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Gezi Park, Some Roads Leading to Taksim Closed

Gezi Park, Some Roads Leading to Taksim Closed

After a call has been made to Gezi Park for the 5th anniversary of the Gezi Resistance, the police have closed the park with barricades. Some roads leading to Taksim have also been closed to vehicle traffic.

Women from Workers’ Union Stage Demonstration in Support of Flormar Workers

Women from Workers’ Union Stage Demonstration in Support of Flormar Workers

Women from the Confederation of Public Workers’ Unions have staged a silent demonstration with a banner reading “No foundation cream can cover misogyny” for Flormar workers, who were fired for being union member.

HDP’s Akat Ata, Aktaş Released

HDP’s Akat Ata, Aktaş Released

Kept in custody since February, former HDP MPs Ayla Akat Ata and Taşkın Aktaş have been released. Aktaş is an MP candidate for June 24 elections.

Presiding Judge Orders Attorneys, Audience Out of Courtroom

Presiding Judge Orders Attorneys, Audience Out of Courtroom

Seven academics from Boğaziçi University have had their second hearings. Presiding judge has argued with the attorney who stated that she would make a statement as to the announcement of the verdict later on and ordered the attorneys and the audience out of courtroom.

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Prosecution Considers ‘Genocide’ Concept Within Scope of Freedom of Expression

Prosecution Considers ‘Genocide’ Concept Within Scope of Freedom of Expression

Human Rights Association using the word “genocide” has been regarded within the scope of freedom of expression by Press Offences Prosecutor.

Gezi Park Being Closed with Police Barriers

Gezi Park Being Closed with Police Barriers

Police barricades are being placed at park’s exits and entrances on the 5th anniversary of Gezi Resistance.

Jail Term for Journalist Demir for Sharing His Own News Report

Jail Term for Journalist Demir for Sharing His Own News Report

Journalist Demir has been sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for sharing a newspaper advertisement placed on to mark the journalists who were killed in the 90s, and a clipping of a newspaper in which his own report was published on social media.

Bar Association’s LGBTI Film Screening Banned, Lawyers Watch Movie on Phone

Bar Association’s LGBTI Film Screening Banned, Lawyers Watch Movie on Phone

Ankara Governorship has banned Ankara Bar Association Human Rights Center’s LGBTI+ short film screening due to “social sensitivities”. Lawyers have protested the ban by watching the movies on their cell phones.

Moody’s Lowers Turkey’s Growth Forecast

Moody’s Lowers Turkey’s Growth Forecast

International credit rating agency Moody’s has lowered Turkey’s growth forecast for 2018 from 4 percent to 2.5 percent on the grounds of high inflation rates, increasing oil prices and loss of value in the Turkish Lira.

Arzu Çerkezoğlu Elected First Woman Chair of DİSK

Arzu Çerkezoğlu Elected First Woman Chair of DİSK

Arzu Çerkezoğlu, who was also the first woman Secretary General of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK), has become the first woman Chair of the DİSK since its establishment in 1967.

Application for Demirtaş to be Allowed to Issue Opinion to Press by Phone

Application for Demirtaş to be Allowed to Issue Opinion to Press by Phone

In an application submitted to the Ministry of Justice, it has been demanded that HDP’s imprisoned presidential candidate Demirtaş be allowed to join TV programs and that the press members be allowed to meet him.

Election Diary - May 29, 2018

Election Diary - May 29, 2018

Upon the rejection of HDP’s Presidential candidate Demirtaş’s request for release by Ankara 19th and 20th Heavy Penal Courts, the case has been taken to the Constitutional Court.

Rice with Dry Bean Recipe by CHP’s Presidential Candidate İnce

Rice with Dry Bean Recipe by CHP’s Presidential Candidate İnce

Muharrem İnce has given a recipe of rice with dry beans in Trabzon to explain the dependence on foreign sources in agriculture.

Footage of Armored Vehicle Crashing in Case File

Footage of Armored Vehicle Crashing in Case File

Footage of the armored vehicle, which was driven by sergeant major S.K., that hit Pakize Hazar to death has been presented to the court.

Hearing of Filmmakers Mavioğlu, Demirel Adjourned

Hearing of Filmmakers Mavioğlu, Demirel Adjourned

The hearing of the filmmakers Ertuğrul Mavioğlu and Çayan Demirel, who face five years of prison sentence on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” due to the Bakur documentary, has been adjourned to October 23, 2018.

Demirtaş’s Request for Release at Constitutional Court

Demirtaş’s Request for Release at Constitutional Court

After Demirtaş’s request for release was rejected by Ankara 19th and 20th Heavy Penal Courts, the case has been taken to the Constitutional Court.

Ezhel: Down with Censorship, Long Live Fully Independent Rap

Ezhel: Down with Censorship, Long Live Fully Independent Rap

Rapper Ezhel has sent a letter from the prison where he is kept. Saying in his letter that he went to the police station on his own will to give deposition, Ezhel called on the person who filed the complaint against him, "What did I do to you".

Support by Macron to Le Point Cover: Freedom of Press is Priceless

Support by Macron to Le Point Cover: Freedom of Press is Priceless

The President of France Emmanuel Macron has posted a tweet about Le Point magazine’s cover of President Erdoğan entitled “Le Dictateur” and said, “Freedom of the press is priceless; without it, here would be a dictatorship.”

Demonstration Ban in Van

Demonstration Ban in Van

Holding demonstrations and making statements for press have been banned for 30 days in Turkey’s eastern province of Van. The ban does not apply to the election works and the events held by governmental agencies.

Fundamentalist Islamist Party Hüda Par to Support Erdoğan

Fundamentalist Islamist Party Hüda Par to Support Erdoğan

Nominating candidates in 81 provinces, Hüda Par will support Erdoğan in Presidential election.

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“Charges Against Filmmakers Demirel and Mavioğlu Should Be Dropped”

“Charges Against Filmmakers Demirel and Mavioğlu Should Be Dropped”

28 international rights organizations have shared a message of solidarity for the filmmakers Ertuğrul Mavioğlu and Çayan Demirel, who face five years of prison sentence due to the Bakur documentary.

Sendika.org Editor Demirhan Released

Sendika.org Editor Demirhan Released

Sendika.org editor Ali Ergin Demirhan was detained due to his news report titled “We can stop dictatorship” and his social media posts. Demirhan has been released after his deposition.

#Gezi5Yaşında (Gezi is 5 Years Old) Trending Topic on Twitter

#Gezi5Yaşında (Gezi is 5 Years Old) Trending Topic on Twitter

The fifth anniversary of the Gezi resistance, which started with some tents burnt by security forces in Taksim and spread to the masses across Turkey, is being commemorated on Twitter under the hashtag #Gezi5Yaşında (Gezi is 5 Years Old).

Election Board: 144 Thousand Voters to Vote at Ballot Boxes to be Moved

Election Board: 144 Thousand Voters to Vote at Ballot Boxes to be Moved

Supreme Election Board President Güven has said, “The number of voters to cast vote at the ballot boxes planned to be moved is 144 thousand”.

Le Point Cover Taken Down in France Hung Again

Le Point Cover Taken Down in France Hung Again

After Le Point magazine’s cover of Erdoğan entitled “Le Dictateur” being taken down off, OSCE representative Désir has said, “Trying to export censorship to other countries is unacceptable”.

Election Board to Move Ballot Boxes, 270 Thousand Voters in Kurdish Cities to be Affected

Election Board to Move Ballot Boxes, 270 Thousand Voters in Kurdish Cities to be Affected

Request of 19 governorship to have the ballot boxes transferred has been accepted by the Supreme Election Board. HDP MP Sancar has stated that place of 270 thousand voters will be changed and most of these people are Kurdish voters.

PACE to Send 37 Observers to Snap Elections

PACE to Send 37 Observers to Snap Elections

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has announced that it will send 37 observers to Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Turkey, seven observers in the pre-election period and 30 observers to be on duty on election day.

Candidacy of HDP’s Baluken Dropped, Güngen Vetoed

Candidacy of HDP’s Baluken Dropped, Güngen Vetoed

HDP’s MP candidate Abdullah Güngen has been vetoed by the Supreme Election Board on the ground that the decision to return his legal rights hasn’t been issued. İdris Baluken’s candidacy has been dropped due to his penalty being upheld.

Deputy Prime Minister Şimşek: Volatility is Not Peculiar to Turkey

Deputy Prime Minister Şimşek: Volatility is Not Peculiar to Turkey

Deputy Prime Minister in Charge of Economy Mehmet Şimşek has stated, “We will take a step back from neither the independence of the Central Bank, nor the market economy.”

Election Diary – May 25, 2018

Election Diary – May 25, 2018

According to Mediar’s survey, presidential election will be concluded in second ballot, and the HDP will overcome electoral threshold.

Demirtaş: If Patriotic Party Wins, We Will Close HDP

Demirtaş: If Patriotic Party Wins, We Will Close HDP

HDP’s imprisoned presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş has addressed President Erdoğan through his tweets posted via his attorneys. Demirtaş has said, “I would also like to hear your opinions as to your favorite opponent forced to run his election campaign in prison.”

#FreeEzhel Call on Social Media for Arrested Rapper Ezhel

#FreeEzhel Call on Social Media for Arrested Rapper Ezhel

Following rapper Ezhel being arrested on charge of “promoting use of drugs”, hashtag FreeEzhel has become TT on Twitter in Turkey in a short time.