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An Istanbul court ordered the release of veteran journalist Kadri Gürsel on Sept. 25 in the third hearing of the case into critical Turkish daily Cumhuriyet. 

While ruling for the release of Gürsel, the Istanbul 27th Heavy Penal Court ruled for the continued arrest of four others including reporter Ahmet Şık and editor-in-chief Murat Sabuncu.

The upcoming "justice congress" that the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) will hold in the western Turkish province of Çanakkale will welcome participants of various political backgrounds, CHP Deputy Chair Aykut Erdoğdu has said.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has formed a special commission to examine the case of its jailed Istanbul lawmaker Enis Berberoğlu. 

The commission consisting of legal experts and journalists will follow the process of the case closely. 

A protocol signed by the Education Ministry and the Ensar Foundation, an Islamic-inspired children's group that was previously embroiled in a major child abuse scandal, allows the latter to organize courses in nearly 1,000 public education centers, daily Cumhuriyet reported on Aug. 2. 

An Istanbul court sentenced main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmaker Enis Berberoğlu 25 years in prison on June 14 for "leaking state secrets" in the Syria-bound intelligence trucks case, prompting a storm of reaction from the CHP.

The health conditions of two educators who have been on a hunger strike for over 60 days is deteriorating, while four main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmakers have also launched their own hunger strike in support. 

A delegation from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on April 28 visited jailed daily Cumhuriyet journalists and executives in Istanbul's Silivri Prison. 

CHP deputy leader Veli Ağbaba, Ankara lawmakers Necati Yılmaz and Şenal Sarıhan and Muğla deputy Nurettin Demir compiled a report with messages from the arrested journalists and executives after their visit. 

Launching legal proceedings against daily Cumhuriyet on accusations of support for terrorism is an explicit indication of a witch hunt against dissidents, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has stated, in a report prepared after a party visit to the newspaper's imprisoned journalists. 

The arrested CEO of daily Cumhuriyet has denied claims that the embattled newspaper has changed its publishing policy in recent years to ally with the Gülen movement and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). 

Akın Atalay, who was arrested on Nov. 13 on "terror charges," said in his court testimony before arrest that the daily has editorial independence. 

Restrictions on freedom and oppressions that daily Cumhuriyet and many writers experience might soon be coming to the judiciary, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said, appealing to judges and prosecutors to resist the pressure.