With the start of the “second phase” of face-to-face education in Turkey, more and more students have returned to school. Kaya Bahadır, the Chair of Students’ Parents Association, has spoken to bianet about education in Turkey amid pandemic.

Both Tuncel and Tuğluk have been in prison since 2016.

Having applied to hospitals for suspected alcohol poisoning from fake liquor, five of 13 people have lost their lives in Mersin while the death toll in İzmir has increased to 12 in İzmir. Three suspects have been arrested in Mersin.

Taken into custody for allegedly committing a crime with the messages on a social media account, Dr. Tahsin Çınar has been released on probation.

DEVA Party Chair Ali Babacan, also a former deputy PM from the ruling AKP, has said, “They are trying to rule the country with fear. Journalists who report news that are not in the interest of the government are either arrested or dismissed.”

Preschool and first grade students started in-person education on September 21.

Amid ongoing conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan, over 800 citizens have signed a joint statement: “Bloody solutions such as war and violence are destructive and painful for societies. One needs to insist on dialogue and negotiation in solving problems.”

Taken into custody on October 7, 20 people, including Etkin News Agency (ETHA) reporter Pınar Gayıp, have been released from detention.

Çelik previously resigned from the HDP after facing charges for sexually assaulting a woman.

Taken into custody in Kars province on October 1, four people, including dismissed Co-Mayor of Kars Şevin Alaca, have been arrested.

Turkey planned both in-person and distance education for the several grades of students who will start in-person lessons as of October 12, Minister Selçuk has said.

The government-appointed municipal administration has blocked dismissed mayor on Twitter and deleted the municipality's old tweets about its work in Kars city.

Murat İde, the press advisor of İYİ Party Chair Meral Akşener, has been taken into custody in Giresun over an article that he penned five years ago.

In his opinion as to the accusations, the prosecutor has demanded that journalist Ayşegül Doğan be penalized for “being a member of the organization.” Doğan was the Program Coordinator of the İMC TV, which was closed by a Statutory Decree.

Facing an investigation for sexually assaulting a woman, Independent Mardin MP Tuma Çelik’s legislative immunity has been lifted at the General Assembly of the Parliament. Çelik resigned from the HDP following the allegations.

The local court has ruled that journalist Can Dündar, who is currently abroad, shall be considered a “fugitive” and his property shall be confiscated on the grounds that he has failed to appear in court within 15 days.

Constitutional Court President and six members have indicated that the Law on Criminal Enforcement has the characteristics of a “pardon” and can only be implemented by an act of Parliament; however, the appeal has been rejected by a majority of votes.

Amid ongoing conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the South Caucasus, Hrant Dink Foundation has made a call for peace: “We call on the administrators of all related countries to open negotiation channels and to operate diplomatic tools.”

Seventeen senior figures of the HDP have been remanded in custody after a new investigation was opened into the 2014 "Kobani protests" in Kurdish-majority provinces.

The Parliament has ratified two motions to extend the deployment of Turkey’s troops in Lebanon, Mali and the Central African Republic (CAR) for another year as part of the UN’s interim force in Lebanon and EU peacekeeping mission in Mali and the CAR.