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#Turkey must release 130+ jailed journos. Tweet a selfie #FreeTurkeyMedia By @Amnesty with @englishPEN @RSF_inter @IndexCensorship @CRNetInt @hrw @pressfreedom

[FreeTurkeyMedia @FreeTurkeyMedia]

Next week is #WorldPressFreedomDay.

Journalists around the world are showing solidarity for jailed colleagues in #Turkey.

Why not tweet your own selfie with the #FreeTurkeyMedia hashtag #WPFD2018 #Journalismisnotacrime #FreeRightsDefenders #FreeThemAll

[Stefan Simanowitz @StefSimanowitz]

14/. While President Erdogan is praised by leaders at the NATO summit, two binding judgments of the European Court of Human Rights to release @amnesty Prisoner of Conscience #OsmanKavala are being ignored by #Turkey

It’s time to free #Kavala & the #Gezi7
https://t.co/bIkAiyT8uv

[Stefan Simanowitz @StefSimanowitz]

6/. Yesterday, #IstanbulPride went ahead despite a ban

Thousands held the 21st #Pride march in Istanbul in the face of a large police presence

Reports say that 93 were arrested and at least one person suffered head injuries.
https://t.co/3bsGibyYJx

[Stefan Simanowitz @StefSimanowitz]

5/. “Despite the restrictions & ever-shrinking space for LGBTI people in Türkiye, & despite the potential for state harassment and intimidation, #Pride events will take place. Around the world, we offer them our solidarity” @amnesty
#Pride2023 #PrideMonth

[amnestypress @amnestypress]

This weekend, people taking to the streets to celebrate #Pride2023 in Turkey risk facing tear gas, batons & rubber bullets

Turkey's crackdown on #Pride events has nothing to do with security or public order & everything to do with an anti-LGBTI agenda https://t.co/o46ALV2TDF

[Stefan Simanowitz @StefSimanowitz]

3/. Today in Ankara, students will defy a ban by the university & celebrate Pride

The ban has been brutally enforced by police in recent years & in 2019, 19 students faced 3 year jail terms for organising & participating in #METUPride

They were acquitted

[Stefan Simanowitz @StefSimanowitz]

4/. This weekend, people taking to the streets to celebrate #Pride2023 in Turkey risk facing tear gas, batons & rubber bullets

Turkey's crackdown on #Pride events has nothing to do with security or public order & everything to do with an anti-LGBTI agenda https://t.co/zpas55MDLz

[amnestypress @amnestypress]

Amnesty International are pleased to welcome activist & academic. Begüm Başdaş, as @amnesty’s new Regional Researcher on Türkiye

With so much to do to defend & promote human rights in Turkey, Begüm’s arrival is an important & timely addition to our team

[Stefan Simanowitz @StefSimanowitz]

2/. In the run up to #Turkey’s recent elections, anti-LGBTI+ rhetoric was ramped up

At a rally last month, President Erdoğan accused opposition parties of “being against our sacred family structure” because of their position on LGBTI+ rights. #Pride2023

[Milena Büyüm 🍉 @MilenaBuyum]

https://t.co/ixXxtD8M0n

[Stefan Simanowitz @StefSimanowitz]

#BREAKING: Justice prevails!

The court in #Turkey has acquitted all 4 human rights defenders who were facing absurd terrorism charges, due to lack of evidence

The six year ordeal that Taner Kılıç, İdil Eser, Özlem Dalkıran &!Günal Kurşun have been subjected to is finally over👇

[Amnesty Türkiye @aforgutu]

@amnesty_de @w_nemitz @keremdikmenn @ruhat_sena_ The court gave its final decision and acquitted all human rights defenders (Taner Kılıç, İdil Eser, Günal Kurşun and Özlem Dalkıran) due to lack of evidence.

#FreeTaner #FreeRightsDefenders

[Stefan Simanowitz @StefSimanowitz]

Whilst they were eventually released, 4 still face charges despite the fact that over the course of 12 hearings, every allegation levelled against them has been comprehensively disproved

During their incarceration millions, including @snowden, spoke out👇

[Amnesty Türkiye @aforgutu]

Ahead of Büyükada/Rights Defenders Case, we are at Courthouse.

AI Germany Director (@amnesty_de) @w_nemitz, Christoph Alberts from our International Board, AI Turkey Chair @keremdikmenn and AI Turkey Director @ruhat_sena_ are present at the courthouse to monitor the hearing.

[Milena Büyüm 🍉 @MilenaBuyum]

Today marks 6 years since Taner Kılıç, then chair of @amnesty Türkiye board, was detained in İzmir.

A month later 10 other rights defenders were detained during a human rights workshop in Büyükada.

Taner spent over 14 months behind bars.

May today be the end of this injustice!

[Amnesty Türkiye @aforgutu]

After the convictions of Taner Kılıç, İdil Eser, Özlem Dalkıran and Günal Kurşun were overturned by the Court of Cassation, Büyükada / Rights Defenders Case, in which 4 rights defenders are on trial, is being held again.

We will be in Çağlayan Courthouse to monitor the hearing.

[Stefan Simanowitz @StefSimanowitz]

6 years ago, Taner Kılıç, then chair of @amnesty Turkey, was arrested

A month later 10 other rights defenders including @aforgutu’s then director, Idil Eser, were detained

Their convictions were overturned but the decision appealed

Today is judgment day

[Stefan Simanowitz @StefSimanowitz]

11/. #BREAKING: President Erdogan wins election in #Turkey

5 more years will take his term in office to 25 years

Footage of jubilant #Erdogan supporters outside the presidential complex (via @marginalemedia)
#TurkeyElections #Turchia #Turkeyelection2023
https://t.co/N2uHfmV8nI

[Stefan Simanowitz @StefSimanowitz]

“I dedicate this award to all my sisters & all struggling spirits waiting for the good days they deserve in Turkey"

@merveedizdar wins Best Actress Award at the #CannesFilmFestival for the film, Kuru Otlar Üstüne, on the eve of #TurkeyElections.
#Cannes23

[Stefan Simanowitz @StefSimanowitz]

The run off in #Turkey’s elections will be on 28 May

Ahead of yesterday’s vote, Twitter acceded to a govt request to restrict some unspecified content

Social media & the internet are key sources of news & free debate in the #TurkeyElections (Video @hrw)

[Stefan Simanowitz @StefSimanowitz]

9/. After processing 99.93% of the ballots President Erdogan hast rprtdly won 49.34% of the vote falling just short of the 50% need to secure victory

Kemal Kılıçdaroglu won 45%.

A second round of elections will be held on May 28

@selingirit in #Turkey�