Constitutional Court (AYM) issued that the application of restriction on lawyer access is against the Constitution, even though it is issued based on the law.
Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office filed two separate lawsuits against Afrika Daily executives Şener Levent and Ali Osman Tabak.
An investigation started against Pınar Karagöz, known publicly with her alias “Pucca” with her blogs and books, due to her tweet, “I have only one hope left, the matter of Pinochet,” during the June 24 elections.
The law draft that would effectively extend the ‘State of Emergency’ for at least another three years has passed the GNAT on 25 July 2018. The State of Emergency will effectively continue, however informal.
The number of applications made at the Constitutional Court (AYM) since 23 September 2012, the day applicants were allowed the right to individual application at the court, reached 191,371.
The first hearing of the lawsuit filed against five people, including journalist Gökhan Öner, was held at Denizli 2nd Assize Court with charges of ‘illegal organization membership’ and ‘illegal organization propaganda.’
A lawsuit was filed against the director of movie, “My Suburban Tale,” Yunus Ozan Korkut and five actors in the movie with the allegation of ‘praising the offence and offender.’
Pir Sultan Abdal Cultural Association organized a press statement in front of GNAT to protest the police raid at Armutlu Cemevi as well as association’s Sarıyer Chairwoman Zeynep Yıldırım being taken into custody.
Owners of restaurants selling alcohol in Heybeliada (the second largest Princes Islands in Istanbul, Turkey) were sent unsigned threat letters.