Ministry of the Interior announced investigations have started against 313 people between the dates July 2nd and 9th due to their social media posts.
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The lawsuit filed against Democratic Regions Party (DBP) member Siirt Co-Mayor Tuncer Bakırhan, who was replaced with a trustee assigned by the Ministry of the Interior after his arrest, concluded.
Lice Co-Mayor Rezan Zuğurli was acquitted in the case she was on trial at Diyarbakır 10th Assize Court due to the protest she participated in against the custodies of Diyarbakır Co-Mayors on 25 October 2016.
Constitutional Court (AYM) issued the final decree on the individual application made against the arrest of People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Siirt MP Meral Danış Beştaş.
The first hearing of the lawsuit filed against conscientious objector Bülent Bektaş due to ‘making illegal organization propaganda’ by reacting against the Afrin Operation and making a call for people “not to perform military service” on the social media was held at Ankara 29th Assize Court.
The Twitter account of Aydın Aydoğan, who was wounded by a tear gas shell shot by the police during the Gezi Park protests, was closed.
People’s Democratic Congress (HDK) Co-Spokesman Prof. Dr. Onur Hamzaoğlu stood trial in the second hearing of the lawsuit against him at Adana 25th Criminal Court of First Instance due to a speech he gave in Adana.
The proceeding of lawyer Veysel Ok continued at Istanbul 37th Criminal Court of First Instance with the charge of “denigrating governmental institutions” at the interview he gave on 25 December 2015 to Özgür Düşünce [Free Thought] Newspaper.
The lawsuit filed at Gaziantep 9th Assize Court against Servan Ayçiçek due to the words, “PKK, guerilla and YPG” in the lyrics of the songs found on a flash drive during a house raid as well as due to sharing photos of his YPJ-member sister on the social media was concluded.
An investigation was started against 14 people who are lawyers, NGO representatives and cartoonists after repeating the declaration of Turkish Medical Association (TTB) that stated that war is a public health issue, referring to the Afrin Operation.