Speaking at the 12th International Conference on Islamic Economics and Finance, President Erdoğan has said, “We aim to make İstanbul, located at the intersection of continents and cultures, the center of Islamic finance and economics as well.”

Ahead of HDP’s “March for Democracy against the Coup” today, entries and exits to eight cities have been restricted. While HDP has noted that holding this march is a Constitutional right, Demirtaş has said that HDP will be on the road for whole Turkey.

Human Rights Association (İHD) Co-Chair lawyer Eren Keskin has spoken to bianet: “We all live like captives in a sense.”

HDP MP Hüda Kaya has slammed the Presidency of Religious Affairs’ statement against the LGBTI+: “If the Presidency of Religious Affairs will do its job and speak in the name of religion, then, it needs to speak about theft and child molestation.”

As many as 34 countries, including some of Turkey's neighbors, may face a food crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic, says Greenpeace.

Taken into custody on charge of “political and military espionage,” journalist Müyesser Yıldız has been arrested while journalist İsmail Dükel has been released on probation.

Addressing the reporters after appealing to the Constitutional Court, main opposition CHP’s Altay has said, “We want the writers and those who expressed their opinions to benefit from reduced sentences benefited by muggers and usurpers.”

Child and Youth Studies Specialist Ceren Suntekin has conducted a survey with 67 voluntary children who stay home during pandemic. “We need to keep in mind that they are individuals, too,” Suntekin has noted.

HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan has shared the details of her party’s “March for Democracy Against the Coup” to start on June 15. While Co-Chair Buldan will start the march in Edirne, Co-Chair Mithat Sancar will start it from Hakkari.

Saying that "I can't participate in most festivals because of my age," short film director Nisan Uğur has made her second movie during the pandemic.

According to the June 2020 Tourism Bulletin released by the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, the number of tourists who came to İstanbul this April was 960, which marks a 99.9-percent decrease in comparison with the same month last year.

Addressing a Parliamentary question to Minister of National Defense Akar, HDP MP Kılıç-Koçyiğit has noted that there were signs of torture on the deceased body of Araz, who allegedly took his own life while doing his military service.