10-day ban on demonstrations and marches in Van

The Van Governor's Office has announced that demonstrations, marches, and indoor and outdoor meetings have been banned for 10 days, starting today. The Governor's Office stated that the decision aims to ensure the safety of citizens' lives and property, thwart the plans of terrorist organizations, prevent the commission of crimes, ensure the continuation of fundamental rights and freedoms, and prevent acts of violence. The statement read as follows:

"In order to prevent actions and attacks that are assessed to directly and clearly create the conditions for limitation and prohibition stipulated in our Constitution and laws, to ensure the life and property safety of our citizens, to thwart the plans of terrorist organizations, and in this context, to ensure national security, protect public order and general health, prevent the commission of crimes, ensure the continuation of fundamental rights and freedoms as well as the rights and freedoms of others and general public order, and prevent the spread of acts of violence; within the geographical boundaries of Van province, for a period of (10) days starting from 29.11.2024 up to and including 08.12.2024, except for those deemed appropriate by the Governor's Office and District Governorships, activities such as demonstrations, outdoor meetings and indoor meetings, press statements, sit-ins, conducting surveys, setting up/opening tents and stands, organizing signature campaigns, distributing leaflets, brochures and flyers, and all kinds of protest actions to be organized in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations No. 2911,

have been prohibited in accordance with the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations No. 2911 and the relevant articles of the Provincial Administration Law No. 5442. Between the specified dates, in order to prevent participation in any illegal action or event, whether individually or collectively, from our districts or surrounding provinces, or by using our province's routes, a decision has been made not to allow the entry and exit of individuals/groups likely to participate in illegal actions/events to and from our province and districts, their individual or collective departure from these areas, and the use of our province's routes by those coming from other provinces for passage to the specified locations, in accordance with the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (c) of the Provincial Administration Law No. 5442."