Going to school with his bike, 14-year-old Furkan Murat G. was hit by a police vehicle in Sakarya. The child has lost his life at hospital.

Having spent 4.5 years in prison and released in mid-April 2021, novelist and journalist Ahmet Altan has spoken to Yasemin Çongar. Altan also answered the question about why his novels are not published in Turkish: “Are you asking this to me?”

A rally to mark September 1 World Peace Day was not allowed and police detained dozens of people who wanted to protest the ban.

While the lowest temperature was recorded in Sivas’ Kangal district with 5.2 degrees, the highest temperature was measured in Şırnak’s Cizre with 47.5 degrees.

Main opposition CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has slammed President Erdoğan over his announcement that 15,000 new teachers will be appointed to work in public schools: “There is a need for 107,000 teachers and 43,627 classrooms.”

Defendants were not present in the trial over an incident where Ş.C.K. (16) was battered by his bosses. FİSA Children’s Rights Center’s involvement in the case was rejected; the new prosecutor gave a new opinion as to the accusations.

Keeping a justice watch in front of the Urfa courthouse with her son, Emine Şenyaşar is now facing a court case on the grounds that she allegedly insulted ruling AKP MP İbrahim Halil Yıldız in her speech on the 86th day of their justice watch.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 314 thousand tests were conducted, 23,846 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 257 people died of the disease and 685,318 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

The residents of the neighborhood where seven-year-old Mihraç Miroğlu lost his life in an armored vehicle crash had apparently applied to the sub-governor’s office several times and complained that armored vehicles were going at full speed.

After an interval of almost two years, schools reopened for in-class education in Turkey this week. We have talked to students and their parents. They are concerned about the risks amid the pandemic as well as additional expenses.

After last year's virtual summit, the assembly will be held in New York between September 19-22.

Eda Erdem, the captain of Turkey’s national volleyball team, has been named the “Best Middle Blocker” at the 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship, becoming the first player in history who has been named as such for the fourth time in a row.

In two weeks, new investigations were opened against five journalists, one journalist was attacked, and a reporter was prevented from covering a demonstration by the police.

According to the results of the "Youth's Political Preferences Survey" of the GoFor and NDI, youth think that politicians do not listen to them, do not understand them and do not try to find solutions to their problems.

At the alternative graduation ceremony held at the South Campus of Boğaziçi University in İstanbul, students have received their “resistance diplomas” that are not signed by the appointed rector Naci İnci.

Noting that Güvenpark and Güven monument are at risk due to an ongoing subway construction in the capital city, professional chambers have announced that they will file a criminal complaint about a recent collapse that has occurred in the area.

It is expected that those who received two doses of mRNA vaccines would need a booster shot 5-6 months after they got the second dose, Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has said in a written statement after the Science Board meeting.

President Erdoğan has announced that 15 thousand new teachers will be appointed to work in public schools. Referring to the conditions amid the pandemic, the Education Union said, “At least 100 thousand teachers should be appointed.”

HDP Co-Chair Mithat Sancar says that the HDP is open to the idea of nominating a joint candidate at the Presidential elections, underlining that first the principles and election safety must be discussed.

Keeping a justice watch for 185 days for his spouse and two sons killed and one son arrested, Emine Şenyaşar says, “Our life has fallen apart. I take sleeping pills to sleep. My heart aches. May justice be done and my son be released.”