Investigations were filed against 68,827 people between the years 2014 and 2017 in accordance with Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) regulating the charge of “insulting the President.”
A warrant of detainment was issued against public workers protesting on Yüksel Street in Ankara with the allegation of ‘illegal organization membership.’
AKP lost its parliamentary majority at the June 7th 2015 general elections. The balances in the Parliament had totally changed when HDP surpassed the %10 threshold and had 80 MPs in the parliament. However Erdoğan was not happy with the election results. He hindered the attempts to establish a governmental administration, and in the end he forced re-elections. In the mean time, the country entered a spiral of political polarity.
An investigation was started against 170 people 11 months later after sending a letter to MPs to end the military operation conducted by Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and the Free Syrian Army in Afrin.
Former People’s Democratic Party (HDP) MPs Osman Baydemir and Leyla Birlik were sentenced to 1 year and six months of imprisonment each.
Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Communication, Department of Journalism student Berivan Bila was arrested due to her social media posts and an article she wrote ın July 28, 2017, entitled, “Department of Journalism Lecture 1: Journalism Is Not a Crime.”
Human Rights Association (IHD) and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV) made an announcement for December 10, World Human Rights Day and shared the human rights report of Turkey with the public.
Adana Governorate banned the “Kebab and Turnip Juice” planned to be made on December 8 and 9 due to “public order and protection of the safety of life and property of persons.”
The massacre with the deaths of 15 civilians, one soldier and the Gendarmerie Regional Commander Bahtiyar Aydın on October 22, 1993 in Lice district of Diyarbakır was left under impunity after 25 years.
International Press Institute (IPI) organized a press meeting in Istanbul on the last day of the high-rank visit organized in Turkey.