Governor's Office announces: Banned for 10 days

Demonstration marches and outdoor meetings have been banned in Van for a period of 10 days.

The following statement was issued by the Van Governor's Office:

“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 security 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 violent incidents;

Within the geographical boundaries of Van province, for a period of 10 days starting from 12.11.2024 up to and including 21.11.2024, except for those deemed appropriate by the Governor's Office and District Governor's Offices, activities such as demonstration marches, outdoor meetings and indoor meetings, press statements, sit-in protests and 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 Demonstration Marches No. 2911 have been banned in accordance with the relevant articles of the Law on Meetings and Demonstration Marches No. 2911 and the Provincial Administration Law No. 5442.

In order to prevent participation in any kind of unlawful action or event, either individually or collectively, from our districts or surrounding provinces, or by using our province's routes between the specified dates, a decision has been made not to allow the entry and exit of individuals/groups likely to participate in unlawful actions/events to and from our province and districts, their individual or collective departure from these places, and the use of our province's routes by those coming from other provinces for the purpose of passing to the specified location, in accordance with the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (c) of the Provincial Administration Law No. 5442.”

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