The Constitutional Court decided that the administrative fine sentenced against five people due to stopping the traffic by participating in the protest demonstration organized in May 2014 in Eskişehir for the anniversary of the execution of Deniz Gezmiş and his friends was a violation and that such actions must not be penalized since they are “peaceful, within the tolerable limit.”
A second lawsuit of compensation was filed against journalist Çiğdem Toker for 1.5 million TLs.
After the arrest of rapper Ezhel due to ‘encouraging drug use,’ the hashtag #FreeEzhel became the top trend in Turkey on Twitter.
People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Izmir MP Ertuğrul Kürkçü was acquitted in the first hearing of the case he was on trial due to his speeches as he was the Mersin MP.
The lawsuit against 11 people, including Labour Party (EMEP) Balıkesir Provincial Chairman Cemil Tosunoğlu, on the protest organized in Balıkesir to support hunger-striker educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, was concluded.
The 17th hearing of the case on the enforced disappearance of 11 civilians in 1993 in Kulp district of Diyarbakır was held at Ankara 7th Assize Court.
Gaziantep 7th Assize Court sentenced Recep Özdemir to 4 years and six months of imprisonment due to ‘illegal organization propaganda.’
The two lawsuits previously filed against People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Izmir MP Ertuğrul Kürkçü due to the speeches he gave while he was the Mersin MP were merged into one case file.
Gaziantep Regional Court approved the 16-year and 8-month imprisonment sentence against People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Diyarbakır MP İdris Baluken.