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  Censorship in Turkey: JinNews website blocked

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  • 09:49 23/10/2020

  The website of the news agency JinNews has been blocked in Turkey following a decision by the telecommunications authority.

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  Silvan former Vice Co-Mayor sentenced to 9 years

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  • 09:49 23/10/2020

  Zuhal Tekiner, former deputy co-mayor of Silvan Municipality, has been sentenced to 9 years for "being a member of an organization" and "making successive propaganda".

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  Attorneys submit application to visit İmralı

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  • 15:29 22/10/2020

  Attorneys of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with his clients.

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  Dolar skyrockets after Central Bank's interest decision

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  • 15:27 22/10/2020

  The Central Bank has kept the policy rate (one-week repo auction rate) constant at 10.25 percent. Following this decision, the exchange rate of the US dollar has hit 7.95 Turkish Lira and that of Euro 9.40 Turkish Lira.

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  ECPMF: Release the journalists arrested in Van

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  • 14:48 22/10/2020

  After four journalists were arrested in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority eastern province of Van, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) has released a statement and called for their immediate and unconditional release.

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  Uğur: It is journalism that has been arrested

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  • 14:47 22/10/2020

  Our reporter Cemil Uğur who broke the news about two villagers thrown out of the helicopter while under the custody of soldiers said: "It is journalism that has been arrrested. We wouldn't have done our job if we ignored it."

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  Police raid on district and provincial buildings of HDP in Diyarbakır

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  • 12:55 22/10/2020

  Police raided HDP Diyarbakır Provincial Organization and Yenişehir District Organization.

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  1 year 3 months prison sentence for Journalist Temizkan

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  • 12:51 22/10/2020

  Journalist Sabiha Temizkan was sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison on the grounds of her social media activity. The court did not delay the sentence.

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  Digital materials confiscated in the Özgür Gündem raid are lost!

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  • 12:50 22/10/2020

  In the case regarding the raid on Özgür Gündem Newspaper, the court board decided that the confiscated digital materials could not be given to their owners because they are lost in evidence room.

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  HDP: Government policies causes the deaths of the refugees

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  • 12:43 22/10/2020

  HDP Migrants and Refugees Commission made a statement regarding the increasing murders of refugees and attacks on migrants, and said: "We know the perpetrators of the crimes against refugees. The perpetrator is the increasing anti-refugee state policies."

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  "'CPT is a hypocrite on the isolation issue'

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  • 10:07 22/10/2020

  HDP Mersin Provincial Co-Chair Mehmet Alış stated that the isolation imposed upon the society was a reflection of the isolation on Öcalan, while Hakkı Demir, Head of İHD Branch, stated that the CPT was hypocritical on this issue.

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  Tahir Elçi hearing postponed

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  • 16:03 21/10/2020

  The first hearing regarding the murder of Tahir Elçi that was held 5 years after his death was postponed.

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  Number of HDP members detained in Maraş increased to 12

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  • 15:56 21/10/2020

  Number of people detained in the home raids in Maraş increased to 12.

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  7 people including HDP executives detained in Maraş

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  • 14:15 21/10/2020

  Seven people, including HDP provincial executives, were detained in Maraş.

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  Attorneys appeal to visit Öcalan rejected

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  • 12:41 21/10/2020

  The application of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers to meet with their clients was rejected.

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