A bus with 50 passengers burst into flames when it was heading to İstanbul. Because the fire was noticed early, all the passengers were evacuated.

Detained on the allegation that they caused the forest fire in Marmara Island in Balıkesir by burning the haying crop at their garden, H.T. and his son O.T. have been arrested.

A five-hectare area has been affected by the fire in the central Anatolian city while extinguishing efforts are continuing.

While 10-decare forestland has been razed in a forest fire in Burgazada Island of İstanbul, 60 houses in Marmara Island of Balıkesir have been evacuated. In Tavşanlı, Kütahya, an 80-hectare area has been affected by the fire.

Today is the 19th day of “Water and Conscience Watch” against the destruction of nature in Ida Mountains. While listening to the story of guitarist Kardelen, who visited the watch yesterday, we also talked to “Tree Woman” targeted by pro-government media.

Forest fires have broken out in Marmara Island and Alaçam Mountains in Balıkesir and in Burgazada in İstanbul. The fire extinguishing efforts of fire brigade teams are continuing.

In the accident that took place on İzmir-Aydın Highway, a 18-year-old pedestrian has lost his life after being run over by the car driven by İYİ Party MP Zeki Hakan Sıdalı.

MP Erkan Baş, Patika Ecology Collective and Peoples’ Democratic Congress (HDK) assembly members have visited the “Water and Conscience Watch” against the destruction of trees in Ida Mountains on its 18th day.

Having escaped from being slaughtered last Eid-al Adha and swum in Black Sea for three days, Ferdinand the bull is in “Liberated Farm Animals Shelter” in İzmir on this eid.

Today is the 18th day of “Water and Conscience Watch” against destruction of nature in Ida Mountains. While environmental defenders are preparing banners for the fire in Gallipoli, we are reporting Greenpeace activists’ impressions from the watch.

The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure has responded to a parliamentary question regarding the accidents by Altan CHP MP Tanrıkulu.

Council of Higher Education has launched an investigation against METU President Kök, who signed the protocol handing over the tenure of 40-decare campus area for the construction of a state dorm and approved unauthorized construction site buildings.

The Interior Minister has announced that 81 people applied to hospitals and 83 aftershocks occurred after yesterday's earthquake.

A bus owned by Metro Turizm company has burst into flames en route. With this bus fire, the number of bus fires erupted since the beginning of August has increased to five.

As the gold excavation works of Alamos Gold company continue destructing nature, the local community and environmental activists have been standing watch in the region for 15 days. We are reporting from Çanakkale.

The TTB has demanded "cooperation" from the Canadian Medical Association against the gold mine project run by the Alamos Gold in Ida Mountains.

Attending the Smile for Future summit in Lausanne, Switzerland, 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg from Sweden sent a message to Turkey. “Ida Mountains belong to us all”, said Thunberg in Turkish.

The General Directorate of Forestry has announced that 19 forest blazes were intervened in throughout the country on August 7.

In the third month of Kavaklık resistance raised by the students of METU against the construction of a state dormitory on poplar woods at their campus, the District Municipality of Çankaya has taken down minutes for the demolition of unauthorized buildings.

The Havaist bus providing passenger transportation to the new İstanbul Airport had an accident in Büyükçekmece district, claiming the life of one person. In İstanbul’s Eyüp district, an earth-moving truck rolled over, closing the airport road to traffic.