05/06/2024 – #DailyNews – #MedyaNews
🔸 Mehmet Sıddık Akış, the deposed Kurdish co-mayor of Hakkari, was sentenced to 19 years and 6 months in prison just 24-hours after Akış was arrested and immediately replaced by a government-appointed trustee.
🔸 Syria has set a firm precondition for peace talks with Turkey, stating that Ankara must first declare its readiness to withdraw its forces from all occupied Syrian territories.
🔸 As jailed Kurdish journalist Serdar Karakoç awaits extradition proceedings in the Netherlands at Germany’s request, 122 media colleagues have issued a joint public statement demanding his release.
🔸 And Turkey’s Constitutional Court has issued a significant ruling limiting the president’s powers to appoint university rectors and replace central bank governors.
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