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Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu shared the cartoon, “Tayyips World,” which lead to the arrests of four Middle East Technical University (METU) students, from his Twitter account.

Istanbul 26th Assize Court sentenced Cumhuriyet Daily reporter Canan Coşkun to 2 years and three months of imprisonment due to ‘targeting those on duty in the fight against terrorism.’ The sentence was not deferred.

Ankara Governorate did not give permission for the commemoration event to be organized on Sakarya Street for 33 people who died in the bomb attack of ISIS three years ago in Suruç district of Urfa.

A lawsuit of compensation was filed against Evrensel Daily’s former Editor-In-Chief Çağrı Sarı and cartoonist Sefer Selvi at Istanbul Anatolian 29th Civil Court of First Instance due to the cartoon published on the newspaper on the ‘Paradise Papers.’

Three more academics, who were on trial due to ‘making terrorist organization propaganda’ by signing the petition, “We will not partake in this crime,” were convicted.

Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu shared the cartoon, “Tayyips World,” which lead to the arrests of four Middle East Technical University (METU) students, from his Twitter account.

Lawyers Veysel Ok and Barış Oflas from the Association for Media and Law Studies Association made an application with priority claim at the Constitutional Court (AYM) for journalists Idris Sayılğan and Nedim Türfent.

Former Central Bank bureaucrat and Hürriyet Daily’s economy writer Uğur Gürses quit the newspaper after his last column was not published.

The first hearing of the case against 23 people was held on July 16th at Istanbul 27th Assize Court with the charge of ‘armed terrorist organization membership’ and ‘illegal organization propaganda.’

Istanbul Anatolian 20th Civil Court of First Instance sentenced Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to 337 thousand TL compensation to be paid to President Erdoğan and his relatives due to the statements of Kılıçdaroğlu on the ‘Isle of Man’ documents.