Stating that it is against the principle of equality to exclude the political prisoners from the execution arrangement, Mardin Bar President İsmail Elik defined the draft prepared by the government as 'discriminatory'.
The consequences of the corona pandemic are getting heavier for Turkey every passing day.
An Istanbul court has ordered the release of journalists Sadık Topaloğlu and Sadiye Eser during the first hearing held on Thursday. Both have been released from prison in the evening.
The co-mayors of Batman, who were arrested on Monday, have been released with a ban on leaving the country.
Alevi organizations demand that all prisoners be released immediately to avoid the coronavirus epidemic to spread in jails.
TEV- DEM announcing that Turkey has shut down the water station providing water for hundreds of thousands of people in Hesekê Canton despite the coronavirus, called on to UN and said: "Fulfill your responsibility".
A retirees union has reacted to discriminative social media messages and attacks on older people for not abiding by the curfew declared due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Haberin Var Mı” (Have You Heard the News) Initiative criticizes the regulation on criminal execution. Requesting the release of arrested journalists, the Initiative says, "Journalists, whose only crime was to practice their profession, will remain behind bars."
HDP MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu announced that a 70 year old prisoner in Sincan Prison has tested positive for coronavirus.
Stating that the execution footage of Menderes, published on the distance education system EBA TV, was not made accidentally and unambiguously, Eğitim Sen Istanbul No.1 Branch President Mesut Mike said that this was part of the current education system.
14 bar associations have criticized the 3rd Judicial Reform Package which will pave the way for the release of 100 thousand inmates while allegedly excluding political prisoners: “What makes a state powerful is its justice.”
Istanbul Medical Chamber Member of the Board of Directors Dr. Osman Öztürk who criticizes the government for not fighting the coronavirus transparently, said said that the government, which should partner with NGOs for public benefit and public health, did not do this to avoid telling the public about the gravity of the situation.
The mayor of Yenişehir who was arrested yesterday, has been released and put under house arrest, while the detained co-mayor of Ergani was released with a ban on leaving the country.
While the co-mayor of Eğil was remanded in custody, co-mayors of Lice and Silvan were sentenced to house arrest.
7 more people have died of the coronavirus in Turkey today, while 343 more people tested positive.