CHP’s Ağbaba has asked Bozdağ: “Have you looked into the allegations that ‘Ölürüm Türkiyem’ song is being played through speakers of Tekirdağ Prison and when it meets reaction, announcements as ‘You will shout as long live the Republic of Turkey’?”

A ranger has lost his life in the armed conflicts that occurred in Hizan district of Bitlis province and an improvised explosive device paved on the road has been detonated while a military vehicle dispatched to the region was driving by. Three soldiers have lost their lives in the explosion.

The US Department of State has made a statement about the closure of Özgür Gündem: “We are always concerned, and we’ve been very clear about that, whenever we see an independent media outlet shut down.”

There are casualties reported in the attack launched with a bomb-laden vehicle on the Elazığ Security Directorate.

In a bomb attack carried out by PKK members detonating a bomb-laden vehicle in the city center of Van province, two civilians and a police officer have been killed. 73 persons including 20 police officers were injured.

Özgür Gündem daily Publishing Consultancy Board member and novelist Aslı Erdoğan’s home was raided last night, Erdoğan detained.

Former Zaman daily former head columnist Ünal has been arrested as part of the investigation launched into the Gülen Community.

Then-Trabzon Gendarmerie Provincial Commander Colonel Öz, gendarmerie intelligence officer noncommissioned officer Şahin, noncommissioned officer serving at the İstanbul Provincial Gendarmerie Commandership Emir and Specialized Gendarme Sarıgöl have been arrested.

The death toll has risen to seven in the attack launched by PKK members on a traffic control center on the Diyarbakır-Batman highway yesterday. Two of the killed were civilians and one of them was 5 years old.

Hürriyet daily reporter Arda Akın has been arrested on the charge of “Aiding the organization [Fethullahist Terror Organization] willingly and deliberately” under the scope of the failed coup investigation. Akın was detained earlier and released on probation.

An attack has been launched with a bomb-laden vehicle on Area Traffic Control Station Directorship, which is located on the Diyarbakır-Mardin highway. Two police and one child have been killed in the attack.

39 of the 43 Pamukkale University academics who were detained as part of the July 15 coup attempt investigation were arrested in Denizli on August 13.

Assoc. Professor Dr. Kemal Inal from Gazi University, who was threatened while signing the Academics for Peace declaration and then removed his signature, and signee Professor Dr. Ali Çeliksöz from Cumhuriyet University said they don’t know the reasons behind their decisions to be suspended.

İHD Diyarbakır branch Chairperson Raci Bilici, who has commented on PKK, killing 17 persons including soldiers, police and civilians in one day, and stated that “We saw multiple times that these actions don’t bring a solution, both government and PKK must turn away from violence.

Singer Sıla Gençoğlu has said, “I am watching in a state of shock and a bit of sorrow at what a point the words I said, relying on democracy, to justify my decision not to attend the democracy meeting have come to.”

The concerts of singer Sıla Gençoğlu who has declared that she would stand by her words criticizing the Democracy and Martyrs Rally and added “Aren’t we talking about democracy? So I have told my opinion” have been cancelled in four cities.

The play, “At the Table of the Sun - Nâzım and Brecht,” performed by Genco Erkal and Tülay Günal, which had been banned for security reasons within the State of Emergency, will now continue to be performed.

The Progressive Legists Association, declaring that the rights of prisoners have been further restricted by Statutory Decrees, has expressed that prisoners’ rights to be visited have been obstructed, that they are not being taken to the hospital and their access to certain newspapers and TV channels have been prohibited.

According to the governorates’ statements, one police officer and seven civilians have lost their lives in attacks organized in Mardin’s Kızıltepe district and Diyarbakır’s Sur district. 10 police and 23 civilians were injured.

Employees of the closed Manşet Kocaeli daily, which has been closed by statutory decree, cannot receive their unemployment pay.