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The prosecution of Mezopotamya Agency reporter Ahmet Kanbal started at Izmir 2nd Assize Court due to ‘making terrorist organization propaganda’ through 31 news articles he shared on his personal social media account.
Judge Murat Aydın carried Turkish Penal Code (TCK) Article 299 regulating the charge of “insulting the President” to the Constitutional Court due to the Article being contradictory with the Constitution.
The first hearing of the lawsuit filed against conscientious objector Kemal Katırcı due to ‘draft evasion’ was held at Çankırı Şabanözü Criminal Court of First Instance.
The lawsuit filed against the commemoration event organized in Ayvalık district of Balıkesir on the anniversary of revolutionist youth leaders Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan’s death on May 6 concluded with acquittal.
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Deputy Chairman M. Hidayet Vahapoğlu declared historian Ayşe Hür as a “Turcophobe” after her Twitter post that states, “I love you” in Kurdish.
Republican People’s Party (CHP) dismissed Ardahan MP Öztürk Yılmaz from the party after his expression, “Let the prayers be announced in Turkish” on a TV show.
Ezine Criminal Court of First Instance issued the acquittal of Bozcaada News website Editor-In-Chief Serkan İlik, who was on trial due to insulting the President with his social media post.
A lawsuit was filed against former Turkish Association for Judges and Prosecutors (YARSAV) Chairman Murat Arslan was due to ‘insulting the President’.
In the lawsuit filed on the death of Abdullah Cömert due to a tear gas shell hitting his head during the Gezi Park protests in Hatay, defendant police officer Ahmet Kuş was sentenced to 6 years, 10 months and 15 days of imprisonment due to ‘homicide through conscious negligence.”
14 years have passed since the death of 12-year-old Uğur Kaymaz and his truck driver father, Ahmet Kaymaz, who were shot dead by the police in front of their house in Kızıltepe district of Mardin.