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Arrest And Imprisonment Of Esila Ayık
Esila Ayık is a university student who was arrested in 2025 on charges of insulting the president for carrying a placard that read "Diktatör Erdoğan" (English: Dictator Erdogan) during a protest in Kadıköy, Istanbul. Ayık stated that the placard did not belong to her and that she had taken it from someone she didn’t know in order to take a photo with it. The incident sparked public outcry and ignited discussions about freedom of speech. Esila Ayık was arrested on April 9 and sent to the Bakırköy Women's Closed Prison. Her lawyer stated that she suffers from chronic heart and kidney conditions, that the prison environment is unsuitable for her health, and that Ayık was hospitalized on April 23 after falling ill in prison. The lawyer also noted that her imprisonment continued despite a report from the Istanbul Chamber of Doctors stating that she was unfit to remain in prison. An assessment of the issue in Ayık’s heart valve, previously classified as “mild,” found th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadıköy
Kadıköy () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district on the Asian side of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 25 km2, and its population is 467,919 (2023). It is a large and populous area in the Asian side of Istanbul, on the northern shore of the Sea of Marmara. It partially faces the historic city centre of Fatih on the European side of the Bosporus. It is bordered by the districts of Üsküdar, to the northwest, Ataşehir, to the northeast, and Maltepe, Istanbul, Maltepe, to the southeast. Kadıköy was known in classical antiquity and during the Roman Empire, Roman and Byzantine Empire, Byzantine eras as Chalcedon (). Chalcedon was known as the 'city of the blind'. The settlement has been under control of many empires, finally being taken by the Ottomans before the fall of Constantinople. At first, Chalcedon was Rural area, rural, but with time it Urbanization, urbanized. Kadıköy separated from the Üsküdar district in 1928. One o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
