Poets, academics and journalists detained for 2 days
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- 13:06 27/11
Many people, including journalists, writers, poets, cartoonists and academics, have been detained for 2 days.
Many people, including journalists, writers, poets, cartoonists and academics, have been detained for 2 days.
Minister of Justice Tunç stated that they are evaluating the DEM Party Co-Chairs' petition for a meeting with PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
Kurdish news website Ajansa Welat started its broadcasting life with the slogan "The voice and colour of the country".
15 people who were detained in Gökçeada district of Çanakkale and Çanakkale on the allegations of attending HDP congress were released with judicial control conditions.
The numbet of detentions increased to 23 in house raids in Şirnex. 10 people were detained in house raids in Dersim and Amed.
Journalist professional organisations reacted against government's use judiciary against journalist, representatives of press professional organisations and demanded the release of their colleagues
Lawyer Bedirhan Sarsılmaz from ÖHD, who was arrested for his professional activities, stated that the decision to arrest him was due to the current political environment and emphasised that "this arrest will be a reason for me to increase my struggle".
31 years have passed since the murder of Adnan Işık, distributor of Özgür Gündem and Özgür Halk magazines in Wan. Işık's perpetrators have not been found.
Stating that the trusteeship is an attack on the co-mayor system, DAD Co-Chair Kadriye Doğan said: "We have no choice but to protect this system and common life. It is the duty of all of us to transform Turkey into a democracy."
The City Council was re-established with the transfer of the administration to DEM Party.
DAD and DİK protested the appointment of trustees to Dêrsim Municipality with a march and stated that the will of the people is ignored.
People detained in simultaneous house raids in several cities this morning are being brought to Ankara as part of an investigation.
Wan TUHAY-DER sent money to prisoners as part of the campaign.
DEM Party Co-chairs Tuncer Bakırhan and Tülay Hatimoğulları have applied to the Ministry of Justice for a meeting with Abdullah Öcalan.
The Ministry of Interior announced that 231 people, including journalists and writers, were detaine in house raids in 30 provinces.