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The indictment prepared against Republican People’s Party (CHP) MP Eren Erdem with the allegation that he aids the Fethullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) was accepted by Istanbul 35th Assize Court.
Former Minister of Justice and Association to Support Contemporary Life Chairwoman Aysel Çelikel, Hrant Dink Foundation Chairwoman Rakel Dink, former Boğaziçi University rectors Üstün ergüder and Ayşe Soysal, former Istanbul Bar Association Chairmen Turgut Kazan and Yücel Sayman, as well as former diplomat Murat Özçelik called for the release of Anadolu Culture Executive Board Chairman, human rights activist and businessman Osman Kavala, who is arrested since 1 November 2017.
Educator Acun Karadağ had been protesting in front of the Human Rights Monument on Yüksel Street since November 2016 to get his job back after being dismissed from profession with an emergency decree.
Journalist İrem Afşin announced that she was harassed by police officers at a subway exit in Istanbul after being asked for her identity card.
BirGün newspaper was given late to arrested People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş on the day his interview with the newspaper was published.
Ministry of Health dismissed medical doctor Ali Sarıtepe from public service due to a social media post he made in 2016 after 23 years of experience as a family general practitioner in Istanbul.
Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office started an investigation against about 30 Kurdish politicians due to “performing activity on behalf of PKK.”
Preparing regular annual reports on rights violations, Human Rights Association (IHD) launched the data for the past 16 years.
Established to decide on the objections against dismissals from public service and shut down institutions within the State of Emergency declared after the coup attempt in 2016, the State of Emergency Applications Monitoring Commission has concluded 17 thousand applications so far.
Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office prepared a summary against People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Istanbul MP Garo Paylan due to his expressions on the Armenian Genocide.