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PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyer Mehdi Öztüzün was acquitted in the first hearing of the case he was on trial due to using the terms, “Kurdish People Leader” and “Chief Negotiator” on the social media to refer to his client.

Teacher Ayşe Çelik has been imprisoned due to saying, “Do not let children die” and was later released on May 4.

Teacher Ayşe Çelik, who was sentenced to 1 year and three months of imprisonment due to saying, “Do not let children die” by participating in a TV show in 2016 via phone call to point out the curfews in Kurdish provinces, was released.

Middle East Technical University (METU) Rectorate did not permit the Pride Week and March to be organized by METU LGBTI+ Solidarity on May 7-12. The mail sent to all students by the rectorate indicated that no event will be permitted within the university in accordance with the decision of Ankara Governorate, dated 18 November 2017, preventing all LGBTI+ events in the province.

DIHABER reporter Gökhan Öner, who was taken into custody during the house raids in Denizli on April 28, was arrested with the allegation of ‘illegal organization membership.’

European Parliament (EP) organized a special session together with the European Commission for the World Press Freedom Day to debate “The situation of media and freedom of expression in Turkey.”

Former Editor-In-Chief of the only Kurdish daily newspaper in Turkey Azadiya Welat, Ismail Çoban was arrested.

Free Journalists Initiative and Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform announced the April report at Human Rights Association Diyarbakır Branch on May 3, World Press Freedom Day.

Teacher Ayşe Çelik had been sentenced to 1 year and three months of imprisonment due to ‘illegal organization propaganda’ by saying, “Do not let children die,” referring to the curfews in Kurdish provinces on a TV show she participated to via phone call.

Independent Communication Network (BIA) launched the ‘January-March 2018 Media Monitoring Report’.