Rights organizations and professional chambers in Diyarbakır have filed a criminal complaint against the Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu on charges of “inciting the public to enmity and hatred, misconduct in office, fabricating crimes, slandering and attempting to influence fair trial”.

Two people in Elazığ have been arrested on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” through their social media posts. Another person in the district of Viranşehir in Urfa was also arrested on the same charges yesterday.

Andrej Hunko’s entry to Turkey with the purpose of observing the elections has been blocked with an allegation of him being a “supporter of terrorism”.

It has been claimed that CHP presidential candidate İnce played backgammon at rummikub table during July 15 coup attempt.

Ünal Aldemir, the expert of the Cumhuriyet case, wrote on Twitter, “I want you to know that every piece of money given to Cumhuriyet newspaper goes to the HDPKK-supporter executives of the newspaper” and “Ahmet Şık is a terrorist. Who is holding your leash, you discredited HDPKK supporter?”.

The new elections in Turkey is displaying strong populist rhetoric that is invoked by all major candidates in order to win popular support. These four political leaders’ electoral campaigns rely on populist language, glorifying the role of the people and illustrating their superiority.

Minister of Interior Soylu has told CHP voters to vote for the CHP and added: “The votes you carry to the HDP will be accounted for in this and other world by this innocent nation”.

Court has ruled continuation of arrest of Amnesty Turkey Chair Taner Kılıç, who has been kept in custody for a year. Next hearing is on November 7.

A lawsuit has been filed against the translator Sebla Küçük due to her social media posts about the Operation Olive Branch. Küçük previously translated the speeches at the case of Halkbank Deputy General Director Hakan Atilla held in the US and shared them on social media.

Journalist Ece Sevim Öztürk, who is also the chief editor of the Çağdaş Ses news website, has been arrested after a detention period of 13 days.

Medical reports of three people, who were killed in a conflict on June 14 in Suruç that has been reported as “PKK attack” in the media, have been revealed by Mezopotamya Agency.

The ECtHR has given its ruling in the case of Sarıtaş and Geyik, who faced prison sentence for the slogan, “Revolutionary prisoners are our honor”. Turkey has been sentenced to pay an immaterial compensation of 10 thousand Euro. The attorney Yıldırım has claimed that it is a precedent decision.