The trial over the death of 20-year-old Recep Hantaş, who was shot by police in Diyarbakır while collecting scraps, has begun. Released pending trial and facing up to 25 years in prison, the police officer has not been arrested.

The European Court of Human Rights has sentenced Turkey to pay 13 thousand Euro in total in damages, concluding that the right to liberty and security and freedom of expression of former Siirt Mayor Tuncer Bakırhan have been violated.

Submitting a Parliamentary question, HDP MP Oya Ersoy has raised concerns about the violations of the right to hold meetings and demonstrations: “Does the virus only infect the ones exercising their democratic rights?”

Turkey is the country with the highest increase in housing prices in Europe, according to Eurostat data, the MPs have noted.

According to civil inspectors, the government-appointed municipal administration made payments for works that were never done and registered pre-existing buildings as newly constructed.

Three rights organizations have released a statement ahead of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe meeting, calling on the Committee to trigger infringement proceedings against Turkey for not implementing the ECtHR ruling on Kavala.

"The measures the Mayor has already introduced and his vision for the Turkish capital will make Ankara a more resilient and sustainable city," the City Mayors Foundation has stated.

The new executive board of the University Faculty Members Association consists of Boğaziçi academics who are struggling against appointed rectors for months. Dismissed by appointed rector İnci, Candan is now a member of the honor board.

HDP MP Kerestecioğlu raises concerns that the fate and whereabouts of Gülistan Doku, Hürmüz Diril, Mehmet Bal, Yusuf Bilge Tunç and Hüseyin Galip Küçüközyiğit have been unknown, asking the reason for not carrying out an effective investigation.

At the hearing of jailed former Nusaybin Mayor Ayşe Gökkan in Diyarbakır, the presiding judge ordered the Diyarbakır Bar Chair and lawyers out of the courtroom by police force. Gökkan’s requests for additional time and recusal have been rejected.

The president has commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Sakarya.

If the AKP wins the election, Turkey will be dragged into an authoritarian regime that will last for decades, the imprisoned politician has asserted.

Rights organizations have released a joint statement ahead of the meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe: “We demand the ECtHR’s ruling to be implemented and Osman Kavala to be released immediately.”

Lawyer Çelebi says that they have appealed against the forensic medical report indicating that jailed politician Tuğluk “can stay in prison”. He notes that “it is important for her to be treated in a healthy environment so that her illness will not progress.”

Court orders that were sent to two news portals have turned out to be fake.

Keeping a justice watch in front of the Urfa courthouse with her son, Emine Şenyaşar gave her statement after she had been summoned to depose for “insulting” Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu.

Discharged from university and faced with an international travel ban and constraint on her passport, Academic for Peace Akyüz could not go abroad for her academic studies. The top court has concluded that her right to respect for privacy was violated.

Main opposition CHP Vice Chair and Malatya MP Veli Ağbaba says that the state agency TurkStat statistics on 21.7-percent economic growth does not reflect the truth, raising concerns about the shopkeepers and companies that have gone bankrupt.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said that “Turkey is carrying out works, especially with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, to ensure that refugees, especially Syrians, return to their countries.”

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