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.
Nuri Başkapan was threatened with death by a chief police officer after sharing a video on his social media account that criticized the Menzil religious order.
Constitutional Court (AYM) reversed the local court decree which denied the claim for an applicant, who was recorded as a female in the citizenship identity, to transfer into a male identity.
The law draft that would involve regulations that would provide the continuity of State of Emergency applications for at least three more years after its end has passed the Parliamentary General Assembly.