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Iğdır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office completed the investigation against Mezopotamya News Agency reporter Berzan Güneş, who was taken into custody on June 11th at a police control station while heading to central Şırnak to track news information and later arrested by the court he was transferred to.

Istanbul Anatolian Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office started an investigation against artist Berna Laçin due to ‘denigrating religious values of society’ with her Twitter post in which she reacted against the campaigns for the re-enactment of capital punishment.

The first hearing of the lawsuit against TV10 cameraman Kemal Demir and TV10 employee Kemal Karagöz was held at Istanbul 28th Assize Court.

The lawsuit against 20 protesters, who were taken into custody after a demonstration organized on Istiklal Street during the Gezi Park protests, concluded after five years of proceeding.

Free Journalists Initiative (ÖGI) announced the report on the rights violations against journalists in June.

The Constitutional Court (AYM) concluded four different applications made due to a violation of Constitutional rights through the police violence during the Gezi Park protests.

Medical doctor Bilgin Çiftçi, who was dismissed from his duty due to sharing a visual depicting a resemblance between Erdoğan and the character “Smeagol/Gollum” from the Lord of the Rings, was reassigned to his duty with a decree issued by the Court of Appeals.

Denizli Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office prepared an indictment against journalist Gökhan Öner due to ‘illegal organization membership’ and ‘making illegal organization propaganda.’

The second hearing of the case in which Mezopotamya News Agency reporter Seda Taşkın is on trial after being arrested in Ankara on January 22nd.

Artvin Borçka Criminal Court of First Instance sentenced conscientious objector Şendoğan Yazıcı to 62 days of imprisonment due to ‘violating the Law of Military Service.”