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Turkey Weekly 28 June – 4 July<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 4 July 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In the Kobane trial, the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has requested an appeal against the release of 4 HDP politicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hunger strike in Turkish prisons against solitary confinement of PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan enters day 220. 
65 of the 83 people who were arrested in Diyarbak\u0131r on 22 June were taken to prison. 
The administration of Bogazi\u00e7i University has restricted entrance to the Istanbul institute until Monday, in a move that has left two professors unable to enter campus. Police attacked students who protested the ban. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19:<\/strong>\u00a0The Ministry of Health has not yet updated the figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 3 July 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The lawyer of dismissed and imprisoned MP \u00d6mer Faruk Gergerlio\u011flu says that the Constitutional Court’s verdict has not been served on him or the local court. However, the press has the document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dismissed Co-Mayor of E\u011fil Municipality in Diyarbak\u0131r was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Saturday Mothers came together in week 849 to ask those responsible for the death of Ayd\u0131n Ay who disappeared in Batman 28 years ago. 
Despite three hospital reports seriously ill prisoner Hakk\u0131 Turgay who is imprisoned in Band\u0131rma has not been released. 
Covid-19: Figures have not yet been published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 2 July 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

ECtHR finds no rights violations in death fasting lawyers\u2019 case, says they \u201cvoluntarily put their lives at risk\u201d.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkish prosecutors seek up to four-year jail term for main opposition leader Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu in Erdo\u011fan ‘insult’ case through his “so-called president” remark. 
Lawyers and family of PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office to meet with their client. 
YouTube has removed the video of a speech by Presidency Communications Director Fahrettin Altun due to \u201chate speech\u201d against Armenians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second hearing of the trial where journalists Adnan Bilen, Cemil U\u011fur, \u015eehriban Abi, Nazan Sala & Zeynep Durgut face \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d charges was held in Van.\u00a0Bilen, U\u011fur, Abi and Sala were arrested on October 9, 2020 and remained in pre-trial detention for almost six months for reporting on the torture and throwing off of Osman \u015eiban and Servet\u00a0 Turgut from a helicopter by military personnel in Van\u2019s \u00c7atak district.\u00a0Court reduced Zeynep Durgut\u2019s signature obligation to monthly and ruled for the continuation of the same judicial control on behalf of other defendants. Journos international travel ban also not lifted. Trial adjourned until October.\u00a0
Covid-19:<\/strong> The figures have not yet been published.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 1 July 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Shortly after CHP and \u0130Y\u0130 Party MPs, the HDP MPs have also withdrawn from Turkey\u2019s Parliamentary Commission for Inquiring the Causes of Violence Against Women.\u00a0
Police intervened against the first Pride March in Eski\u015fehir and detained 30 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First hearing of the trial where Die Welt correspondent Deniz Y\u00fccel faces \u201cdegrading the Turkish Nation and State\u201d and \u201cinsulting the President\u201d charges could not be held today since the judge was on leave. The Istanbul court will determine a new date in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trial where journo Caner Ta\u015fp\u0131nar is accused of insulting former Speaker of the Parliament \u0130smail Kahraman and AKP MP Ali \u0130hsan Arslan in his book “Son-in-law: Fethullahists’ Fathers in Law from AKP” resumed in \u0130stanbul. The prosecutor, who was assigned to this court a very short time ago, requested extra time to review the file and prepare a final opinion. Court accepted the request, adjourned the trial until October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19:<\/strong> 5,288 new infections and 42 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 30 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey’s Council of State has rejected an appeal seeking the reversal of a presidential decree that pulled the country out of the Istanbul Convention.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trial where freelance journalist Hayri Demir is accused of \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d and \u201cterrorist propaganda\u201d charges resumed in Ankara. Evidence presented in the indictment against the journalist  includes photos taken while covering news in Syria. Trial adjourned until October. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Appeal hearing of journalists \u00d6mer \u00c7elik, \u00c7a\u011fda\u015f Kaplan, \u0130nan Kizilkaya, Hamza G\u00fcnd\u00fcz, Vahap Ta\u015f and Kemal Sanc\u0131l\u0131, who were acquitted of \u201cidentifying officials on anti-terror duty as targets\u201d by a Diyarbak\u0131r local court was held today. Journos stood trial for an article about Musa \u00c7itil, Gendermarie Regional Commander of Diyarbak\u0131r at the time. Diyarbak\u0131r Regional Court\u2019s 2nd Penal Chamber ruled that local court\u2019s decision to acquit the journalists is appropriate and rejected the prosecution\u2019s request for an appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkish police detained 20 people at a small Pride march in the capital Ankara.
While the Health Ministry\u2019s coronavirus vaccination campaign is moving apace, the desired vaccination rates have not yet been reached in some cities, especially in Kurdish-majority ones.
Covid-19: The figures have not yet been published. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 29 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The prosecutor conducting the investigation into the \u015eenya\u015far Case has been changed again. The new prosecutor appointed to the case is the 8th prosecutor of the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seventh hearing of the trial where Free Journalists Initiative spokesperson Hakk\u0131 Boltan is charged with “insulting the president” due to a press statement he made resumed in Diyarbak\u0131r. Boltan won’t be attending, as he was exempted from attending the hearings. Court sentences Hakk\u0131 Boltan to 1 year 2 months and 17 days in prison for \u201cinsulting the President\u201d charges and 10 months in prison for \u201cinsulting a public officer\u201d charge for his statements on former PM Ahmet Davuto\u011flu. Sentences are not deferred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third hearing of the re-trial where Azadiya Welat newspaper\u2019s former Managing Editor \u0130smail \u00c7oban faces \u201cterror propaganda\u201d charges was held in Diyarbak\u0131r \u00c7oban is behind bars due to another file against him. Verdict announced: Court sentenced \u0130smail \u00c7oban to 4 years and 6 months in prison for \u201cmaking terror propaganda\u201d charges. \u00c7oban was previously handed down a 5-year sentence in this case, which was overturned. 
24th hearing of the trial where since shuttered Dicle News Agency’s (D\u0130HA) former reporter Engin Eren faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d charges resumed in Batman. Court accepts the prosecution\u2019s request for time to prepare the final opinion as to the accusation, sends the case-file over to the prosecutor\u2019s office for the opinion to be completed. Trial adjourned until October. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Court has lifted the international travel ban on Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University students standing trial for carrying rainbow flags. 
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 5,846 new infections and 53 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 28 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Deputy Interior Minister Mehmet Ers\u00f6z argues that police violence against journalist B\u00fclent K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7 during the \u0130stanbul #Pride was not \u201ctyranny\u201d. The journalist says the police \u201ctried to leave him breathless by pressing his neck\u201d.\u00a0
Third hearing of the trial where Yeni Ya\u015fam daily reporter Hatice \u015eahin faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. Court ruled to request the indictment and hearing minutes of journalist Kibriye Evren\u2019s trial since her name was mentioned in a secret witness\u2019 statement in this case. Judicial control measures against \u015eahin are not lifted, trial adjourned until October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An administrative court in Ankara has stopped the execution of the termination of scholarships and loans of Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University students for protesting Melih Bulu, the appointed rector of the university. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accepting the appeals against the fines on two discharged teachers protesting for their jobs, two judgeships have concluded that abiding by COVID-19 curfews is not an obligation openly regulated by law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19:<\/strong> 5,283 new infections and 58 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Weekly 20 – 27 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 27 June 2021 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hunger strike in Turkish prisons against solitary confinement of Kurdish political leader Abdullah \u00d6calan enters day 213. 
In Siirt’s Pervari district, soldiers attacked a van carrying 84 refugees from Afghanistan and Pakistan. Two people were killed and 12 injured. According to governor’s office the van had ignored a stop order. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The forest fires in Bing\u00f6l continue. Local resources report that extinguishing measures are insufficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kanal Istanbul project kicks off with bridge construction despite environmental concerns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ye\u015fim T\u00fckel, who was taken into custody during the house raids against the Revolutionary Party on June 22, although no arrest warrant was issued for her, was threatened with rape by special operations police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19:<\/strong> Health Ministry reported 4,883 new infections and 52 deaths in the last 24 hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 26 June 2021 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyza \u00dcst\u00fcn, \u0130brahim Binici, Zeki \u00c7elik and Emine Ayna, who were released in the Koban\u00ea Case, were released from prison.
The Saturday Mothers came together in week 848 to ask those responsible for the death of Recep Diker who disappeared in Diyarbakir on 14 September 1994. Diker and his family were forced to leave their village in Diyarbak\u0131r’s Silvan district as it was burned down by the Turkish military.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite last-minute banning, police attacked of \u0130stanbul 19th LGBTI+ Pride March. Using plastic bullets, police have taken at least six people into custody. 
Journalist B\u00fclent K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7 from AFP was also arrested while following the march. An officer stepped on his throat before detaining him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 5,266 new infections and 51 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 25 June 2021 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stripped of his MP status and arrested in Sincan Prison in Ankara for 85 days, HDP Kocaeli MP \u00d6mer Faruk Gergerlio\u011flu\u2019s application will be examined and concluded by the Constitutional Court on July 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourth hearing of the trial where former Exec. Board members of the Diyarbak\u0131r Bar Association face \u201cdegrading the state\u201d and \u201cprovoking the public to hatred and hostility\u201d charges, was adjourned until November 17 due to a change in the panel of judges and the excused absence of the lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey has shelled the Duhok district of KRI at least 7 times yesterday. According to NRT’s report, 200 sheep died in two separate bombardments against an agricultural facility in Dere\u015f\u00ea village. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A court has ordered an access ban on Sedat Peker\u2019s YouTube, Twitter and Instagram accounts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19:<\/strong>\u00a0Health Ministry reported 5,630 new infections and 56 deaths in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 24 June 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 4 people, including HDP Esenyurt district administrators and Free Women’s Movement (TJA) activists, were detained in house raids in Istanbul early this morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

HDP Foreign Relations Committee member Nazmi G\u00fcr explained that they were subjected to ill-treatment in the Sincan Closed Prison where they were held during the Koban\u00ea Case hearing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over 100 university students have scholarships canceled for participating in Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i protests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third hearing of the trial where photographer and poet Mehmet \u00d6zer faces \u201cmaking terror propaganda\u201d charges for six Facebook posts he shared between 2012 and 2015 was held in Ankara. Hearing was adjourned until October, because the panel of judges had not yet reviewed \u00d6zer and his lawyer\u2019s defense statements as per the final opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trial where Cumhuriyet reporter Hazal Ocak, Managing Editor Olcay B\u00fcy\u00fckta\u015f, editor \u0130pek \u00d6zbey & photojournalist Vedat Ar\u0131k face \u201cidentifying state officials on anti-terror duty as targets\u201d & \u201cviolation of privacy\u201d charges resumed in \u0130stanbul. The prosecutor presented their final opinion in which they requested punishment for the journalists; the panel of judges granted the defense extra time for their statements as per the final opinion. Hearing adjourned until December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHP has withdrawn from the Parliamentary Commission for Inquiring Causes of Violence Against Women: \u201cWhat happened at the commission confirmed our impression that it was set up to legitimize the withdrawal from \u0130stanbul Convention\u201d.\u00a0
Covid-19: <\/strong>5,703 new infections and 59 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 23 June 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democratic Society Congress Central Council member Mehmet Nuri \u00d6zdemir was detained in Diyarbak\u0131r. 
CHP leader Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu has warned his mayors after last week’s attack on the HDP’s \u0130zmir office, saying they should be \u201cprepared for similar provocations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The director of a presidential department has been elected as the new head of the Court of Accounts, which performs audits on behalf of Turkish parliament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trial where 3 police officers, who inflicted violence on journalist Beyza Kural while she covered the 2015-protest against the Council of Higher Education (Y\u00d6K), are accused of \u201cviolation of right to work\u201d began today in \u0130stanbul Accepting hee request to intervene in the case, the court denied Kural\u2019s lawyer\u2019s request to take additional defense statements on charges of \u201cbattery\u201d and \u201cthreat.\u201d Judge ruled to bring the absent defendant to the next hearing by force for which the date was set to September 24. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0130hlas News Agency (\u0130HA) reporter Mustafa Uslu has been attacked during news follow-up in Turkey\u2019s Kocaeli province.
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 5,809 new infections and 65 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 22 June 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up to 100 people have been detained in police raids in Diyarbak\u0131r, \u0130stanbul, Adana, Ayd\u0131n and Ankara. 
4 of the 6 people arrested in Patnos\/A\u011fr\u0131 on 20 June were sent to prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKCK Press trial,\u201d which has been going on for the past 10 years, where 46 journalists face terror-related charges, resumed in \u0130stanbul. Hearing was adjourned until November, for the completion of the missing documents in the case-file.
Trial where the now-shut \u00d6zg\u00fcr G\u00fcndem\u2019s former columnists and executives face \u201cpropaganda,\u201d \u201cprovoking to commit a crime\u201d and \u201cpraising an offense or an offender\u201d charges because of \u00d6zg\u00fcr G\u00fcndem\u2019s reporting on \u201cself-governance\u201d in 2016, was held in \u0130stanbul. The court ruled to wait for the execution of the arrest warrants of two defendants and adjourned the hearing until November.
President Erdo\u011fan has announced that Turkey is set to lift the countrywide pandemic curfews as of July 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 6,143 new infections and 57 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 21 June 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sixth sitting of the third hearing in the Kobani Trial has started in Ankara.
A fire broke out in the forest of Mount Cudi, beyond the village of K\u00f6sreli in Silopi, province of \u015e\u0131rnak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortly after the deadly attack on HDP in \u0130zmir, an AKP office in Diyarbak\u0131r was attacked with a molotov cocktail. 2 suspects were detained, one of them has turned out to be the nephew of an AKP executive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three people have been detained as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Hurm\u00fcz Diril, who has been missing for 531 days. 
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 5,294 new infections and 51 deaths in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Weekly 14 – 20 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 20 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

HDP Party Council member Veli Sa\u00e7\u0131l\u0131k reported that he was subjected to violence by the police during a protest in Ankara to condemn the murder of HDP employee Deniz Poyraz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hunger strike in Turkish prisons against solitary confinement of PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan enters day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thousands of women from across Turkey flocked to Istanbul to say they won’t abandon the Istanbul Convention at a mass rally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 people including HDP member Co\u015fkun \u00c7etres were detained during police raids in Patnos\/A\u011fr\u0131.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 5,091 new infections and 63 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 19 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

72 Bar Association Presidents condemned in a statement the attack on HDP Izmir Provincial Organization and the killing of Deniz Poyraz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police forces in Batman intervened against protests regarding the attacks on HDP and the murder of HDP member Deniz Poyraz. Many people were arrested, among them the dismissed HDP co-mayors. HDP MPs Mehmet R\u00fc\u015ft\u00fc Tiryaki and Necdet \u0130peky\u00fcz were beaten by the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Saturday Mothers came together in week 847 to ask those responsible for the death of \u0130smail A\u011faya who disappeared in Batman after abduction by 3 armed persons on 29 May 1994. He worked as a roundsman for the newspaper \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00dclke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Villager resisting mine construction in Rize faces charges of ‘terror propaganda’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 5,480 new infections and 51 deaths in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 18 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Having attacked the HDP \u0130zmir office and shot HDP’s Deniz Poyraz to death, assailant Onur Gencer has been arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The assailant of the attack on HDP in \u0130zmir said, \u201cMy aim was to find a few people there. If there had been others, I would have shot at them as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The taxi driver who brought the assailant to the party building said he frequently dropped the killer who got on the taxi from Gaziemir to the HDP building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trial where 17 people, including journalists Sema Karakurt and Eylem Sonbahar face \u201cresisting the police\u201d and \u201cinsult\u201d charges due to the 2015 G20 protests in Antalya, resumed in Antalya. Lawyer of journos Sonbahar and Karakurt requested the case-file be merged with a 2018-case regarding the same incident. The court ruled to request the relevant case-file to review it; hearing was adjourned until December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the trial over the death of Berkin Elvan, the court has ruled that police officer F.D. shall be sentenced to 16 years, 8 months in prison on charge of \u201ckilling with eventual intent.\u201d F.D. has not been arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 5,575 new infections and 59 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 17 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The photos of the HDP building that was attacked by the assailant have been reached. Numerous bullet holes were discovered all over the room while the breakfasts plate of Deniz Poyraz was still on the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kobani Trial continued today. Lawyers and HDP\u2019s politicians left the courtroom, saying: \u201cAfter the attack on our party in Izmir and the murder of one of our friends; It is not possible for us to defend under these conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bill on the Amendment of the Law on the Execution of Penalties and Security Measures was accepted with the votes of AKP and MHP in Parliament. Monitoring boards will be able to see and inspect the vehicles used in the transportation of detainees and the sections where they are kept in courthouses or where they are treated in health institutions, receive information from administrators and officials, and listen to the wards of the prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Interior has launched an investigation against the 25 municipal council members of Siirt Municipality on the grounds that \u201cthe President has the authority to reduce the default interest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 5,904 new infections and 62 deaths in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 16 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Bitlis Governorate announced the ban of actions and events in the city for 15 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the hearing of the Soma Case, the court announced its decision, and the families left the hall in protest. Soma Coal Enterprises Inc. Executive Board Chair Can G\u00fcrkan has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ECtHR has concluded that the judicial fine given to a university student for \u201cinsulting Erdo\u011fan\u201d and the dismissal of a cleaning worker due to her social media likes violated their freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An ultranationalist mob has attempted to attack HDP deputies during a hearing of the Kobane trial. The group also chanted racist slogans at the courthouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 6,221 new infections and 71 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 15 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In the Koban\u00ee trial, the court has released Ayhan Bilgen, Berfin \u00d6zg\u00fc K\u00f6se, Can Memi\u015f and Cihan Erdal with an international travel ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An administrative court has rejected the lawsuit filed by MLSA against the ban of the staging of the Kurdish play B\u00ear\u00fb by Teatra Jiyana Nu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trial where journalist Ay\u015fe Kara is accused of \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d began in Diyarbak\u0131r. Indictment claims she ran operations inside Democratic Society Congress (DTK) and presents her journalistic activities as evidence for crime. Court ruled for the continuation of the travel ban imposed upon Kara and decides to send the case-file over to the prosecutor\u2019s office for the drafting of the final opinion as to the accusations. Next hearing will be in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourth hearing of the trial where Cumhuriyet Managing Editor Olcay B\u00fcy\u00fckta\u015f and former reporter Alican Uluda\u011f face \u201cpublishing the identity of an informant on anti-terrorist duty and identifying them as a target\u201d charges was held in \u0130stanbul. The journalists are acquitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three HDP MPs have brought the isolation of PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan in \u0130mral\u0131 Prison and the prisoners\u2019 ongoing hunger strike demanding an end to his isolation into Parliamentary agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 5,955 new infections and 84 deaths in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 14 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The “Koban\u00ee trial” against 108 HDP politicians continued at the Ankara 22nd Heavy Penal Court in Sincan Prison Courthouse. The defendants\u2019 requests for recusal, which were previously rejected by the court, have been rejected by the upper court as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was revealed that the prosecutor of the Koban\u00e9 Case is running another investigation against members of SES Union with the statements of the same anonymous witness, codenamed ‘Ula\u015f’. Ula\u015f testified for the law suit against the HDP to be banned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kurdish political leader Abdullah \u00d6calan’s attorneys applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office to meet with their clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republican People’s Party (CHP) has once again called on President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan to declare early elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pamukkale University says it has cancelled the two final exam questions about \u201cthe pro-Kurdish opposition party that the Turkish prosecutor\u2019s office wants to be banned by the top court of the country\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 5,626 new infections and 74 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Weekly 7 – 13 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 13 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Hunger strike against solidarity confinement of Kurdish political leader Abdullah \u00d6calan enters day 199.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The forest fire that started during the military offensive in Diyarbakir’s Dicle district has spread to the border of Elaz\u0131\u011f.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HDP politicians Fener G\u00fcnana and Ahmet Suba\u015f\u0131 who were detained in \u0130stanbul 4 days ago were sent to prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19<\/strong>: Health Ministry reported 5,012 new infections and 53 deaths in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 12 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey detains HDP Hakkari district co-chairs in latest crackdown on party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fire, which broke out on Friday during military operations in the forest area in the countryside of Darge\u00e7it, is still burning and no intervention has been made to extinguish it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Saturday Mothers came together in week 846 to ask those responsible for the death of Murat Aslan who disappeared in Diyarbak\u0131r after detention by the police on 10 June 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mafia leader Sedat Peker says prisons director visited him in jail upon Erdo\u011fan’s instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey plans to roll out COVID vaccines to all over-20s by end of June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: <\/strong>6,076 new infections and 75 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 11 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Constitutional Court rejects application on Cizre’s 3rd basement massacre. The Official Gazette explained why the Constitutional Court rejected the application regarding the massacre carried out by the Turkish state in the 3rd basement during the self-government resistance in Cizre: Missing Documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 22 years and 3 months prison sentence given to DTK Co-chair Leyla G\u00fcven, who was arrested after she was stripped of her parliamentary status, was upheld by the Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ozan Kaplano\u011flu, the Managing Chief Editor of BursaMuhalif.com local news website, has been sentenced to 1 year, 10 months, 15 days in prison on the grounds that he reported on the press statement against Turkey’s “Afrin Operation” into Syria in 2018. He reported on the statement against Turkey\u2019s operation with the headline \u201cWe side with peace, not war\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trial where journalist Rrustem Batum faces \u201cpublicly denigrating the state\u2019s military and law enforcement personnel\u201d charges pursuant to Turkish Penal Code\u2019s notorious Article 301 resumed in \u0130stanbul. Court ruled to wait for the execution of the arrest warrant issued for Batum in order for his defense statement to be received. Trial adjourned until November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19:<\/strong> 6,261 new infections and 69 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 10 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The lawyers who requested the indictment against the HDP regarding the law suit to ban the party was told, “There is a strict order of the Chief Prosecutor, no information or document will be given.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CoE department for the execution of judgments of the ECtHR discussed the Demirta\u015f case. As the deadline for Turkish authorities to submit an action plan didn’t expire yet, they didn’t examine the general measures. The examination will continue at the next meeting in September.
Trial where Van-based freelance journalist Ru\u015fen Takva faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist org\u201d & defying the Law on Assemblies and Demonstrations charges for covering a march that was supposed to take place in Van began in Van. Following defense statements presented today, the court decided to send the case-file over to the prosecutor\u2019s office for the final opinion as to the accusations to be drafted. Trial adjourned until October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A penal judgeship of peace in Ankara has imposed an access block on nine tweets of Sedat Peker where he made some allegations about Ankara Regional Administrative Court\u2019s Presiding Judge Toklu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: <\/strong>Health Ministry reported 6,408 new infections and 96 deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 9 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

At least 12 people including HDP members and executives, were detained in a police operation carried out in 8 boroughs of Istanbul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Constitutional court has ruled that the arrest of \u0130dil Eser, the former director of Amnesty Turkey, during the B\u00fcy\u00fckada trial caused a rights violation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prosecutor requests up to five years imprisonment of Nurcan Kaya due to her tweet regarding Koban\u00ea on charges of consecutive \u201cterrorist propaganda.\u201d Next hearing will be held on Sep 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second hearing of the trial where journalist Nurcan Yal\u00e7\u0131n faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist org\u201d charges as part of the investigation launched against Rosa Women\u2019s Association was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. Court ruled to ask Diyarbak\u0131r Security Directorate\u2019s Anti-Terror Branch in writing if they have any information on whether Jin News, the news agency that NurcanYal\u00e7\u0131n works for, has any connections to the PKK. Trial adjourned until September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan says regarding the Sedat Peker videos the source of \u201cslanders\u201d against his party are PKK, FET\u00d6, \u201cthe leftovers of Armenian groups\u201d and criminal organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: <\/strong>6,454 new infections and 87 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 8 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Van Metropolitan Municipality Co-Mayor Mustafa Avc\u0131 who was dismissed from office and replaced by a trustee was detained with a raid on his home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A high criminal court has requested a red notice for Can D\u00fcndar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cumhuriyet newspaper investigated over report on Sedat Peker videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seventh hearing of the trial where Mesopotamia News Agency reporter Ruken Demir faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d charges based on phone conversations with her news sources resumed in \u0130zmir. The original panel of \u0130zmir 19th High Criminal Court was excused. The panel on duty decided to complete the review of the cyber examination report on the journalists\u2019 confiscated hard disks and digital materials until the next hearing. Trial adjourned until October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third hearing of the trial where journalist Melike Ayd\u0131n faces \u201cmembership in a terror org\u201d charges based on phone convo\u2019s with news sources & a book found at her home titled \u201cColor Purple of Kurdish Politics\u201d was held in \u0130zmir. Court acquits the journalist of all charges due to a lack of incriminating evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prosecutor demands 3 years in prison for journalists Canan Co\u015fkun, Can U\u011fur and Ali A\u00e7ar on the grounds that they allegedly revealed the identity of the police officer who had shot Berkin Elvan during Gezi protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0130stanbul Regional Court of Appeals completed its review of the case where journalist Sabiha Temizkan was sentenced to 1 yr 3 mo in prison for \u201cterror propaganda\u201d due to a single tweet she posted in 2014. Court acquitted the journalist of all charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ECtHR has concluded that the right to liberty and security and freedom of expression of Ali Bula\u00e7, who stood trial in Zaman newspaper case, have been violated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 6,609 new infections and 86 deaths in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 7 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Put on trial for joining the protests against Turkey’s possible withdrawal from the \u0130stanbul Convention in August 2020, 33 women had their first hearing at the 28th Penal Court of First Instance today. Police intervened against the women who wanted to hold a press statement before the first hearing. Several women have been detained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHP Eski\u015fehir MP Utku \u00c7ak\u0131r\u00f6zer visited Osman Kavala, Selahattin Demirta\u015f and Sel\u00e7uk Koza\u011fa\u00e7l\u0131 in Silivri and Edirne Prisons: \u201cKavala, Demirta\u015f and all prisoners of thought must be freed as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ranchers can not ranch due to military operations of Turkey in Hakkari and \u015e\u0131rnak provinces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Progressive Lawyers Group has both announced that they will file a criminal complaint regarding the allegations of Sedat Peker and shared a petition sample for the citizens who want to follow suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workers’ Party of Turkey (T\u0130P) deputy Ahmet \u015e\u0131k is under investigation over his comments on Sedat Peker videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Face-to-face education resumes at secondary and high schools starting from today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19:<\/strong> 5,647 new infections and 91 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey Weekly 1 June – 6 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 6 June 2021 <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Curfews were imposed in 22 places in Bitlis due to a military offensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hunger strike in Turkish prisons against solitary confinement of Kurdish political leader Abdullah \u00d6calan enters day 192.
A Turkish court has sentenced ISIS member Arkan Taha Ahmad, one of the perpetrators of the Speicher Massacre in which 1,700 people were killed in Iraq, to house arrest for two months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u015eenya\u015far family demands disclosure of the hospital records.
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 5,386 new infections and 96 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 5 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Verified Facebook account of Mesopotamia News Agency has been suspended. 
The Diyarbak\u0131r Bar Association and the Human Rights Association have published a report proving that \u015e\u00fckriye Gezgin, who is detained in the women’s prison, was tortured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Tatvan, soldiers confiscated flour sacks from villagers at a checkpoint. A maximum of 5 kg was allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Turkish army launched a new offensive in Lice. After helicopters flew over the region, forest fires broke out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Saturday Mothers came together in the 845nd week to ask those responsible for the death of Kurdish businessman Sava\u015f Buldan, Hac\u0131 Karay and Adnan Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m. The three were detained on 3 June 1994 and found dead afterwards. 
Three years have passed since the murder of 3 people from the \u015eenya\u015far family. Staging a sit in demanding justice for the last 3 months, mother Emine \u015eenya\u015far and her son Ferit was detained 4 times in this process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 6,126 new infections and 92 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 4 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Eseng\u00fcl K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7, a member of the HDP party council, was arrested on her way from \u0130stanbul to Ankara. The reason given was an arrest warrant.
Twelve students have been put on trial for displaying rainbow flags in Istanbul. The previously issued registration orders were partially lifted, but the bans on leaving the country were reaffirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trial where 38 people incl. journalists Mustafa S\u00f6nmez, Sedef Kabas, Merdan Yanarda\u011f & Bloomberg reporters Kerim Karakaya & Fercan Yal\u00e7\u0131nk\u0131l\u0131\u00e7 are accused of sharing “false, wrong, or deceptive information” to affect the markets for their reporting resumedin Istanbul today. Court stated that the expert report on whether each defendant gained material benefit per Capital Markets Law by their reporting was completed. Experts established no benefit. BDDK lawyers given time to prepare statement in response to the report, trial adjourned until July. 
Turkey remains on EU’s travel list of COVID-risky countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 6,169 new infections and 94 deaths in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 3 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Another application has been made to defer the execution of the prison sentence of 83-year-old \u00d6zkan, whose court records show that he has been in prison for 25 years for a crime he did not commit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd hearing of the trial where journalist A. Rahman G\u00f6k is accused of \u201cmembership in a terrorist org\u201d & \u201cterror propaganda\u201d was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. G\u00f6k faces up to 20 years for his conversations with news sources and the content of his reporting. G\u00f6k noted that secret witness statements implying that he took photos under orders from an organization aren\u2019t truthful. Court ruled to send the case-file over to the prosecutor\u2019s office for the final opinion to be drafted, adjourned the trial until September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trial where journalist Rojda O\u011fuz faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist org\u201d and \u201cterror propaganda\u201d charges resumed in Van. Evidence against the journo include press statements she had attended as well as her social media posts. Court adjourned the trial until October in order to hear the remaining witnesses in the file and continue receiving defense statements of defendants who have not testified yet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trial where since-defunct \u00d6zg\u00fcr G\u00fcndem daily\u2019s former managing editor Reyhan \u00c7apan faces \u201cterror propaganda\u201d & \u201cpublishing statements of terrorist org\u2019s\u201d charges where 18 separate indictments were merged resumed in \u0130stanbul. Court ruled to wait for the execution of arrest warrants issued against defendants B\u00fclent Toraman, Cim\u015fit At\u0131lgan and Nebahat Akman. Trial is adjourned until November.
Giving his statement as part of an investigation launched into the assassination of journalist Kutlu Adal\u0131 in Cyprus in 1996, Atilla Peker, the brother of Sedat Peker, has been released on probation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 6,602 new infections and 114 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 2 June 2021 <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The motions tabled by CHP \u0130stanbul MP Sezgin Tanr\u0131kulu questioning the whereabouts of the lost 128 billion dolars were returned on grounds that these questions can not be asked according to the Article 97 of the Internal Regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court, which issued an arrest warrant for HDP PM member F\u0131rat Keser, justified the decision by saying that Keser lives close to the Van- Iran border and therefore he is at flight risk. Keser was arrested 28 May. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attorneys of PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan applied again to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office to meet with their client. 
According to the Presidential decision published in the Official Gazette, 10 new faculties have been opened at eight universities while one faculty and two vocational schools of three universities have been closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Held in detention in Ankara for eight days, the members of the Health and Social Service Laborers\u2019 Union (SES) have been released. 
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 7,181 new infections and 112 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 1 June 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

58 bar chairs have released a statement about the intervention faced by locals resisting a marble quarry in Van: \u201cLaying claim to one\u2019s living space is not a crime; give up the project, apologize to villagers\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expert sergeant Musa Orhan who raped \u0130pek Er, causing her to commit suicide was not arrested at the third hearing of the case against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police and private security guards once again locked the doors of Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University\u2019s South Campus, not letting students in.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Future Party leader and former Foreign Minister Ahmet Davuto\u011flu says he had no links to intel trucks bound for Syria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 7,112 new infections and 129 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 31 May 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Put on trial for “being a member of a terrorist organization” and acquitted in January 2020, Assoc. Prof. Tuna Alt\u0131nel, a lecturer at Lyon-1 University and an Academic for Peace, has received his passport.
\u0130stanbul 10th Administrative Court scheduled a hearing to hear MLSA\u2019s demand for the suspension of the execution of the decision to ban Teatra Jiyana Nu\u2019s Kurdish play. 
A series of rallies will be held in Turkey\u2019s three Kurdish-majority eastern provinces with the slogans \u201cMake Kurdish language the official and education language in Turkey\u201d.
The court has rejected the request for recusal of the family of Metin Lokumcu, a retired teacher who was affected by pepper gas and had a heart attack during the police intervention into a protest before Erdo\u011fan\u2019s rally in Hopa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ban on demonstrations in \u0130kizdere where villagers were fighting against a stone pit was extended by the governor’s office of Rize for another two weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: The figures have not yet been published. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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