University student Berkay Ustabaş was sentenced to 5 months of imprisonment due to “violating the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations No. 2911.”
As previously shut-down Dicle News Agency (DIHA) reporter Gökhan Öner was acquitted of the charge of “illegal organization membership,” he was sentenced to 10 months of imprisonment.
An access ban was brought on the article written by Cumhuriyet Daily writer Barış Terkoğlu, entitled, “Why do Pelicanists attack,” published on April 4th with evaluations of post-election incidents.
Ankara Security Directorate started a university student hunt across the country on the protests organized in the capital.
Economist-writer Mustafa Sönmez was detained due to “insulting the President” and “public incitement towards resentment and hostility” through his social media posts.
Turkish Communist Party (TKP) central executives Mehmet İnam and Mehmet Kızılıgil were sentenced to 1 year and nine months of imprisonment each with the allegation of “insulting President Erdoğan.”
Middle East Technical University (METU) Rectorate cancelled the annual Spring Festival this year due to “insufficient technical and administrative resources.”
A verdict of non-prosecution was issued in the criminal complaint made by Aydın Aydoğan against security forces.
Recep Hantaş, a 20-year-old, was shot dead by a police officer in Diyarbakır.
Tenth hearing of the trial where Reporters without Borders (RSF) Turkey representative Erol Önderoğlu, journalist Ahmet Nesin and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) director Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı face terror-related charges for participating in the “Editors-in-Chief on Watch” campaign launched in solidarity with the since shuttered Özgür Gündem was held at İstanbul 13th High Criminal Court.