Saturday Mothers made their 900th demonstration in Galatasaray Square to ask the whereabouts of their relatives disappeared in custody and for the punishment of the perpetrators. The police, who blocked the streets with barriers, detained many of the protesters.
Continuing their struggle for justice and sharing the message, the Şenyaşar family said: "The persecution should be stopped before the judicial holiday starts".
Evaluating Turkey's activities and stating that the government's silence and indifference is a sign of approving the MIT attacks, Political observer Selar Eli said: "The government has turned Southern Kurdistan into a den of spies"
The Governorship of İzmir stated that 226 refugees were deported yesterday in a statement regarding the refugees who were removed from the Removal Centers (GGM) by force.
Getting ready for the congress, HDP plans to continue with Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar. In the HDP, which announced its "transparent negotiation" attitude on the common candidate in the elections, names began to be discussed for the presidential candidacy as well.
Families of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan and Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş held in İmralı Prison applied to the prosecutor's office and the prison directorate for a visit.
DFG Co-chair Serdar Altan, who is among the 16 journalists arrested in Diyarbakır, stated that Kurdish journalists were targeted and said, "We did not know what we were accused of when we were detained, and unfortunately we still do not know what we are accused of."
JINNEWS News Director Safiye Alağaş, arrested recently, said the following in her message, “It should be known that no oppression or persecution will be ablesilence women journalists. We are journalists, we will continue to do our jobs."
JINNEWS editor Gülşen Koçuk, who was detained with 20 of her colleagues in Diyarbakır and released with judicial control on the 8th day, stated that they were threatened, held for hours in handcuffs while being taken to the courthouse and said, "We will write for ourselves and for them."
Visiting the Şenyaşar family and drawing attention to the judicial holiday, İHD Urfa Branch Co-Chair Mustafa Vefa said: "We are closing this judicial year as well, before we pay our debt of justice to the Şenyaşar family."
The lawyers of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and İmralı Prison Directorate to urgently meet with their client.
Stating that the paramilitary structures established after JITEM aimed to prevent Kurdish movement in the region with the crimes they committed, IHD Co-Chair Eren Keskin said, "These paramilitary structures are free to do anything while civil society considered to be terrorists."
Showing the photograph presented by the police as "evidence" after the detention and arrest of journalists, HDP's Şevin Coşkun said: "This photo is the clearest indicator of how helpless the government, the police and the judiciary are in the face of real journalism."
One of the imprisoned journalists, JINNEWS Manager Safiye Alagaş has been the voice of women and children for 15 years despite all threats. Speaking about Alagaş, who received the "Courage Award in Journalism", her colleague Arjin Dilek Öncel said, "Safiye persistanly did her job."
While the Kurdish journalists are behind bars for the last week, Piya and Ari Production companies are still under police blockade for the last 15 days. The lawyers of the journalists are still not informed about the search that continues since June 8.