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The first hearing of the lawsuit against journalist Deniz Yücel, who remained in prison for one year without an indictment prepared against him, was held at Istanbul 32nd Assize Court.

25th and 26th session Republican People’s Party (CHP) Istanbul MP Eren Erdem was arrested after being taken into custody after being taken into custody in Ankara following the order of Istanbul 35th Assize Court.

Five more people, who were taken into custody in Izmir due to ‘insulting the President’, were arrested.

Author Selen Pınar Işık, known publicly as “Pucca” with the blogs and books she has written, stated that the police has visited her family home, asked about her and searched for evidence on ‘terrorist organization membership’ after her statement on Twitter.

2nd Criminal Chamber of Istanbul Regional Court of Justice issued the release of journalist Mehmet Altan, who was recently sentenced to heavy life imprisonment in the case he was on trial related to the July 15 Coup Attempt.

The imprisonment sentence against Yolcu Theater actor Cenk Dost Verdi was approved by the Court of Appeals.

A lawsuit was filed against Evrensel Newspaper writer Kamil Tekin Sürek due to his column, entitled, “Fascist Dictatorship.”

SPoD LGBTI announced all events planned to be organized at the association’s office were postponed due to security reasons and that they had to cancel the events organized within the Pride Week as well.

The Istanbul branch of sendika.org news website was raided by the police due to an investigation against editor Ali Ergin Demirhan.

The first hearing of the lawsuit filed against 29 people was held at Istanbul 28th Assize Court.