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Istanbul 35th Assize Court issued the release of Amnesty International Turkey Executive Board Chairman and lawyer Taner Kılıç, who was the only arrested defendant in the Büyükada Case.

9 of the 11 people, who were arrested for 60 days due to insulting the President during a rally organized by Republican People’s Party (CHP)’s Presidential candidate Muharrem İnce in Izmir prior to the June 24 elections, were released.

13 people were taken into custody with the operations conducted in Kayseri, Gaziantep and Konya within the investigations opened against them due to their social media posts.

The first hearing of the case filed against journalist-writer Mehmet Gündem with the allegation of ‘FETÖ’ membership was held at Istanbul 35th Assize Court.

Dicle News Agency reporter Mehmet Güleş explained the rights violations experienced in prison with a letter he sent.

Journalist Koray Geçgel was beaten by an unidentified person on his way to the local channel he hosts a sports show.

People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Kocaeli MP Dr. Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu carried the investigation on “those who threaten economic security” to the Parliament.

Saturday Mothers, who ask the states of their lost children, spouses and siblings under custody since 1995 with meetings at Taksim Galatasaray Square, are meeting for the 700th time on August 25th.

740 days have passed after the murder of 23-year-old transsexual Hande Kader, who was beaten, raped, murdered and whose dead body was burned and left on a sideroad in Zekeriyaköy.

Value loss of Turkish Lira continues to accelerate with multiplied sanctions imposed by the US against Turkey, together with the crisis on pastor Brunson and Turkey’s refusal to release him from house imprisonment after the pastor’s arrest due to espionage.