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Turkey Today – 30.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Applying to the Court of Cassation, Ministry of Justice has requested that the legal proceedings against Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk over his novel \u201cNights of Plague\u201d be overturned \u201cfor the sake of law\u201d.\u00a0
PKK Leader Abdullah \u00d6calan’s family and lawyers made another application to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office and the prison administration, demanding an urgent meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emine \u015eenya\u015far, who is staging a sit in for justice for her husband and two sons who were murdered in Urfa, was summoned by police to give a statement for the 9th time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taken into custody on charge of \u201cpolitical and military espionage\u201d, DEVA Party founding member Metin G\u00fcrcan has been arrested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At today’s hearing of the trial where PEN Germany\u2019s President and Die Welt correspondent Deniz Y\u00fccel faces \u201cinsulting a public official\u201d charge,the prosecutor requested that Y\u00fccel be sentenced to 2 years, 4 months in prison. 
The 3rd hearing of the trial where video activist and documentarist Oktay \u0130nce faces \u201cinsulting the president\u201d charges because of several social media posts, was held today. The court’s sentenced Oktay \u0130nce to 1 year 2 months and 17 days in prison for “insulting  the president” and deferred the announcement of the verdict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 25,216 new infections and 207 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 29.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Police officers have battered children and called them “traitors” during a raid on the house of journalist Dilbirin Turgut in the province of Batman.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asr\u0131n Law Office’s application to Bursa Execution Judge for an “immediate meeting” was rejected on the grounds of a 6-month lawyer and 3-month family visit ban given to PKK Leader Abdullah \u00d6calan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In three transphobic attacks in \u0130zmir one trans women lost her life and three others were injured. 
The \u0130stanbul 33rd Labor Court has ruled that seven workers dismissed for unionization shall be reinstated in their jobs at the Yurti\u00e7i Kargo courier company and the company shall pay damages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2nd hearing of the trial against 52 students of Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University was held in \u0130stanbul. The court’s decided to lift the judicial control measures on those defendants who have provided their statements, to accept their requests to be exempted from attending the hearings and to issue a writ requesting the statements of those abroad be taken via letters rogatory. Trial adjourned until February. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 24,317 new infections and 189 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Weekly 22 – 28 November 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 28.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

At least nineteen people have been taken into custody in Ankara during a rally in response to the currency crisis. Among those detained is JinNews reporter \u00d6zn\u00fcr De\u011fer.
Yesterday, at least 58 people were detained during house raids in Mardin, \u015e\u0131rnak, Kars and Van. 
Turkish police raided the house of journalist Dilbirin Turgut in Batman and threatened family members, including children, with a gun to their heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tahir El\u00e7i, President of Amed Bar Association, was commemorated on the sixth anniversary of his murder. The lawyers walked to the spot where El\u00e7i was shot wearing their robes and reiterated their demand for justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u015eenya\u015far Family’s search for justice continues on day 264. The family lost three members as a result of the attacks of AKP Deputy \u0130brahim Halil Y\u0131ld\u0131z and his relatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 21,655 new infections and 213 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 27.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Manisa Police Department has displayed former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirta\u015f’s books as evidence of \u201cterrorism\u201d after raiding a group of HDP members’ houses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nazan Sala, who reported military torture of Van citizens, faces second lawsuit on bogus terror charges. She was jailed for 175 days pre-trial in first case that is yet ongoing.
Saturday Mothers came together in week 870 to draw attention to the ongoing court case. 
Germany’s Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid in the Federal Foreign Office, B\u00e4rbel Kofler says Council of Europe will decide in a few days ‘on how to proceed’ with regards to Osman Kavala case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amnesty International calls on Council of Europe to launch infringement proceedings against Turkey for refusing to release Osman Kavala. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 23,759 new infections and 192 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 26.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

33 women including lawyers and journalists are on trial for defending the \u0130stanbul Convention. The hearing was held in Ankara. 1 years 6 months to 3 years of imprisonment is requested. 
The second hearing of the “Gezi Trial” which has been merged with the \u201c\u00c7ar\u015f\u0131 Case\u201d where 51 people including Osman Kavala, Can D\u00fcndar and Mehmet Ali Alabora face numerous charges was held in \u0130stanbul. Osman Kavala didn’t attend the meeting. Court ruled for continuation of imprisonment. 
Veysi Altan, being held in Mara\u015f T\u00fcrko\u011flu No. 1 Type T Closed Prison, stated that they were subjected to threats by the guards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the October 10 Ankara massacre case lawyers have applied to the Constitutional Court as the complaint against two prosecutors for \u201chiding evidence\u201d was quashed by the decision of the Court of Cassation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEVA Party Founders\u2019 Committee member and academic Metin G\u00fcrcan has been taken into custody on charge of \u201cpolitical espionage\u201d. 
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 24,002 new infections and 201 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 25.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Despite a police blockade, women take to streets in Taksim, \u0130stanbul to mark Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hearing of the trial where dokuz8HABER’s chief editor G\u00f6khan Bi\u00e7ici faces “insulting the president” charges was held at 8th Criminal Court of First Instance. Trial adjourned until February 2022. 
The fifth hearing of the trial where journalist Fatih G\u00f6n\u00fcl faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d was held in Ankara. The court’s acquitted him of all charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first hearing of the trial where 52 students of Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University face \u201cdefying the Law no. 2911\u201d and \u201cdeprivation of liberty\u201d charges was held in \u0130stanbul. The court’s decided to lift the judicial control measures imposed upon the defendants. Trial adjourned until November 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suspended in March 2020 as part of COVID-19 measures, contact visits will resume in prisons starting from December 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 24,467 new infections and 222 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 24.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The court has rejected the lawyers\u2019 request for filing a criminal complaint against the public officials responsible for the police attack on Saturday Mothers\/People during their 700th gathering at Galatasaray. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An application was made to the Ministry of Justice, General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses and Human Rights Department to meet with PKK Leader Abdullah \u00d6calan and prisoners \u00d6mer Hayri Konar, Hamili Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m and Veysi Akta\u015f.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JinNews reporter Derya Ren and MA reporter Eylem Akda\u011f  were battered by police and gendarmerie while covering women\u2019s cemetery visit in Diyarbak\u0131r on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MA reporter Emrullah Acar, who was detained in Urfa on 19 November on the allegation of “being a member of a terrorist organization”, was released on condition of judicial control. 
Six more students have been suspended from Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University for protesting appointed rector Naci \u0130nci at their campus on October 4. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 27,592 new infections and 175 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 23.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

A total of 16 new summaries of proceedings have been submitted to the Parliament seeking to revoke the parliamentary membership of 13 deputies of HDP, incl. co-chair Pervin Buldan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MA reporter Emrullah Acar’s detention period has been extended for another 4 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second hearing of the trial where video activist and documentarist Oktay \u0130nce faces \u201cinsulting the president\u201d charges was held today. The court’s accepted the request of \u0130nce’s lawyer for extra time to prepare their defense statements and adjourned the trial until November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2nd hearing of the trial where 17 people who were arrested during a press statement by Kocaeli Student Solidarity,face \u201cdefying the Law no. 2911\u201d and \u201cprevention of duty\u201d charges was held in Kocaeli. As the presiding judge is on leave, the hearing’s been postponed to a later date. 
Police officer S.K. has been sentenced to 4 years, 5 months, 10 days in prison for running over 19-year-old \u015eahin \u00d6ner with an armored vehicle in Diyarbak\u0131r in 2013. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

President and ruling AKP Chair Erdo\u011fan has dismissed the opposition parties\u2019 pressing calls for a snap election in Turkey, arguing that \u201cholding an election every 15-20 months is what primitive tribes do\u201d. 
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 28,170 new infections and 208 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 22.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In the investigation launched against Mesopotamia Agency reporter Emrullah Acar, who has been detained for the last 3 days, a confidentiality order has been brought to the file.
Journalist Nurcan Yal\u00e7\u0131n has been sentenced to 3 years, 7 months in prison for \u201cterror propaganda\u201d. The evidence against her was her membership in a women\u2019s association and statements of an anonymous witness.  
Cemile Karaka\u015f stated that she was subjected to a strip search and fainted while she went to visit her son, who is being held in Silivri Prison No. 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ruling AKP states that \u201cthere is no reason for holding a snap election\u201d amid the opposition parties\u2019 pressing demands for an urgent snap election. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Physicians have protested violence in healthcare: \u201cOnly in 2020, Turkey saw nearly 12 thousand incidents of violence in healthcare\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 24,856 new infections and 193 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Weekly 15 – 21 November<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 21.11.2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Suru\u00e7 Families Initiative came together in Kad\u0131k\u00f6y to mark the 76th month since the Suru\u00e7 Massacre and underlined that the government is trying to prevent the search for justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u015eenya\u015far Family’s search for justice continues on day 258. The family lost three members as a result of the attacks of AKP Deputy \u0130brahim Halil Y\u0131ld\u0131z and his relatives. 
The chair of Felicitas Party Karamollao\u011flu said he refused an offer of President Erdo\u011fan to join the country’s ruling alliance. 
As the drug crisis in Turkey deepens, with 645 medications currently unavailable on the market according to the Turkish Pharmacists\u2019 Association, many Turkish citizens are now reporting that they are unable to find flu vaccines.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 21,177 new infections and 195 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 20.11.2021<\/strong>
A court released world-famous Syrian singer Omar Souleyman from custody two days after he was detained on terrorism charges. Although Souleyman is currently free, it is not yet known whether Turkish prosecutors will decide to prosecute him or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A party assembly member of the Democratic Regions Party, Naz\u0131m K\u00f6k, has been sentenced to 11 months and 20 days in prison for \u201cinsulting Turkish president Erdo\u011fan\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family of PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan has submitted a new application to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office for permission to visit him. 
Saturday Mothers came together in week 869 to ask those responsible for the death of Hayrettin Eren who disappeared after detention on 21 November 1980 in \u0130stanbul. 
The 26th hearing of the trial where 76 people including journalist Engin Eren face “membership in a terrorist organization” was held in Batman yesterday. The court decided to send the case file to the prosecution so that they can prepare their final opinion as to the merits of the case and adjourned the trial until January 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After being used by more than 8 million people to treat Covid-19 in Turkey, a new study has declared the drug favipiravir to be ineffective in the fight against the virus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 23,347 new infections and 201 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 19.11.2021<\/strong>
An investigation has been launched against the ones who distributed leaflets inviting people to a commemoration in Dersim marking the 84th year since Seyit R\u0131za and his friends were executed in Elaz\u0131\u011f province. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MA reporter Emrullah Acar was detained with a raid on his house early this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JinNews news agency has announced that the house of its reporter Hikmet Tun\u00e7 in Edremit district in eastern province of Van was raided by plain clothes police officers and gendarmerie on the grounds that there was a \u201cbomb call\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dismissed and banned from entering Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University by the appointed rectorate, academic Can Candan was not let in the campus where he was invited to a class in which his documentary would be screened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having spent 80 days behind bars based on an informant\u2019s statements, Turkish Medical Association High Honorary Board member Dr. \u015eeyhmus G\u00f6kalp has been acquitted of \u201cterror\u201d charges in the trial where he was facing 7 to 15 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 23,810 new infections and 218 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 18.11.2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The children who were subjected to violence by the police at the police station after being detained in Nusaybin on November 14 district said that they were laid on the ground in the basement, and that they were exposed to the violence and threats of the police. 
The Supreme Court of Appeals found the fines imposed on Eren Keskin and Reyhan Capan from \u00d6zg\u00fcr G\u00fcndem newspaper to be low for the news about the murder of Berkin Elvan. Keskin and \u00c7apan was fined for 10 thousand 461 TL each. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Main opposition CHP Vice Chair Bi\u00e7er Karaca brings the \u015eenya\u015far family\u2019s quest for justice to the Parliamentary agenda: \u201cThe investigation has been going on for 41 months. Is justice delayed justice?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Court rules for continuation of lawyer\u2019s arrest in case of Progressive Lawyers Association. 
CHP leader K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu and \u0130Y\u0130 Party Chair Ak\u015fener have again urged President Erdo\u011fan to call urgent snap elections. 
Mahmut Olgun, who is being held in Silivri Prison, stated that he was given a disciplinary punishment on the grounds of dancing traditional Kurdish dance and a 5-day solitary confinement punishment for the book he wrote in Kurdish. 
Covid-19: 22,234 new infections and 226 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 17.11.2021<\/strong>
The 5th hearing of the trial where the former Chair of the Diyarbak\u0131r Bar Association and former Executive Board members face multiple charges was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. The court decided to give time to the defendant’s lawyers to prepare their defenses on their claims of lack of grounds for persecution. Trial adjourned until February. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2nd hearing of the trial where 7 Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University students face \u201cinciting the public to hatred and hostility\u201d charges was held in \u0130stanbul. Rejecting all the demands of the defendants’ lawyers, the court’s decided to request an open source intelligence report on the “Kaaba protest” from the Cyber \u200b\u200bCrimes Bureau, to ask the Security Branch about the confiscated materials. Trial adjourned until February. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 4th hearing of journalist Karata\u015f was held at Erzurum 3rd High Criminal Court; Karata\u015f was acquitted due to insufficient evidence.
17 people appeared before the judge on the grounds that they had attended a press statement attempted to be held in front of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Mersin upon the call of the Anti-Nuclear Platform and intervened by the police. All defendants have been acquitted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at the Parliamentary group meeting President Erdo\u011fan said “If the opposition wins the next election, Turkey will be dragged into chaos”. He again accused the CHP of acting together with “terrorists”. 
The European Court of Human Rights has concluded that not allowing At\u0131l\u0131m newspaper to be distributed in prison violated freedom of expression. Turkey will now pay prisoner \u00c7ift\u00e7i 1,000 Euro in non-pecuniary damages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 23,867 new infections and 229 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 16.11.2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawyers of PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office to meet with their clients. The last meeting was held in August 2019. 
Ke\u00e7i\u00f6ren Municipality has canceled a singer’s concert after finding out that he is a Kurdish singer. “We didn’t know that Kurdish songs were planned to be sung,” the municipality told the singer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 20th hearing of the trial where journalists H\u00fcseyin Aykol, Zana Bilir Kaya, \u0130nan K\u0131z\u0131lkaya and politician Hatip Dicle face multiple charges was held in \u0130stanbul. As the presiding judge was changed, the lawyers who submitted excuses to the court, did not attend the hearing. Trial adjourned until March. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 4th hearing of the trial where journalist Dindar Karata\u015f faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d charge was held in Erzurum. The court’s postponed the hearing until November 17,  stating that the court board will attend a ceremony.
MHP leader Devlet Bah\u00e7eli has denied rumors of cracks within the ruling People’s Alliance. “This alliance is the bridge between the past and the future,” he said.
Covid-19: 25,101 new infections and 227 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 15.11.2021<\/strong>
A racist attack targeted the HDP Urfa Provincial Organization building at around 2.30 A.M today despite it being kept under control by police. Three people carried out the attack. They draw a cross on the door of the building and drew the emblem of the fascist Grey Wolves with spray paint.
In the trial over the sexual abuse of two children in Antalya’s Elmal\u0131, three defendants have been acquitted of the offenses charged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prosecutor investigating the deadly attack on the \u015eenya\u015far family in a public hospital in Urfa\u2019s Suru\u00e7 has been changed for the 9th time in 3.5 years. 
A stand-up comedy performance in Kurdish has been banned by the \u0130stanbul Fatih Sub-Governor\u2019s office without any reason cited. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of the 19 politicians and unionists who were detained last week in Diyarbak\u0131r, 14 have been remanded in custody. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 23,852 new infections and 215 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Weekly 8 – 14 November<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 14.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Several people among them four children detained in police raids in Mardin\u2019s Nusaybin district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparently on the basis of a false denunciation, police raided 15 flats in the Halfeti district of Urfa, destroying doors and windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hakkari Governor’s Office extended the ban on actions and activities in the city for another 15 days. The ban has been lasting for 1,987 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 21,624 new infections and 189 deaths in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 13.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Saturday Mothers came together in week 868 to ask those responsible for the death of Hakk\u0131 Kaya who disappeared after detention on 16 November 1996 in Diyarbak\u0131r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkish Armed Forces continues cross border operations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Today the Gare region was bombed again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights two people are killed by Turkish soldiers while trying to enter the border in Hatay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 21,583 new infections and 215 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 12.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The lawyers of the Koban\u00ee trial have applied to the Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) and filed a complaint against the court board: \u201cIf they are to give a ruling, they will do it without us, which will mean a crime\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the legal amendment published in the Official Gazette today, the expression of “strip search” has been omitted from the Regulation on the Administration of Penal Institutions and the Execution of Sentences and Security Measures”. The expression of “srtrip search” has been replaced by “detailed search” in the amended version of the regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 15th hearing of the trial where journalist Rustem Batum faces \u201cpublicly denigrating the state\u2019s military and law enforcement personnel\u201d charges was held in \u0130stanbul. Batum who lives abroad didn’t attend the hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Istanbul court has sentenced Kurdish singer Veysi Ermi\u015f to one year and six months in prison on terrorism charges for using the \u201cKurdistan\u201d word in one of his songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Istanbul police have detained an Israeli couple on allegations that they photographed from the \u00c7aml\u0131ca Tower’s restaurant the residence of Erdo\u011fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: The current figures have not yet been published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 11.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In the Koban\u00ee trial defendants and lawyers did not attend today\u2019s hearing in protest of \u201can unfair trial.\u201d The prosecutor has demanded criminal complaints be filed against lawyers for \u201cmisconduct\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Council of State has halted the execution of the circular issued by Director General of Security Mehmet Akta\u015f and banning audio and visual recording in public places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 14th hearing of the trial where journalist Kibriy Evren faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d charges was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. The court’s decided to write a letter to ask the court’s consent to merge Evren’s file, which is heard at Mersin 2nd High Criminal Court, with this case file, and dismissed the request for lifting the judicial control measures. Trial adjourned until February 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prosecutors in Urfa closed a child abuse investigation because \u201cshe didn\u2019t lose her virginity\u201d. The prosecutors didn’t take into account the reports that said there were “suspected findings of abuse.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 24,898 new infections and 197 deaths in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 10.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

HDP Law and Human Rights Commission and lawyers made a statement protesting the court’s attitude in the Koban\u00ea Case. The defendants and their lawyers have decided to not attend the hearings to protest the failure to hold a fair trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the wake of his remarks on enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Turkey, lawyer Erdal Kuzu requests that Mehmet Eym\u00fcr, a retired intelligence chief, be heard as a witness in the Midyat J\u0130TEM case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With her two sons and spouse killed in an attack by the relatives of a ruling AKP MP, Emine \u015eenya\u015far is now also investigated for \u201cinsulting\u201d the police with her statement on the 24th day of her “justice watch” in Urfa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the increasing attacks of Turkey, particularly the drone attacks, the Syrian Democratic Council calls for closure of airspace in Northern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to data of the Turkish Medical Association, at least 497 healthcare workers have died of Covid-19 in Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 27,259 new infections and 203 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 09.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Seyithan Acay’s body has not been released to his family for 467 days although the DNA result came out 8 months ago. Acay lost his life in an airstrike in July 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first hearing of the trial where journalist Sibel H\u00fcrta\u015f faces “prevention of public duty” charges was held in Ankara. The court’s ruled that the Security Branch Manager be heard as a witness and that the complainants be brought to the next hearing. Trial adjourned until April 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2nd hearing of the trial where journalist Ay\u015fe Kara faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d charges was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. In his opinion, which was presented to the court at the hearing, the prosecutor requested that Kaya be sentenced on the charges of “membership”. The court acquitted Kara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 4th hearing of the trial where journalist Fatih G\u00f6n\u00fcl faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d charges was held in Ankara. Accepting the request of journalist G\u00f6n\u00fcl and his lawyer for additional time for the defense, the court adjourned the trial until November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hearing of the trial where Etkin News Agency editor Semiha \u015eahin and reporter P\u0131nar Gayip face \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization\u201d was held in \u0130stanbul. Trial adjourned until March 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 7th hearing of the trial where 28 people including Jiyan Haber\u2019s proprietor journalist \u0130dris Layla face \u201cdefying the Law on Assemblies and Demonstrations no. 2911\u201d charges was held in Batman. Trial adjourned until February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facing deportation over his news on \u2018banana-eating videos\u2019, journalist Majed Shamaa has been released from the removal center in Antep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 28,662 new infections and 196 deaths in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 08.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

At least 14 people, including politicians and trade unionists, were taken into custody in a new police operation in Diyarbak\u0131r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the President of the Ankara 22nd Heavy Penal Court, Bahtiyar \u00c7olak, who was specially assigned for the Koban\u00ea Case, tested positive for Covid-19, the hearing continued without delay. It was later revealed that \u00c7olak was dismissed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interior Minister S\u00fcleyman Soylu was asked by the opposition how much pepper spray law enforcement purchased in the last five years, Soylu said \u201cenough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey has launched an investigation into Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk over insulting Turkish flag and Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk, the country’s founding father, in his book Nights of Plague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sending a letter to diplomatic missions in Turkey, CHP Chair K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu has urged foreign countries not to invest in Canal \u0130stanbul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 27,824 new infections and 187 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Weekly 1 – 7 November 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 07.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

MHP deputy Sermet Atay has said that former HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirta\u015f should be kept in jail until he dies. “He should rot in jail. His dead body should leave prison,” Atay said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kurdish academic Hifzullah Kutum has been arrested for saying “Long live Kurdistan” on social media, shortly after F\u0131rat University suspended him over his post on Twitter. 
\u015eenya\u015far Family’s search for justice continues on day 244. The family lost three members as a result of the attacks of AKP Deputy \u0130brahim Halil Y\u0131ld\u0131z and his relatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An investigation by daily BirG\u00fcn has revealed that companies belonging to Fuat Tosyal\u0131, appointed by President Erdo\u011fan as a Board Member to Turkey\u2019s Wealth Fund, received over 1 billion liras in piping tenders over ten years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 25,304 new infections and 200 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 06.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Lawyers for the HDP presented their first defense to the Constitutional Court in the face of a case seeking the party’s closure. The defense stated that the closure case was political and drew attention to the critical role the HDP plays in Turkey\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erzurum Regional Administrative Court rules that there is no reason to lift the ban on actions and activities in Van. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday Mothers came together in week 867 to ask those responsible for the disappearance of seven people, including children and soldier Bilal Bat\u0131r in Mardin\u2019s Darge\u00e7it district between 29 October 1995 and 8 March 1996. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Erdo\u011fan has once again targeted opposition parties, specifically the CHP and Good (\u0130Y\u0130) Party, accusing them of \u201cacting together\u201d with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 27,474 new infections and 203 deaths registered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 05.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (T\u0130HV) will file a lawsuit with a demand that an investigation be launched into the National Intelligence Organization (M\u0130T) after a former intelligence officer’s remarks on widespread torture.
In the trial over the Vartinis massacre where nine people were burned to death, the then district gendarmerie commander is still a \u2018fugitive\u2019 despite an arrest warrant. The case is facing a risk of expiry of statutory limitations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author Erdal Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m has been sentenced to prison for \u201cterror propaganda\u201d because of his tweets about the 2014 Koban\u00ee battle in Syria and a late revolutionary in Turkey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. administration has excluded Turkey from President Joe Biden’s upcoming Summit for Democracy. However, the U.S. administration hasn\u2019t officially published a full list. 
Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 28,193 new infections and deaths in the last 24 hours.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 04.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Turkish mafia leader K\u00fcr\u015fat Y\u0131lmaz paid a visit to MHP leader Devlet Bah\u00e7eli after being released from prison where he was serving time on several charges, including \u201cestablishing and managing a crime organization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Court rejects lifting of ban to travel abroad imposed on 6 journalists working for \u00d6zg\u00fcrl\u00fck\u00e7\u00fc Demokrasi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second hearing of the trial where author Erdal Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m  faces \u201cterrorist propaganda\u201d charges was held in \u0130stanbul.
Journalist and writer Kaan G\u00f6kta\u015f has been sentenced to two years in prison on charges of “insulting the president” after he shared a 300-year-old poem on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey’s State of Emergency Commission has rejected the appeals of two more members of the \u201cAcademics for Peace\u201d who were dismissed from their jobs for signing a petition that criticized the military operations in the country\u2019s Kurdish majority southeast in 2016.
Turkey has started giving booster coronavirus vaccine shots to those who received two doses of mRNA vaccines, Health Minister Koca has announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 29,482 new infections and 228 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 03.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The third hearing of the trial where journalist Y\u0131lmaz Odaba\u015f\u0131 faces \u201cinsulting the president\u201d charges was held in Yalova. The court has sentenced the journalist to 11 months 20 days in prison and has decided not to defer the sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkish prison authorities in \u0130zmir’s high-security prison pressure inmates into joining Islamic activities, prisoner G\u00fcven Usta told the daily Cumhuriyet.The family of \u015eahin Akdemir, who died while helping efforts to extinguish forest fires in Marmaris this summer, has said that all promises made to them by President Erdo\u011fan were broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19 vaccination of children aged younger than 12 is \u201cnot on Turkey\u2019s agenda\u201d, says Health Minister Fahrettin Koca. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: The current figures have not yet been published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 02.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

A lawsuit was filed against 96-year-old Aliye Yava\u015fsu for ‘insulting the president’, who has a report proving that she is lacking criminal capacity due to old age. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 18th hearing of the trial where journalists Can D\u00fcndar and Inan Kizilkaya face \u201cinsulting a public official\u201d charges was held in \u0130stanbul. The court decided to wait for the execution of the arrest warrant issued for Can D\u00fcndar. Trial adjourned until March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 19th hearing of the trial where former Aktifhaber Editor-in-Chief Yetkin Y\u0131ld\u0131z faces \u201cslander\u201d and \u201clibel\u201d charges was held in \u0130stanbul. The court’s decided to wait for a decision in the ongoing trial on Y\u0131ld\u0131z at the Istanbul 25th High Criminal Court and adjourned the trial until February 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2nd hearing of the trial where Azad Zal journalist  faces \u201cmembership in a terrorist organisation\u201d charges was held in Diyarbak\u0131r. In his opinion, the prosecutor requested that Zal be sentenced for “membership in a terrorist organization” charges. Giving time for Zal and his lawyer to prepare their defense on the merits. Trial adjourned until February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalist Abdullah Kaya, who stood trial at the A\u011fr\u0131 2nd High Criminal Court, said that the district gendarmerie command did not return his technical equipment despite the court decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: Health Ministry reported 29,796 infections and 224 deaths in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey Today – 01.11.2021<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Examining nine different applications regarding the access blocks imposed by criminal judgeships of peace, Constitutional Court has concluded that \u201cfreedom of expression and press\u201d has been violated and asked for a new law from the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An investigation has been launched against nine lawyers for participating in a press release against the appointment of trustees to Diyarbak\u0131r Metropolitan Municipality. 
Eight more people have been taken into custody in \u0130zmir to be deported from Turkey over \u2018banana-eating videos\u2019 on social media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dutch PM says envoys did not step back from Osman Kavala statement, will make similar ‘warnings’ in future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Turkey, patients with Covid infection are still receiving the drug favipavir. The WHO has long since removed it from the list of drugs used to treat covid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19: 28,678 new infections and 217 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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