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SPEAKUP Platform (Platform Against Censorship and Self-Censorship) launched the Censorship and Self-Censorship in Turkey Report for December 2017 – December 2018.

The application made at Turkey Human Rights and Equality Institution (TIHEK) on two transgender women not permitted inside Ankara Cinnah Hotel was denied due to “gender identity not being a reason for discrimination.” 

Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu made a statement on the demonstrations planned to be organized by People’s Democratic Party (HDP) starting from Istanbul until Diyarbakır in fifteen provinces in order to point out the hunger strikes conducted by Leyla Güven and other prisoners.

Singer and writer Atilla Taş, who was sentenced to 3 years, 1 month and fifteen days of imprisonment with the allegation of taking part in the media structuring of “FETÖ”, was released within the provisions of supervised release.

The Kurdish Theater Days, organized by People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Adana Provincial Organization, was banned due to threatening public safety.

TV10 cameraman Kemal Demir, who is arrested for more than a year within the investigation started in 2014 against Peace and Democracy Party’s (DBP) political academies, was released with judicial control and travel ban.

Cumhuriyet Daily reporter Alican Uludağ was sentenced to ten months of imprisonment due to the news article published on March 20, 2017 with the title, “Yes-sayer Prosecutor atFETÖ meeting.”

Former Republican People’s Party (CHP) MP Barış Yarkadaş was sentenced to 10 months of imprisonment due to the news article published on Gerçen Gündem news website in 2014 with the title, “Land negotiation for TURGEV.”

The final decree was announced in the fifth hearing of the lawsuit filed against Labour Party (EMEP) members Neslihan Karyemez and Bilal Karaman.

Istanbul 7th Criminal Court of First Instance issued the acquittal of two police officers, who were on trial in the lawsuit filed following the complaint of Gökçe Algan due to “willful injury” and “misuse of duty.”