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Turkey Weekly 27 – 31 May 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 31.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 13th hearing of the case against former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirta\u015f, in which four separate files have been consolidated, was held in Mersin. Trial adjourned for the completion of the deficiencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several local newspapers have blacked out their front pages in protest against the Turkish government’s public saving measures to curb official advertisements for local media, one of the main revenues of the local dailies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Governor\u2019s Office in Istanbul on May 31 announced public transit disruptions in the central Taksim neighborhood, in expectation of a commemorative protest organized for the 11th anniversary of the Gezi protests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The parliament passed a bill prohibiting military personnel from sharing any content that would expose their identities, duties, or assignments on social media. A provision banning media comments by retired military personnel was removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 30.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmu\u015f interpreted the phrase “Kurdish is reflected in the minutes as X language” in the proposal regarding the bans on Kurdish as a “personal opinion”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEM Party Legal Commission Co-Speakers Sevda \u00c7elik \u00d6zbing\u00f6l and \u00d6zt\u00fcrk T\u00fcrkdo\u011fan applied to the Ministry of Justice to meet with PKK Leader Abdullah \u00d6calan, who has not been heard from for 39 months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recently prepared two indictments regarding the Workers\u2019 Day march in Istanbul, Turkish prosecutors have sought up to 567 years in prison in total for 42 arrested people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change Minister \u00d6zhaseki has addressed mayors and urged building earthquake-resilient houses together \u201cfor God\u2019s sake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 29.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police detained Ramazan \u015eim\u015fek, the owner of the Kurdish language only Pine Caf\u00e9, in Diyarbak\u0131r after having raided the cafe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judge Oktay Tabur, President of the Izmir Justice Commission, has been displaying 13 pistols & 7 long guns in the lounge next to his office in the courthouse. Judges, prosecutors, and Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) inspectors shared photos of themselves in front of the weapons on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A court fined 75-year-old Hatice Kocalar, who has been resisting a thermal power plant project planned to be built on her land for \u201cbattering two company officials,\u201d while resisting the continuation of construction despite court rulings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his first live broadcast following the party congress defeat since November, K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu hasn\u2019t closed the door for running for the party leadership again \u201cif the delegates suggest\u201d so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 28.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ankara Bar Association has issued a statement opposing the government’s proposed “agents of influence” bill, part of an upcoming judicial reform package. This bill has raised concerns about its potential impact on press freedom and other fundamental rights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEM MP Ceylan Ak\u00e7a-Cupolo has submitted a parliamentary inquiry to investigate the extensive damages caused by the 2016 expropriation decision in the city\u2019s Sur district. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second hearing of the trial of journalist Pelin \u00d6zkaptan on charges of “making propaganda for a terrorist organization” based on her social media posts was held in Istanbul. The court accepted the request for additional time. Trial adjourned until October. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second hearing of the non-pecuniary damage lawsuit filed against journalist Furkan Karabay by President Erdo\u011fan\u2019s former lawyer demanding 250,000 TL due to a social media post, was held in Istanbul. The court dismissed the case pointing to Istanbul Anadolu Civil Court of First Instance as the competent court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 27.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A prisoner in the I\u011fd\u0131r S Type Closed Prison has suspiciously lost his life. The prison administration has announced that Ercan \u00c7akar took his own life while the autopsy report shows signs of physical assault.The release of 30-year prisoner \u015eakir Akkurt held in Antalya prison was postponed for 6 months due to his refusal to accept the imposition of “regret”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent revelation has linked the February landslide at a gold mine in \u0130li\u00e7, Erzincan, which claimed the lives of nine workers, to the former Minister of Environment and Urbanization, Murat Kurum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trial was filed against 24 people, including journalist \u00d6znur De\u011fer, who were detained during a demonstration was held in Ankara. Trial adjourned until June for the preparation of the final opinion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan has argued that the recently adopted fiscal policy will not add to inflationary pressure as the countrybegins to experience some disinflationary relief in the second half of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Weekly 20-26 May 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 26.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many people, including children, were detained during house raids in Hakkari’s Gever district. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An access ban was imposed on news reports on Nusaybin District Governor Ercan Kayaba\u015f\u0131’s death threat against journalist Ahmet Kanbal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

72-year-old seriously ill prisoner Mehmet Emin \u00c7am had a heart attack on 24 May in Be\u015firi T Type Prison. \u00c7am, who is being treated in the intensive care unit, has a cyst in his kidney and a tumour in his brain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHP chair \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel has demanded that President Erdo\u011fan convince the 17.5 million people who voted for the CHP in the local elections as the first step for a new constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 25.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Saturday Mothers gathered at Galatasaray Square in week 1000 to ask for the fate of their relatives who were disappeared and murdered in state custody and for the perpetrators to be put on trial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stated that they have initiated talks with the EU regarding visa facilitation, following a meeting with EU Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi in Ankara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A court has arrested all 27 people detained with home raids for \u201cattacking police officers\u201d during the Workers\u2019 Day march in Istanbul, bringing the total arrests for the protest to 72.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A court has arrested four in relation to the fatal landslide at the \u00c7\u00f6pler Gold Mine in Erzincan after a new expert report included them among the 13 primary negligent parties for the disaster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 24.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government has submitted a bill to parliament to require military personnel who have left or retired from the armed forces to be authorized to make statements to the press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is claimed that Erg\u00fcn Akdo\u011fan, a prisoner of 27 years in Tekirda\u011f Prison, fell and had a brain haemorrhage. Akdo\u011fan died after the surgery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

39 New Zealand MPs wrote a letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, urging him not to hinder Saturday Mothers’ gatherings. The group will convene for the 1000th week to demand the fates of their forcefully disappeared relatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new curriculum prepared by the Ministry of Education was approved by the Turkis Education Board and Discipline. The curriculum will be submitted for approval by the Ministry of Education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social media platform X has opened a local office in Turkey, becoming the last major platform to abide by the country\u2019s legislature. The government pressured the platform demanding a local representative since 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the case former Interior Minister S\u00fcleyman Soylu called “the biggest drug operation in the history of the Republic” 72 of the 73 people on trial were acquitted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 23.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evaluating Erdo\u011fan’s decision to give the President the authority to declare “war and mobilization”, DEM Party Group Deputy Chair G\u00fclistan K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7 Ko\u00e7yi\u011fit said: “Kurds, democrats and revolutionaries are being targeted.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The third hearing of the trial against former Diyarbak\u0131r Bar Association President and human rights advocate Mehmet Emin Aktar, charged with “targeting individuals involved in counter-terrorism efforts,” was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. The court granted the prosecutor’s request for time. Trial adjourned until June. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first hearing of the trial where lawyer \u015eerzan Yelbo\u011fa is being prosecuted on charges of “being a member of a terrorist organization” due to his professional activities, based on the testimony of informant \u00dcmit Akb\u0131y\u0131k was held in  Diyarbak\u0131r. Yelbo\u011fa was acquitted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The third hearing of the trial in which journalist G\u00f6zde Bedelo\u011flu is being tried for “insulting a public official due to their duty” following a complaint by MHP Antep MP Sermet Atay was held in Istanbul. Trial adjourned until November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 22.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEM Party MPs marched from the Turkish parliament to the Justice Ministry to protest the prison sentences given to Kurdish politicians in the Koban\u00ea case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S\u00fcleyman Do\u011fru\u00f6z, who participated in the attacks on leftist students at Ankara University with knives, cleavers, machetes and sticks in 2017, was appointed as a public prosecutor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities have arrested previous CHP leader Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu\u2019s former advisor Ramazan Kubat over allegedly helping suspect Serdar Sert\u00e7elik flee Turkey in the Ayhan Bora Kaplan case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bal\u0131kl\u0131 Rum Hospital has not been able to elect its foundation leaders since 1991. The high court has ruled that this violated organizational freedom. The Constitutional Court has ruled that this violated organizational freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 21.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan said that the harsh prison sentences the court has handed to Kurdish politicians in the Koban\u00ea trials \u201cput the minds overrun with grief for the last ten years at ease,\u201d and that he would not condone any undue criticisms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abdullah \u00d6calan, who has not been heard from in \u0130mral\u0131 Prison for 38 months, was given a new 6-month ban on lawyer visits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dicle Electricity Distribution Company cut off the electricity of Mardin Metropolitan Municipality Water and Sewerage Administration, which the DEM Party won in the last local elections, citing debts from the trustee mayor period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first hearing of the trial against lawyer Necat \u00c7i\u00e7ek, who is charged with “membership in a terrorist organization” due to his professional activities, was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. The court decided to maintain the travel ban. Trial adjourned until October. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 15 people were detained in house raids carried out on the occasion of May Day in Istanbul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mesopotamia Agency reporters Esra Solin Dal and Mehmet Aslan and journalist Erdo\u011fan Alayumat were released. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 20.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kurdish Regional Security Council has captured high-level Islamic State official Socrates Khalil trying to enter Kurdistan with a forged passport, after spending five years in Turkey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

82-year-old Makbule \u00d6zer, who was given a “she can stay in prison” report by the Forensic Medicine Institute (ATK) about a month ago in Van, was sent to Istanbul for ATK to prepare a new report after the public reactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEM Party Deputy Meral Dan\u0131\u015f Be\u015fta\u015f announced that AKP threatened the mukhtars and villagers in Urfa’s Hilvan district, where the elections will be renewed, saying “If we do not win, we will cut off your water and electricity.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politicians, writers, journalists, artists and intellectuals published a declaration for the release of 48 people who were arrested for resisting the police barricade on May Day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 13 – 19 May 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 19.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faris Ibrah\u00eem, 13, was killed, three children and a Syrian soldier were wounded in the yesterday’s attack of Turkey on northern and eastern Syria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The protest of political prisoners in prisons demanding freedom for Abdullah \u00d6calan and a political solution to the Kurdish question continues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 youth detained in Istanbul\u2019s Kad\u0131k\u00f6y district under police violence arrested on charges of “resisting the police”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The release of Naif \u0130\u015f\u00e7i, who was arrested at the age of 14 in Ciz\u00eer, was postponed for the 4th time due to his refusal to “repent”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHP held the \u201cGreat Education Rally\u201d to address the problems of unappointed teachers and the new curriculum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 18.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statements regarding torture were not included in the indictment against DEM Party member Birindar Gezici, who was tortured with pliers at the police station where he was detained in A\u011fr\u0131’s Do\u011fubeyaz\u0131t district. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

18 of those detained in house raids in \u0130zmir, Istanbul and Manisa were arrested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defending the imposition of standing roll-calls against journalist Mehmet Aslan, the officer said, “You have to respect the flag we carry on our shoulders. That’s why you will stand up during the counts”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday Mothers gathered at Galatasaray Square in week 999 to ask for the perpetrators of Mehmet Selim \u00d6rhan (46), Hasan \u00d6rhan (40) and Cezayir \u00d6rhan (17), who were detained and disappeared on 24 May 1994 in Diyarbak\u0131r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 17.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister of Justice Y\u0131lmaz Tun\u00e7 said: “We will wait for the appeal and appeal processes” regarding the decisions of the Koban\u00ea Case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The governors of 12 provinces including Diyarbak\u0131r, Mardin, Dersim, Bing\u00f6l, Bitlis, Kars, and \u0130zmir banned all kinds of demonstrations, meetings, and protests following the announcement of the verdict in the Kobane Trial.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fourth hearing of a “defamation” lawsuit against journalist Bar\u0131\u015f Terko\u011flu was held in \u0130stanbul. The court ruled for the acquittal of Terko\u011flu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan has pardoned seven generals convicted for their role in the \u201cpostmodern coup\u201d of 1997, which ousted the Islamist Welfare (Refah) Party from power, citing their health issues and old ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan pardoned Hac\u0131 S\u00fcl\u00fck, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing two election officials from the Islamist opposition Felicity Party at the ballot box during the 2019 local elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 16.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The police conducted house raids in \u015e\u0131rnak, Mardin, Mersin and Hakkari in the morning. At least 68 people were detained in the raids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diyarbak\u0131r Governorate issued a ban on demonstrations and events for 4 days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip have come across Hamas documents according to which the militia wanted to open a secret military base in Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan has appointed Muhsin \u015eent\u00fcrk, the judge who withdrew from the Court of Cassation presidential elections upon his advice, as the court\u2019s chief public prosecutor. \u015eent\u00fcrk infamously refused to comply with the Constitutional Court’s ruling to release Can Atalay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 15.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 83rd hearing of the ‘Kobani Trial,’ in which 108 people, including former HDP Co-Chairs Figen Y\u00fcksekda\u011f and Selahattin Demirta\u015f, are being tried, 18 of them detained, will be held tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A court has refused Gezi prisoner Osman Kavala\u2019s retrial application for the third time. A new panel of judges was appointed to the case in line with Kavala\u2019s request. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Parliamentary Speaker\u2019s Office did not put into action the motion, which demanded that education in the mother language be constitutionally guaranteed and that Kurdish be the language of education, on the grounds that it is “unconstitutional”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The police conducted a series of house raids in \u0130stanbul and \u0130zmir, resulting in the detention of at least 31 individuals. The raids are linked to protests that erupted following the non-issuance of an official mandate to Abdullah Zeydan, the elected co-mayor of Van Metropolitan Municipality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 14.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00d6mer Kerkez was elected as the president of Turkey\u2019s Court of Cassation in the 37th round of elections. He won against the last president Mehmet Akarca after 50 days of the election process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meetings held by political prisoners with their lawyers in Tokat Type T Closed Prison have been recorded for 3 years on the grounds that they “contain secret intelligence information”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fourth hearing of the trial against Mezopotamya Agency reporter Mehmet \u015eah Oru\u00e7, charged with \u201cmembership of an organization\u201d was held in Bitlis. The court ruled for the continuation of the travel ban. Trial adjourned until September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second hearing of the trial against 10 individuals, including students and alumni, charged with \u201cinsulting the President\u201d was held in Ankara. Trial adjourned until September for the completion of deficiencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 13.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

30 people were detained during house raids in Van. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Association of Lawyers for Freedom called for solidarity with the defendants in the Kobane trial on 16 May. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The “Give voice to freedom” demonstration of prisoners’ relatives in front of Diyarbak\u0131r Campus Prison was prevented by the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sick prisoner Dijwar Nesri Ismail has not been released for 3 years despite completing his execution period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heavy rainfall caused flooding in Hatay. The container city where earthquake victims live was flooded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 6 – 12 May 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 12.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan in a speech today “Netanyahu’s genocidal methods have reached a level that would make even Hitler envious.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses responded to the application regarding the “mouth search” practice imposed on prisoners, claiming that they were not authorised to do so and that the gendarmerie was responsible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reber Soydan, a prisoner kept in a solitary confinement in Van F Type High Security Prison, died under suspicious circumstances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Political prisoners in Turkey continue their protest demanding freedom for PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan and a political solution to the Kurdish question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 11.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diyarbak\u0131r Metropolitan Municipality trustee spent 769 thousand Liras on appetizers under the name of “representation and entertainment expenses”. A total of 267 kilos of appetizers were purchased. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday Mothers gathered at Galatasaray Square in week 998 and asked for justice for Halil Alpsoy and Kas\u0131m Alpsoy who were detained by the police in 1994 and found dead some weeks later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Justice Watch of Emine \u015eenya\u015far whose husband and two sons were murdered by the bodyguards and relatives of former AKP deputy Ibrahim Halil continues on day 100 in front of the Justice Ministry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mardin’s Nusaybin district former HDP co-mayor was released yesterday after 7 years in prison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 10.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ill prisoners in K\u00fcrk\u00e7\u00fcler Type F Closed Prison have not been able to receive treatment because they did not accept the imposition of “intraoral searches”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Court of Cassation has overturned the prison sentence given to Sinan Ayg\u00fcl, the first journalist to be sentenced under the “offense of publicly disseminating misleading information,” also known as the \u201ccensorship law.\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEM Party Spokesperson Ay\u015feg\u00fcl Do\u011fan emphasized that the new constitution should be democratic and civil and said that the decision to be made in the Koban\u00ea Case will be important at this point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trade Minister \u00d6mer Bolat has refuted the Israeli foreign minister’s statement that President Erdo\u011fan eased the export ban imposed on Israel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chair of the Parliamentary Commission on Digital Mediums from the ruling AKP, H\u00fcseyin Yayman, has warned the social media platform X that it could face closure if it did not appoint a local representative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 09.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Osman Kavala has demanded the retrial of the Gezi Park case in which he has received an aggravated life sentence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yusuf S., a high school student in Diyarbak\u0131r, was sentenced to imprisonment for “insulting the president” on the grounds that he said “Dictator Erdo\u011fan”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trial in Diyarbak\u0131r against twenty Kurdish media professionals for alleged membership in a terrorist organization continued with the questioning of key witness \u00dcmit Akb\u0131y\u0131k. Trial adjourned until November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fourth hearing of the trial where journalists Elif Akg\u00fcl and Haluk Kalafat are being tried on charges of “openly insulting the Turkish nation” due to their news about the Armenian genocide, was held in Istanbul. Trial adjourned to July. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first session of the trial opened against journalist Furkan Karabay on charges of “publicly insulting a public official due to their duty in a chain” upon the complaint of Istanbul Justice Commission President Bekir Altun, was held in Istanbul. The judge ruled for the acquittal of journalist Furkan Karabay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 08.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An armed assault last night targeted the office of DEM Party in Urfa’s Birecik district. The attack was carried out by the brother of the Birecik district mayor, who had resigned from DEM party following his election. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHP\u2019s Diyarbak\u0131r MP Sezgin Tanr\u0131kulu has stated that the Koban\u00ea case was not a legal, but a political case; and former HDP co-chairs Selahattin Demirta\u015f and Figen Y\u00fcksekda\u011f were political hostages of the government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Turkish Parliament\u2019s ad hoc commission on the \u0130li\u00e7 Gold Mine disaster arrived at the mine site three months after the accident. The committee observed and heard from experts regarding the malpractices that led to the collapse of the heap leach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first hearing of the lawsuit filed against artist P\u0131nar Ayd\u0131nlar for “making illegal organization propaganda” was held in Tunceli. The court sentenced her to 1 year, 6 months and 22 days in prison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 23rd hearing of the trial where journalist and writer Ercan Akta\u015f, on terrorism charges was held in \u0130stanbul. Trial adjourned until October. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 07.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new 3-month family visit ban was imposed on PKK Leader Abdullah \u00d6calan, who has not been heard from for 38 months, on the grounds of “disciplinary punishment”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simultaneous police raids in the Urfa led to at least 14 detentions, including members and executives of DEM Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHP chair \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel met with MHP chair Devlet Bah\u00e7eli after seven years in a closed meeting in the parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erdo\u011fan stated that he welcomed Hamas’s decision to accept a ceasefire in Gaza, stating that this decision was in line with Ankara’s recommendation. He also expressed his hope that Israel would follow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The retrial of the case in which MA reporter Delal Aky\u00fcz is being prosecuted for the allegation of “knowingly and willingly aiding a terrorist organization,” was held in \u0130zmir. Trial adjourned until November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigated over the documentary \u2018Bakur\u2019, filmmaker and cinematographer Koray Kesik has been released with an international travel ban. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 06.05.2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Supreme Election Council (YSK) announced the official results of the local elections upon the completion of the objections submitted by the political parties. Elections in three districts and four towns will be held again on June 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The newly elected DEM Party district municipality of Artuklu \/ Mardin, has identified around 100 \u201cghost\u201d employees hired by the previous AKP administration who have not shown up for work since the new co-mayors took office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MA reporter Esra Solin Dal, charged with “membership in a terrorist organization”, has been placed in solitary confinement at the Bak\u0131rk\u00f6y Women’s Closed Prison in \u0130stanbul. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalists Derya Us and Nurcan Yal\u00e7\u0131n were detained during morning raids in Diyarbak\u0131r. A lawsuit was filed against lawyer Necat \u00c7i\u00e7ek on the charge of “providing legal services to those who are prosecuted for crimes related to the organization”, citing the allegations of confessor \u00dcmit Akb\u0131y\u0131k. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Communication giant Turkcell has appointed Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University rector Naci \u0130nci to its executive board, which features former deputies of the ruling AKP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 1- 5 May 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 05.05.2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A second major raid takes place in Istanbul in connection with the protests on 1 May. Seventy people are apparently wanted and the police have smashed down flat doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

38 people who were taken into custody in Istanbul on 1 May were sent to prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reacting to the Ministry of Justice’s response that there is “no isolation”, PKK Leader Abdullah \u00d6calan’s brother Mehmet \u00d6calan asked, “If there is no isolation and violation, why can’t we meet?”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Felicity Party chair Temel Karamollao\u011flu has announced that he would step down from his position due to \u201chealth issues.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 04.05.2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Families of PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan and three other prisoners under absolute isolation in \u0130mral\u0131 applied for a meeting with their relatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fourth hearing of the case filed against Leyla Zana on the charge of “making propaganda for a terrorist organization” was held in Ankara. The prosecutor repeated his request for a prison sentence. Trial adjourned until July. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prosecutor’s statements were taken from 14 people who were taken into custody on Thursday within the scope of an investigation initiated by the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. 12 of the 14 people were released on judicial control, while Nesibe Akan and Mahmut Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m were sent to prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A court has sentenced journalist Bar\u0131\u015f Terko\u011flu to a 2 year prison sentence for \u201ctargeting individuals involved in counterterrorism efforts.\u201d The charge concerned two news articles detailing the court rulings from then-judge and current deputy Justice Minister Ak\u0131n G\u00fcrlek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 03.05.2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The police have detained 29 people with early morning raids at their homes, for participating in the Workers\u2019 Day march in Istanbul deemed \u201cillegal\u201d by the Istanbul Governor\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Izmir, Koray Kesik, the art director of the documentary Bakur, was detained. Three houses were raided in the morning in Mardin’s Nusaybin district. One person was detained during the house raids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan, after his first one-on-one meeting with the CHP chair \u00d6zel in eight years, stated he would visit the CHP at the earliest opportunity, saying, “Turkey needs this.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHP deputies have walked from the Parliament to the Education Ministry to protest the latter\u2019s new curriculum. The deputies said the new curriculum serves the AKP\u2019s \u201cown ideological obsessions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 02.05.2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A joint statement was made after Numan Kurtulmu\u015f’s visit to the DEM Party. While Kurtulmu\u015f stated that the demands were conveyed, DEM Party Co-Chair T\u00fclay Hatimo\u011fullar\u0131 said that road cleaning is needed for the construction of a democratic Turkey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was stated that a military operation was launched in the rural areas of Diyarbak\u0131r’s Lice, Kulp and Silvan districts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The third hearing of the trial against IHD Co-Chair Eren Keskin and IHD member G\u00fcllistan Yark\u0131n was held in Istanbul. Both were acquitted as the elements of the crime did not exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first hearing of the case filed against lawyer \u00d6z\u00fcm Vurgun due to “being an illegal organization member” ended in a verdict. The court ruled that the charges against Vurgun were not proven and acquitted her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 22nd hearing of the trial in which Mehmet Kam\u0131\u015f, former Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the closed Zaman newspaper, is being tried for “attempting to abolish or prevent the functioning of the Turkish Grand National Assembly,” was held in \u0130stanbul. The court decided to extend Mehmet Kam\u0131\u015f’s detention. Trial adjourned until July. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 01.05.2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police attacked protestors with pepper spray and plastic bullets, and detained at least 217 during Istanbul’s Workers’ Day celebrations.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that Turkey would join in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamas made a statement praising MHP President Devlet Bah\u00e7eli. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parliament Speaker Kurtulmu\u015f has visited CHP leader \u00d6zel as part of the preparations for the new constitution by the government. After the visit, \u00d6zel said there was no need for a new constitution \u201cwhen the constitution is not being respected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emine \u015eenya\u015far, who continued her protest in front of the Ministry of Justice for the 90th day, once again demanded that the records of the incident be revealed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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