US Ministry of Justice denied the request of Turkey for “Peace Petition” signatory Baki Tezcan to testify with rogatory, evaluating the academic’s action within freedom of expression.
Republican People’s Party (CHP) 26th Session Istanbul MP Barış Yarkadaş announced data on January in the monthly-released Media Report.
Summaries continue to arrive at the 27th legislative sessions of the GNAT for the immunities of MPs to be revoked.
Conscientious objector Kamil Murat Demir, who was on trial due to “draft evasion”, was acquitted due to the administrative fine sentenced against him was not issued in accordance with legal procedure.
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Local court: Your father is union member, your mother is inappropriate. You can not be assigned
An emergency medical technician, who fulfilled the necessary requirements to be assigned to a public institution but could not pass the security investigation that was put in practice during the State of Emergency period and later remained in practice.
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Court complies with Constitutional Court decree, removes access ban against news article on Bianet
The court complied with the decree issued by the Constitutional Court (AYM) on the access ban brought on the news article published on Bianet in 2006 and removed the access ban against it.
Journalist-writer Ayşe Düzkan was imprisoned following the sentence issued against her due to “illegal organization propaganda” after participating in the “Substitute Editing-In-Chief” campaign of previously shut-down Özgür Gündem Daily.
Murat K. was sentenced to 10 months of imprisonment due to a social media post on Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, in which he used the expression, “The greatest demon the 20th century has ever seen.”
Amnesty International started a petition campaign, entitled, “The ban against LGBTI+ events in Ankara must end,” calling everyone to defend the freedom of LGBTI+s to peacefully organise and hold demonstrations.