Media censorship and disinformation during the Gezi Park protests

Some 170 people, including journalists, were detained on Tuesday after Turkish police aggressively prevented people from marking the ninth anniversary of the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul.

The crowd was not allowed to enter Taksim Square and Gezi Park and police used violence to stop demonstrators, with barricades, tear gas and batons.

Turkish authorities have issued an arrest warrant for journalist Can Dündar as part of an investigation into the 2013 Gezi Park protests in Istanbul, state-run Anadolu Agency said on Dec. 5.

A Turkish court has ruled for the arrest of actor Mehmet Ali Alabora, who is accused by prosecutors of plotting to overthrow the government during the Gezi Park protests in 2013.

Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled that the case of two citizens convicted of staging an unpermitted demonstration during the Gezi Park protests' href='/search/Gezi Park protests'>Gezi Park protests in 2013 should be retried.

Hundreds marched on May 31 through the centre of Istanbul to mark five years since the Gezi Park protests that shook Turkey. Here is the story of the march in photos (AFP)

A police officer was sentenced to two years and one month in jail on March 21 for shooting and killing Ethem Sarısülük during the 2013 Gezi Park protests. The sentence was later converted into a punitive fine. 

An Istanbul court has ordered the Interior Ministry to pay over 1 million Turkish Liras in compensation to an academic who lost an eye during a police crackdown on the Gezi protests in 2013. 

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) launched fresh bid to counter what it calls negative "perception operations" against Turkey, daily Yeni Şafak reported on July 10. 

The new project, led by AKP Vice Chair Ravza Kavakçı Kan, will reportedly bring AKP officials together with the representatives of international human rights groups to "explain the government's actions." 

Hundreds of people, including lawmakers from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), marched down Istanbul's İstiklal Avenue on the evening of May 31 to mark the fourth anniversary of Gezi Park protests, Turkey's largest-ever civil uprising.

A local court in ?zmir has handed down a postponed monetary fine for an incident in which several students were beaten by two riot police officers, one of whom was photographed pulling a girl's hair, during the Gezi protests in 2013.