Ministry of the Interior announced legal actions taken against 238 people between the dates December 3 and 10 due to their social media posts.
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An investigation was started against 170 people 11 months later after sending a letter to MPs to end the military operation conducted by Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and the Free Syrian Army in Afrin.
Former People’s Democratic Party (HDP) MPs Osman Baydemir and Leyla Birlik were sentenced to 1 year and six months of imprisonment each.
Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Communication, Department of Journalism student Berivan Bila was arrested due to her social media posts and an article she wrote ın July 28, 2017, entitled, “Department of Journalism Lecture 1: Journalism Is Not a Crime.”
Human Rights Association (IHD) and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV) made an announcement for December 10, World Human Rights Day and shared the human rights report of Turkey with the public.
Adana Governorate banned the “Kebab and Turnip Juice” planned to be made on December 8 and 9 due to “public order and protection of the safety of life and property of persons.”
The massacre with the deaths of 15 civilians, one soldier and the Gendarmerie Regional Commander Bahtiyar Aydın on October 22, 1993 in Lice district of Diyarbakır was left under impunity after 25 years.
International Press Institute (IPI) organized a press meeting in Istanbul on the last day of the high-rank visit organized in Turkey.
Protest demonstrations were organized in many provinces in Turkey due to November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
A lawsuit was filed against Evrensel Daily’s Editor-In-Chief Fatih Polat due to ‘insulting the President’ with his column, entitled, “What do the addressee say on the allegations regarding Erdoğan’s family?”