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.”
The 2019 Strategy Conference and General Meeting of IFEX, a roof network for more than 100 organizations of freedom of expression and press freedom worldwide, was held in Berlin on April 8-10th.
Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) penalized TV series, “9-1-1,” for three times with broadcast blackout on FOX Life Channel due to “inappropriate visuals of an elderly male couple.”
Artvin Community Center Chairman Dursun Ali Koyuncu was sentenced to five months of imprisonment.
A lawsuit was filed against two citizens with claims of imprisonment for up to 2 years and four months each.
The Constitutional Court (AYM) decided that the conviction of BirGün Daily’s online Editor-In-Chief Ufuk Çalışkan was a violation of freedom of expression and press freedom.
1st Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation approved the judicial fine of 15,200 TL issued against police officer Ahmet Şahbaz, who shot Ethem Sarısülük in the head and killed him during the Gezi Park protests.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who was residing in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since 2012, was detained and arrested after the withdrawal of his right to refuge given by the Ecuadorian government.