Two soldiers have lost their lives, six others wounded in the attack launched by the PKK members on military zone in Tekeli village of Şemdinli district in Hakkari province.

Within the operations carried out against the Fethullah Gülen community following the coup attempt on July 15, 12 journalists including Mümtezer Türkone, columnist of the Gülen-linked former Zaman daily have been arrested.

A photography workshop is opened in order to decrease the effects of trauma that children in Diyarbakır’s Suriçi experience because of curfews and conflict, to provide opportunity for them to express themselves.

Six police officers have lost their lives and four others injured upon PKK members detonating a bomb-laden car parked on the roadside in Bingöl.

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey has stopped scholarship payments of both master and doctorate studies included in 2211-Domestic Postgraduate Scholarship Program.

Former Zaman daily writer Mümtazer Türköne and Hürriyet daily reporter Arda Akın who are in the detention list which has been issued within scope of the two different probes launched into Fethullah Gülen Community have been taken into custody.

Two police officers and three soldiers have lost their lives in the attack carried out by Kurdistan Workers’ Party yesterday evening in Hakkari and Siirt provinces.

The General Staff has announced that 35 jets of which 24 are combatant jets, 37 helicopter of which eight are assault helicopters, 246 armored vehicles of which 74 are tanks and three ships were used in the July 15 coup attempt.

Operation has been launched into 47 people consisting of Zaman daily’s former columnists and managers within scope of the probe launched as to the July 15 coup attempt. Şahin Alpay has been detained.

“Republic and Democracy Meeting”, which was organized upon CHP’s call and hosted many institutions and parties took place in Taksim Square yesterday (July 24).

Prime Minister Yıldırım has said, “We learned of the [coup] attempt after 15 minutes. Who did we learn it from? We learned of it from our close guards and citizens. We learned of it from kith and kin”.

Vice Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has announced that the European Convention on Human Rights in accordance with its Article 15 has been suspended upon declaration of State of Emergency in wake of coup attempt.

A huge banner demanding capital punishment with the signature “Brave People of This Mighty Nation” has been hung on Atatürk Culture Center in Taksim.

96 of the 112 detained generals and admirals have been arrested due to coup attempt.

Seven soldiers including 2nd Army Commander Adem Huduti have been arrested.

Former Governor of İstanbul Hüseyin Avni Mutlu has been suspended.

The Council of Higher Education Chairperson has invited rectors of all universities to the meeting and said “The steps that we take to clean our academic community from this formation will be discussed.”

Turkish Armed Forces in its statement made on its website has announced that they have seized power. Minister of Defence Işık has noted that the declaration is a pirate statement. State-run Anadolu Agency has reported that Chief of General Staff has been taken hostage.

Curfew has been declared in 16 villages of Silvan district of Diyarbakır province in southeastern Turkey.

Curfew has been declared in Ortasu/Roboski and Gülyazı/Bujeh villages of Uludere district of Şırnak province in southeastern Turkey to be in effect as of 3 a.m. this morning.