While Turkey recorded an annual growth rate of 21.7 percent, the labor share in the GDP continued to decline.

Speaking about the lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic, İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor has said, “We have witnessed an increase in the number of crimes committed on social media applications such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.”

A social media campaign has been launched for 83-year-old seriously ill prisoner Özkan. Social media users demand his release under the hashtag #MehmetEminÖzkanıSerbestBırakın. He will appear before the judge on September 15.

Two suspects have been detained for attacking opera singer and BirGün columnist Güvenç Dağüstün after his concert in İstanbul’s Kadıköy on August 30 Victory Day.

Seventeen people, including a brigadier general, were killed and many homes and businesses were set on fire in the Kurdish-majority province of Diyarbakır in 1993.

The Ankara Medical Chamber and the Health and Social Service Laborers’ Union (SES) Ankara Branch have urged the authorities to announce the COVID-19 vaccination rates of prisoners and prison personnel in Turkey.

In a Parliamentary question to Minister of Treasury and Finance Elvan, HDP MP Paylan has asked if there is an investigation into the allegations that the money collected with high interest rates at state-owned Ziraat Bank in Germany was transferred to Turkey.

An investigation has been launched into the incident where lawyer Ekin Yeter was subjected to body search in Van High-Security Prison. Pressing charges against the wardens, Yeter says, “This arbitrary, humiliating maltreatment and practices must end.”

Ahead of the events to be held on the occasion of September 1 World Peace Day, the Sub-Governor’s Office of Bakırköy and the Governor’s Office of Eskişehir have banned meetings and protest marches for 5 and 15 days respectively.

Worker Can Ataş was one of the survivors of the October 10 Ankara Massacre in 2015. His both feet were broken into pieces, he was treated for 23 months.

The Ministry of Health has announced that over 297 thousand tests were conducted, 21,893 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 252 people died of the disease and 849,216 vaccine doses were administered in a day.

In the face of ongoing forest fires in Dersim, Bingöl, Bitlis and Şırnak, citizens, together with firefighters, are making efforts to put out the fires.

On Sunday, the former minister said everything about him in the investigation was true.

HDP Ağrı MP Taşdemir has submitted a Parliamentary question about the incident where 10-year-old Eyüp Kırtay was run over by an armored vehicle in Bitlis province and lost his life: “Has an investigation been launched into Kırtay’s death?”

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has announced a tender for construction of 4-5 star hotels and thermal facilities in some forestlands in the provinces of Artvin, Bursa, Kars, Kütahya, Mersin, Ordu and Uşak.

Some electrocuted storks were found as birds have started migrating back to Africa.

Jailed for nearly five years, former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş has made a statement about the forest fires in Dersim province: “Forests are burned on the same grounds Dersim was bombed in 1938.”

Four ministers had to leave office after the investigations that marked the end of the years-long alliance between Erdoğan and Fetullah Gülen.

After his August 30 Victory Day concert in İstanbul’s Kadıköy yesterday, opera singer and BirGün columnist Güvenç Dağüstün was battered.

Turkey’s request for the extradition of businessperson Korkmaz, who faces a warrant in both Turkey and the US on a series of charges including money laundering, has been accepted in Austria. The final decision will be given after the US’ request is examined.