People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Adana MP Beştaş was acquitted in the lawsuit she was on trial at Adana 21st Criminal Court of First Instance due to ‘public denigration of the government and state of the Republic of Turkey, judicial institutions of state, military or security organizations of state.”
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A group, including a 1st rank MP candidate from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in Bolu, attacked the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Provincial building and burned party flags.
Allegations of torture against those taken into custody during the State of Emergency were documented for the first time by being photographed.
Cartoon artist Nuri Kurtcebe was arrested due to insulting Erdoğan with a cartoon he drew in 2015.
Human Rights Association (IHD) reported the pressure on rights advocates and lawyers.
Journalist İbrahim Coşkun, who was on trial due to ‘illegal organization membership’ and ‘making illegal organization propaganda’ by possessing an issue of Özgürlükçü Demokrasi Newspaper in his car, was acquitted.
People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Diyarbakır MP Idris Baluken was acquitted in the lawsuit filed against him due to the speech he gave during the 2nd Ordinary Congress of Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Elazığ Provincial Organization, organized in 2012.
Yolcu Theater actor Cenk Dost Verdi was sentenced to 2 years and six months of imprisonment due to his social media posts.
Yeni Yaşam Newspaper’s Editor-In-Chief Çağdaş Kaplan was sentenced to 6 years and three months of imprisonment in the case filed against him with the allegation of ‘illegal organization membership’ following an investigation started in Sakarya in 2010.
A lawsuit was filed against journalists who covered the news on the press statement of Labour Party (EMEP) organized in Didim, Aydın, on the Afrin Operation.