elections DEM Party came first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHP’s objections to the Supreme Electoral Board for Arnavutk\u00f6y, Fatih, Pendik and \u00dcmraniye were rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meral Ak\u015fener has announced she would step down from \u0130Y\u0130 Party leadership in the upcoming extraordinary party congress following disappointing results in the local elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Weekly 4 – 7 April 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 07.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CHP claimed that it discovered upon a recount that 3,389 of the votes in the local elections belonged to deceased individuals in Hatay. The Supreme Election Council had denied the party\u2019s plea to hold the elections again and presented AKP with the municipal mandate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MHP MP Hilmi Durgun, who had previously stated that he wanted to go to Gaza to fight, was the partner of the Israeli company Haifa Group in Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The police battered and detained dozens of people during the protest calling on to cut off trade with Israel. The interior minister later announced the dismissal of two police officers after the police attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 10 people were injured in a fight between YRP and AKP, which took Gite municipality with transported voters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 06.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emine \u015eenya\u015far’s Justice Watch in front of the Ministry of Justice continued on its 70th day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The body of 35-year-old U\u011fur Y\u0131ld\u0131z was recovered from under the collapsed soil pile at the \u0130li\u00e7 Gold Mine in Turkey\u2019s eastern Erzincan province, on the 53rd day of search operations. Bodies of eight workers remain under the tonnes of cyanide-laden soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trial of 69 individuals detained and allegedly subjected to torture for participating in the Pride March held on May 20, 2022, on the campus of Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University is nearing its conclusion. The prosecutor presented their indictment, requesting punishment for the 69 individuals for “participating in an unlawful march and refusing to disperse despite warnings,” and for two students for “resisting authorities.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 05.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multiple district municipalities in Istanbul run by the ruling AKP have held last-minute tenders and finalized procurements worth millions of Turkish liras before handing over their offices to the CHP administrations after the local elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Urfa Provincial Election Council has annulled the election in Urfa’s Halfeti district where DEM Party has won. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

54 women who were beaten and detained in \u0130stanbul’s Kad\u0131k\u00f6y district while celebrating the resistance against the election usurpation in Van yesterday were released. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 people including DBP Party Council members were detained after the feast organised by DEM Parti Diyarbak\u0131r provincial organisation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawyer G\u00fc\u00e7l\u00fc Sevimli said that considering paying money to prisoners as a crime is an “abdication of reason” and stated that the arrest of 75-year-old Hatice Y\u0131ld\u0131z due to the said allegation is against both law and conscience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 04.04.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security forces have detained at least 340 people in 14 provinces regarding the protests against the government\u2019s effort to hijack Van elections won by the DEM Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stating that they will end their hunger strike ‘Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question, political prisoners announced that they will continue their actions with “boycotts of courts, family visits and phone calls.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice Minister Y\u0131lmaz Tun\u00e7 has accused bar associations of acting like an opposition party for \u201cinvolving in different ideological activities.\u201d Tun\u00e7 claimed the associations were focusing on different things \u201crather than the problems of the legal profession.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muhammed Orhan (18), who was detained during the resistance in Wan and became trending with his smiling photo, was arrested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the local electoral boards’ decisions, the votes are being recounted in Istanbul\u2019s Beykoz and Gaziosmanpa\u015fa districts, where the CHP won by a thin margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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