Republican People’s Party (CHP) 26th Session MP and journalist Barış Yarkadaş announced data on the rights violations against journalists within the last month.
Van Governorate banned all events and activities like marches, meetings, press statements, sit-in protests and booths across the province for ten days (April 29-May 8).
The lawsuit filed against the movie, “My Suburban Tale,” that depicts stories of those living in the “suburban” regions of Ceyhan, Adana, from their perspectives, was concluded with acquittal.
Wikipedia is banned in Turkey for two years now, as an example revealing the dimensions of internet and media censorship in the country.
Turkish Ministry of Justice did not announce 2018 statistics, whereas according to the data shared by the Ministry until 2017 reveal an increase in the number of total defendants and convictions issued related to “insulting the President” by 13 times under the three-year duty period of Erdoğan.
According to 2018 Activity Report of the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), many incidents were not broadcasted through “media blackouts” following the authority given to the council to monitor internet broadcasts as well.
The march organized by “Workers’ Families Seeking Justice” for the past seven years at Taksim with the demand to declare April 28th “The Day of Mourning and Commemoration for Those Having Lost Their Lives in Work Murders” was not permitted this year.
A confidentiality order was brought on the investigation file on the death of Rabia Naz Vatan, who suspiciously lost her life in Eynesil district of Giresun.
The elections held on March 31th, the preceding and following events are historical, and displayed that the ruling alliance does not recognize the election results, unless its in favor of them. The "survival" issue, which also appeared during the 7 June elections, clearly points to the survival of those in power. The High Electoral Council, declared a re-run of elections in Istanbul, 36 days after the elections, without any legal basis. This also officially declares that, even the rule of law no longer exists in Turkey.