A group of lawyers have opened a banner of “Fair trial is a right, accept their demands” for lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who have been on a death fast in prison for their right to a fair trial.

As the government considers converting the monument into a mosque, MP Hüda Kaya has said it was built as and should be reconverted into a church.

During the session, tensions rose between AKP deputies and independent MP Ahmet Şık.

Sending a message from Edirne Prison, former HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş has stressed that “Turkey’s future cannot be built by solely opposing to the AKP,” adding that the next election will be “the greatest election in Turkey’s political history”

The ruling AKP-MHP’s bill on multiple bars has been protested in front of İstanbul Bar Association. Addressing the crowd, İstanbul Bar Vice Chair has noted that even if the bill passes the Parliament, it will be repealed by the Constitutional Court.

The bill foreseeing changes in the structure of bar associations has been put on the agenda of the Parliament's General Assembly today. Main opposition CHP, HDP and İYİ Party have reported minutes of dissent: “A natural ground for political divisions.”

Addressing a Parliamentary question to Minister of Treasury and Finance Albayrak, HDP MP Garo Paylan has noted that the exchange rate of US dollar has been fixed at 6.86 Turkish Lira in the last weeks.

Ahead of a Parliamentary debate on the ruling AKP-MHP’s bill that will enable the establishment of multiple bars in three major cities, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) and International Commission of Jurists have criticized the bill in a statement.

“The government has typically labelled anybody critical of its policies, particularly its Kurdish policy, as a terrorist or a traitor, and an enemy of the state,” reads the joint letter addressed to European Commission Vice President Josep Borrell.

Constitutional Court has concluded that the right to respect for private and family life of Köse, an arrestee of organization membership, was violated as his conversations with his family during non-contact visits were listened and recorded.

Ahead of ruling AKP-MHP’s bill foreseeing multiple bar associations to be debated at the General Assembly of Parliament, main opposition CHP MP and lawyer Erbay has released a statement, warning that the bill “will divide and polarize lawyers.”

Minister of Culture and Tourism Ersoy has said, “We could not have remained insensitive to swift birds during museumization works at Galata Tower. We have paused the maintenance works at the facade of the tower till the birds migrate.”

"There is no example of multiple bar associations in the world," bar chairs have told bianet, criticizing the government's move to change the Attorneys' Act.

With its “March for Democracy against the Coup” coming to an end on June 20, the HDP will start its “Democracy Meetings” at the Parliament tomorrow.

Alleging that the report was intended to smear against him, Altun requests 250,000 lira for damages.

The bill will head to the parliament's general assembly as bar chairs continue to protest outside the parliament.

Lawyers continue protesting the AKP's proposal to change the Attorneys' Act.

Ankara Bar Association has announced that the “Grand Defense Rally” scheduled for today has been cancelled in the wake of a ban on demonstrations imposed by the Governor’s Office of Ankara. Bars will file a complaint against the Governor’s Office.

Bar chairs have not been allowed to join the negotiations of the bill that allows multiple bar associations in larger provinces.

While CHP and HDP deputies have submitted motions and law proposals about the 1993 massacre, an AKP member of the Sivas municipal council has filed a criminal complaint who define the incident as "massacre."