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Students Hanging Banner at Shopping Mall Charged with ‘Terror Propaganda’

Students Hanging Banner at Shopping Mall Charged with ‘Terror Propaganda’

Four students have been detained after hanging a banner at Demirören Shopping Mall in İstanbul. The students are charged with “terror propaganda” for their banner which read, “The system of the AKP kills, the media of the boss hides the truths.”

12 November 2019 Ayça Söylemez

International Travel Ban on METU Students Lifted

International Travel Ban on METU Students Lifted

The court board has ruled that the international travel bans of METU students, who were previously arrested on charge of "insulting the president" for having carried a banner during their graduation ceremony, shall be lifted.

22 October 2018

Students sentenced to 8.5 years for unfurling banner

Students sentenced to 8.5 years for unfurling banner

A court sentenced university students Ferhat Tüzer and Berna Yılmaz to eight years and five months in prison on terrorism related charges due to a banner they unfurled during a speech by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, while Utku Aykar, another university student, also received two years and two months of imprisonment.

7 June 2012 Ayça Söylemez

Banner Case at the Parliament

Banner Case at the Parliament

Mothers of Dönmez and Işıklı held a press conference at the Parliament for their daughters who are in jail pending trial with charges of "making propaganda for a terrorist organization".

Again the Same Combination: The Banner and the Prison

Again the Same Combination: The Banner and the Prison

Two women, a student and a teacher that unfurl a banner written "We do not want the missile shield , we want a democratic high school” arrested with many accusations like “terrorist propaganda” and they are in prison for 4 months.

18 April 2012 Ayça Söylemez