In an open letter to the rector candidates, the elected senators of Boğaziçi University say, “Rector candidates must undertake that they will abide by the values of our university, its principles of bottom-up governance, meritocracy and autonomy.”

Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed former Co-Chair of the HDP, has been granted the 2021 Weimar Human Rights Award on the grounds that he was “one of the most important opposition politicians in Turkey’s recent history.”

According to the weekly data shared by the Health Ministry regarding the COVID-19 outbreak in Turkey, the numbers of cases and patients increased in the week of July 10-16 while the number of fatalities decreased in a week.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 214 thousand tests were conducted, 9,586 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 52 people died of the disease and 475,676 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

After police opened fire on two motorcyclists who did not obey their stop warning and wounded Serkan G. in his neck, people gathered in front of the district security directorate in Gümüşhane province, saying, “We don’t want murderous police.”

The academics of Boğaziçi University have filed a lawsuit and demanded the stay of execution of the decisions taken by the appointed university administration by casting multiple votes at the Senate meeting.

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has said, “Turkey is doing an outstanding job of taking care of Syrian refugees,” adding that she would like the refugee agreement with Turkey to continue: “This is the best for the people.”

Heavy rainfall has led to floods in Rize’s Fındıklı district and Artvin’s Arhavi district in the Black Sea region. Vehicles have been submerged and several houses and workplaces have been flooded.

Presidency’s Communications Director Fahrettin Altun has made a statement regarding news reports about some media outlets being funded by foreign countries, saying, "We will not allow fifth column activities under new guises.”

President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan has said that “the only demand of Turkish Cypriots is the recognition of their sovereign state status,” reiterating his support for a two-state solution in the island.

In the trial over the death of 28-year-old Onur Yaser Can, who committed suicide after being tortured in detention, the İstanbul Regional Administrative Court has requested an investigation against five police officers.

In a statement released by the police in Germany, it has been announced that the connection between the recent knife attack and a threatening message targeting journalist Erk Acarer will be investigated.

Nikos Hristodulidis, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cyprus, has announced that they have applied to the United Nations Security Council regarding the attempts to partially open the Varosha quarter of Famagusta.

The Health Ministry data has shown that the rate of positive COVID-19 tests has increased almost twofold in the last 10 days while July 18, when 66 people lost their lives, saw the highest number of daily fatalities in the related period.

In a joint statement, five LGBTI+ family organizations have demanded that academic and documentary filmmaker Can Candan, who has been dismissed by the appointed rector, be reinstated in his job at Boğaziçi University.

In a joint statement, 15 bars have condemned the recent racist attacks targeting the Kurdish identity and demanded an urgent and effective investigation into the attacks as well as an end to the language of violence and discrimination.

The ECtHR has concluded that in the absence of other evidence, the use of ByLock encrypted communication app, regarded as evidence of “FETÖ membership”, does not lead to reasonable suspicion in itself with regards to the committal of offenses charged.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 184 thousand tests were conducted, 8,151 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 59 people died of the disease and 181,042 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

Thirty-three people were killed in an ISIS bombing in Suruç, Urfa on July 20, 2015.

Dozens of people reportedly attacked a Kurdish family after an argument in Konya, central Turkey.