Republican People’s Party (CHP) Izmir MP Atila Sertel mentioned the camera tender purchase of the Post and Telegraph Corporation (PTT) in the Parliament; which was immediately followed by a court decree banning access on all news related to the tender.
The press statement to be organized at Abbasağa Park in Beşiktaş district of Istanbul within the “Shut it Down” campaign started to protest the one-sided media was banned by the district governorate.
Musician Ezhel has been arrested with the allegation that his songs encourage and ease drug use.
Sendika.org editor Ali Ergin Demirhan was taken into custody due to his social media posts and the news he wrote, entitled, “We can stop dictatorship,” published on January 11.
Van Governorate once again extended the protest and demonstration ban announced every month for the past two years.
The protest started by the ‘Saturday Mothers’ on 27 May 1995 to say, “We want our losses!” has left 23 years behind.
Istanbul 32nd Assize Court accepted the indictment prepared against 21 students, 13 of them on pre-trial detention, who were targeted by President Erdoğan after saying, “There is no delight in massacre” as a reply to those distributing “Afrin delights” at Boğaziçi University.
The proceeding of journalist Oktay Candemir continued at Van 5th Assize Court. Candemir faces the charge of ‘making illegal organization propaganda’ through the news he covered and his social media posts.
State of Emergency Applications Monitoring Commission issued the first decrees on the institutions and organizations, which were shut down with emergency decrees.
Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Co-Chair Sebahat Tuncel was sentenced to five months of imprisonment due to a demonstration march she participated in 2012.