Civil disobedience

An Ankara court has rejected a lawsuit filed by the Health Ministry against the Turkish Medical Association's (TTB) Ankara Chamber of Doctors (ATO) for assisting injured protesters during the Gezi Park protests in 2013.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an is in a hurry and wants it passed and implemented as soon as possible. Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu insists everything is in order and according to EU criteria. But it looks like the angry debate on the new Internal Security Law the government has drafted and submitted to parliament will not subside any time soon.

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta? have lent support to the Turkish Medical Association's (TTB) Ankara Chamber of Doctors, which stands trial for assisting injured protesters during the Gezi protests in 2013.

A high school student in Turkey was sentenced to 12 months in prison on Feb. 15 for insulting then Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.

With the Turkish parliament expected to begin discussing the government?s controversial new security bill this week, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Mui?nieks has expressed his concerns and urged parliament to reconsider the bill, in a statement released on the commission?s official Facebook page on Feb. 6.  

Seven municipal police officers have been acquitted after being charged with "misconduct" and "intentionally starting a fire," due to a lack of evidence proving that they raided and burned down protesters' tents during the Gezi Park protests in summer 2013.

Seven municipal police officers have been acquitted after being charged with "misconduct" and "intentionally starting a fire," due to a lack of evidence proving that they raided and burned down protesters' tents during the Gezi Park protests in summer 2013.

The government is bidding to bring back the laws of Turkey?s dark years after the Sept. 12, 1980 military coup with a new security code draft, which will be discussed at parliament this week, main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has claimed.

Police officers in Turkey viewed the activists in the Gezi Park protests of summer 2013 as ?morally problematic outsiders,? according to a new report written by a local Police Academy scholar.

Hüseyin Hayatsever huseyin.hayatsever@hdn.com.tr Thousands of pro-democracy protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on Feb. 1 for the first time since mass demonstrations shut down parts of the city for more than two months.