Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has raised concerns about the increase in the number of COVID-19 deaths and cases in Turkey: “As things stand, we will have at least 335 thousand new cases and 4 thousand new deaths in two weeks.”

None of the monumental trees aged between 100 and 2,000 burned during the recent forest fires in Muğla province. However, there are concerns that the trees will be affected later on due to the extreme heat they were subjected to.

CHP MP Gürer says, “The problems caused by the economic crisis, high inflation rates and coronavirus have decreased the purchasing power of citizens, bringing them to such a point that they are unable to pay their electricity and natural gas bills.”

Dismissed by Ankara University, which did not appoint the academic, and reinstated in her position by a court ruling, Assoc. Prof. Meltem Kayıran has been dismissed again by the rector’s office following its appeal to the upper court.

Speaking at a peace rally in Van on World Peace Day, HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan said, “If there is an alliance to form at this point, it must be the alliance of peace,” announcing that the HDP would issue a declaration on September 27.

The Directorate General of Migration Management has stated that Ankara has been closed to registration of temporary protection starting from September 2; the Syrians with temporary protection status will be sent to the cities where they are registered.

An investigation has been launched against JinNews reporter Öznur Değer over the news that she shared about the massacre of 7 Kurdish citizens from the Dedeoğulları family in Konya’s Meram.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 302 thousand tests were conducted, 23,946 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 290 people died of the disease and 706,330 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

After President Erdoğan, his ally Bahçeli also stated that the election threshold will be lowered.

Marking World Peace Day, ecologists from Turkey, Cyprus and Greece have criticized the governments of the three countries for "fanning the flames of racism" while not taking action against ecological destruction.

Marking the beginning of the new judicial year in Turkey, the Diyarbakır Bar Association has said, “The fundamental and universal rules of law such as the right to a fair trial, particularly the judicial independence, are practically disregarded.”

Dr. Arif Müezzinoğlu from the Turkish Medical Association (TTB): “The fact that the lives of workers go on as before, including during lockdowns, has caused us to see the effects of this disease more among the working class.”