After half of all ballot boxes have been opened, the Justice and Development Party takes the lead again, followed by the main opposition Republican People's Party. The far-right Nationalist Movement Party is above the 10-percent election threshold.

After 31 years, coup leader Kenan Evren was interrogated on the military putsch on 12 September 1980 for the first time this week. Lawyer Ergin Cinmen urges to include the government of Bülent Ulusu into the scope of the investigation.

General Bilgin Balanlı was taken to court with the request to arrest him in the scope of the "Sledgehammer Coup Plan" after he gave his statement to the prosecutor. Balanlı is the first top-rank military officer to be arrested in the context of the Sledgehammer investigation.

The statement of police officer Ayhan Çarkın is supposed to bring light into the case against former Chief of Police Mehmet Ağar who is being sued in the context of the "Susurluk trial". The case was postponed to 15 September.

"Freedom for Ferhat Tüzer and Berna Yılmaz" was the message of the supporters of the two university students who have been detained for 14 months because they posted a banner calling for free education. The students remained in detention. The trial was postponed to 6 October.

After the temporary ban of 12 independent candidates from the general elections in June, now the election office of independent candidate Kürkçü from the Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block was demolished. Kürkçü called the authorities to duty.

Having emerged in the suburbs twenty years ago, hip-hop is now part of French cultural heritage. V. Milliot, urban cultures expert discusses the “French Touch” to which she dedicated her thesis.

Boultek, a venue dedicated to alternative culture. The association EAC- L’Boulvart with its eleven years of experience is strengthening its work and embarking on new challenges.

Sophie Bachelier speaks of the profound feelings of loss and emptiness provoked by a journey, often without return. Through photography, she portrays the life of mothers and wives of Senegalese migrants, whose stories she has also filmed.

An ever lasting fighter, Aadel Essaadani is one of the key contributors to cultural life in Casablanca. Through his diverse experiences he has nourished a strong vision of the important role of culture.

A group of associations give a second life to the old Casablanca Abattoirs (Slaughterhouse), transforming it into the first cultural site of the Arab world. Space is given to the young urban cultures.

Musician of fusion par excellence, Kheireddine M’kachiche has juggled with all musical registers to which he was given access: from classical music to the Algerian traditional repertoire, from jazz to rock…