Freedom and Solidarity Party (ODP) members stood trial in the first hearing of the lawsuit filed against them at Sakarya 2nd Assize Court after their custody and arrest in March.
Turkish Medical Association (TTB) reacted against the investigations opened against their Central Council members due to a press statement.
Denmark-based Non-Governmental Organization Freemuse (Freedom of Musical Expression) called Turkish officials once again to release arrested journalist and painter Zehra Doğan.
Dicle News Agency (DIHA) reporter Uğur Akgül was taken into custody in Kızıltepe district of Mardin.
Selvi Polat and Nursel Tanrıverdi were banned from approaching Bakırköy Cumhuriyet Square any nearer than 200 meters.
Journalist-writer Yazgülü Aldoğan was dismissed from Posta Daily.
The objection against the verdict of non-prosecution issued in the investigation opened on the death of 71-year-old Ata Borçin, who died after a heart attack during the “curfew” declared in Cizre district of Şırnak in 2015, was denied.
Bolu Type-F Prison Administration sentenced 5 convicts to 10 days of solitary confinement due to insulting President Erdoğan and the prison officer through the culture and arts magazine, “Ayvaz,” issued monthly by the prisoners.
Gevaş Criminal Court of First Instance sentenced journalist Hülya Emeç to imprisonment due to ‘public denigration of the security organization’ through her news article, entitled, “His heart could not take gun pointed to him by the police during house raid.”