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The Peoples' Democratic Party's (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta? tweeted that the dispute with Istanbul Governor's Office over the party's upcoming rally at Istanbul's Kazl?çe?me Square was solved, with the demonstration to be held as planned. 

"The problem with our rally at Istanbul's Kazl?çe?me Square on May 30 is solved. We will be there at 3 p.m.," Demirta? wrote in his tweet. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s chief advisor Yi?it Bulut has declared his readiness to defend his boss with ?two pistols and hundreds of bullets,? months after he made headlines claiming that telekinesis-wielding international powers were trying to assassinate Erdo?an.

Members of the Bo?aziçi University Jazz Choir changed a song's finale, adding reference to the Gezi Park protests of June 2013 during their performance on mainstream news network NTV's special broadcast for the May 19 celebrations. 

Painter Haydar Özay, the son of the 21-year gardener of Istanbul's Gezi Park, has spent his life there. He has recently finished a huge, 50-square meter painting of the park, which will be on view from May 30, the second anniversary of the Gezi protests. 

An investigation has been launched into an alleged leak of the staff officer entrance exam questions of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), after copies of the exam were reportedly sold in a central shopping center in Ankara.

Weeks before the general elections, Turkey?s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has changed its much-criticized digital strategy, replacing its infamous ?trolls? with a ?regular army? - at least on paper.

MTV World has launched a documentary short film about Turkey within its Rebel Music series, which was viewed by more than 2 million people around the world on YouTube last week.

Turkish police have detained five Syrians in a group that attempted to stage a protest at Istanbul's iconic Taksim Square to commemorate the death of an Iranian Kurdish woman.

An Istanbul court that acquitted 26 people detained during the Gezi Park protests in the summer of 2013 has stated in its reasoned ruling that people do not have to get official permission for peaceful demonstrations, and demonstrations held without permission are not necessarily violent. 

Dissident Turkish actor Levent Üzümcü has been sent to the High Disciplinary Court of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and is facing dismissal from the Istanbul City Theater over statements critical of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). 

Commenting on the news from his Twitter account, Üzümcü defined the motion as against the law.