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The Council of State denied the objection against the article that penalizes distribution of leaflets without permission with reprimand.

Journalist İshak Karakaş, who was on trial due to his social media posts criticizing the Afrin Operation, was sentenced to 1 year, 6 months and 22 days of imprisonment due to “making illegal organization propaganda.”

The discourse to be organized by the Middle East Technical University (METU) Social Gender Studies Collective, under the title, “A Different Family Is Possible,” was not permitted by the rectorate due to the “relationship between a rainbow and the LGBT.”

Human Rights Watch (HRW) made a statement on the indictment prepared six years after the Gezi Park protests and was accepted by Istanbul 30th Assize Court.

Days before the local elections, candidates from opposition parties are being continuously targeted by government authorities, especially Erdoğan, and threatened through the “judiciary.”

The first hearing of the lawsuit filed against journalist Salih Turan due to “making terrorist organization membership” was held at Istanbul 32nd Assize Court.

Father of 1-year-old Rabia Naz Vatan, who lost her life due to blood loss in the hospital she was taken to after being found wounded in front of her house in Eynesil district of Giresun on April 13, 2018, Şaban Vatan was detained.

A lawsuit was filed against German Friedrich Naumann Foundation’s project manager Aret Demirci with the allegation of “insulting Erdoğan.”

The March 27th World Theatre Day March, organized for the past three years in collaboration of Kadıköy Theatres Platform with Kadıköy Municipality, was banned by the local administration this year.

Writer Perihan Mağden was sentenced to 7000 TL judicial fine due to “insulting Erdoğan” through an article published on Nokta magazine in April 2016.