Methodology AMER has been monitoring the right to peaceful assembly since October 2015. The monitoring includes analyzing the Turkish legislation on freedom of peaceful assembly with international standards of the right, violations to the right to peaceful assembly in practice, and discrimination in the implementation of the law. The data collection occurs through media scans and coding of the news articles according to indicators reflecting the international standards of the right. The categories include the group organizing the protest, type of assembly, methods used in police intervention, number of people detained, the reason for the use of force, etc. AMER also collects data on the specific and general bans on assemblies by governmental authorities. This data is disaggregated and visualized, and later analyzed according to international standards and national laws. AMER also collects qualitative data from its monitoring CSO network, which includes Bar Associations and unions. Although this data is sparse, it usually gives more information on the context of interventions. AMER monitors social media (through twitter handle @toplantigosteri) and shares data on violations to the right to assemble for visibility. Due to capacity issues, AMER is not able to collect data on all assemblies that occur or is planned to occur but does not materialize due to bureaucratic hurdles or chilling effect. Therefore, the data collected only gives information on the assemblies that are intervened by the security forces, and does not inform on the extent of discrimination in practices of the state, or the extent to which these measures deter potential assemblies. However, the use of public spaces banned by governors are known to be used by assemblies initiated by the government. Such overarching conclusions are derived from information AMER collects from its CSO network spanning across Turkey. 7