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Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak issued an access ban on the solidarity calls made by Turkish Journalists Association (TGS) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Twitter via court decree after filing a lawsuit against Cumhuriyet reporter Pelin Ünker due to reporting the names involved in the “Panama Papers.”
Kaos GL Association carried the indefinite LGBTI+ event ban issued in November 2017 within Ankara to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
Ankara University (AU) student Mehmet Can Tan was sentenced to reprimand after reciting a ‘Cow Prayer’ during the traditional ‘Cow Celebration’ of the university’s Faculty of Political Sciences.
In the application of lawyer İshak Sağlam, who was convicted in the ‘Hizbullah Case’ in Diyarbakır, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) sentenced Turkey to pay a total of 6,500 Euros of compensation due to violation of the right to fair trial, indicating that the proceeding was not concluded in a reasonable period of time.
Academic and lawyer Hanifi Barış, who is also a signatory of the petition, “We will not partake in this crime” launched by the Academics for Peace, was arrested due to the news he shared on the social media.
Stage actor Orhan Aydın was taken into custody due to his social media posts. The artist was taken by the police from his home to Beyoğlu Security Directorate to testify.
Arrested Dicle News Agency (DIHA) reporter Şerife Oruç was released in the sixth hearing of the lawsuit filed against her due to ‘illegal organization membership.’ DIHA was previously shut down with an emergency decree
Constitutional Court (AYM) decided for a violation of the ‘right to fair trial’ in the application of Serdar Batur, who was sentenced to a total of 12 years and 11 months of imprisonment.
The lawsuit filed against Democratic Regions Party (DBP) member Siirt Co-Mayor Tuncer Bakırhan, who was replaced with a trustee assigned by the Ministry of the Interior after his arrest, concluded.
Lice Co-Mayor Rezan Zuğurli was acquitted in the case she was on trial at Diyarbakır 10th Assize Court due to the protest she participated in against the custodies of Diyarbakır Co-Mayors on 25 October 2016.