Mardin 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance sentenced journalist Sedat Sur to 11 months and 20 days of imprisonment due to ‘illegal organization propaganda’ through a new article and his social media posts.
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Patriotic Party Konyaaltı District Chairman Mustafa Ertem was sentenced to 11 months and 20 days of imprisonment.
Two defendants, who were on trial with the allegation of “insulting the memory of Atatürk” with their Facebook posts, were sentenced to 1 year and three months of imprisonment each.
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Woman arrested due to insulting Atatürk after saying You worship icon figures
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Felicity Party Istanbul MP Cihangir Islam’s reservation of the conference hall at Ardeşen Municipality Cultural Center in Rize was cancelled by Mayor Hakan Gültekin.
The lawsuit filed against academics Asst. Prof. Hakan Mertcan, Asst. Prof. Selim Çakmaklı, Asst. Prof. Mustafa Şener and research member Esin Gülsen due to signing the petition, entitled, “We Will Not Partake In This Crime!” was concluded.
Ministry of the Interior announced legal actions taken against 182 people between the dates November 5-12 related to their social media posts.
PEN International launched a press statement due to November 15, Day of the Imprisoned Writer.
The notion of IMPUNITY can be defined plainly as the impossibility of investigation, prosecution and penalization of rights violations in legal, administrative and factual methods. This mechanism encompasses all stages of the judiciary and execution, starting from the action itself and the perpetrator, and is a dominant and widespread administrative and judicial practice in Turkey….
Educators Nursel Tanrıverdi and Selvi Polat were taken into custody once again after protesting at Bakırköy Square to “get back their jobs.”