Eren Keskin, the Chairperson of Human Rights Association who speaks to bianet about the banning of Remembrance Days on April 24 says that the Justice and Development Party has become the implementer of the official ideology which they were once complaining about.

"Confronting 1915 is a necessary step to build democracy, equality, and peaceful coexistence on solid foundations today," the April 24 Commemoration Platform has said.

The top appeals court had previously overturned Güleş's sentence for the same offense.

The reason for the detention is not yet clear. Akinan recently interviewed a social media figure who has been leveling corruption allegations against government officials and businesspeople.

Despite AFP reporting on Turkey's economic crisis almost every day, the company refused to discuss real inflation rates with its employees, says a union.

The social media user had been fined for "insulting" the MHP leader.

An "Islamaphobia documentary" was broadcast instead of the new episode of the popular series "Cranberry Sorbet" on April 14 after the decision by the Radio and Television Supreme Council.

Convicted by the State Security Court of the time, Yaşar Aslan completed his thirty years in prison, but his release was rejected the second time by the Good Conduct Committee. Releases of eight other prisoners in Erzurum and Van are again being prevented by reports of administrative committees in prisons.

Police detained the journalist working for a Kurdish-focused news agency while she was leaving her home.

Detained during an "anti-terror" operation in Van, two men were tortured by the gendarmerie, with one being thrown out of a helicopter.

Charged with "insulting the president" and "disrupting the electoral order," Mahir Akkoyun was released after giving a statement to the police.

An HDP deputy has brought two separate cases of rights violations into the parliamentary agenda.