The monthly press freedom report of main opposition CHP MP Çakırözer is marked by the obstructions faced by journalists during news follow up and the targeting remarks of Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu in May.

Chief Public Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation Bekir Şahin has said that they are preparing the indictment against the HDP again. The indictment was previously returned to the Court of Cassation by the Constitutional Court.

Held in detention for eight days, the members of the Health and Social Service Laborers’ Union (SES) have been released.

The Council of Higher Education (YÖK) has appointed Vice Rector Prof. Fazıl Önder Sönmez as the acting dean of Boğaziçi University Faculty of Engineering.

Turkey has so far administered over 29.25 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, according to official figures. The WHO has also approved the vaccine of China’s Sinovac, one of the two vaccines currently used in Turkey, for emergency use.

According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, 129 people died of coronavirus and 7,112 people tested positive with over 223 thousand tests in a day. 1,241 coronavirus patients are reportedly in a critical condition.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism has released its monthly report on violence against women journalists.

Commenting on Interior Minister Soylu’s statements, HDP Co-Chair Sancar says, “The murders committed during his term in office are not unidentified; the perpetrators are obvious, but they are not put on trial.”

Main opposition CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said, “This government is a government that places serious burdens on our shoulders. For this reason, we have to hold snap elections as soon as possible.”

Going to Boğaziçi University to protest the appointed rector Melih Bulu, students were not admitted to the campus. The police and private security guards once again locked the doors of the university.

Villagers in the Black Sea province have been protesting a stone quarry project undertaken by a company close to the government.

Accusing main opposition CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu of “dancing to the tune of Biden and getting on his bloody boat”, MHP leader Bahçeli has said that “CHP’s demand for a snap election reflects its master’s voice.”

Taksim Mosque, which has been Erdoğan's "favorite project" since he was the Mayor of İstanbul, was built on a much larger area than it was originally planned during his prime ministry.

Bars, nightclubs, concert halls and similar venues will continue to remain closed in June, according to the new coronavirus reopening schedule.

“I lost 25 kilos in torture. 898 wounds-marks were found in my body. The wounds in my body have healed, but the wounds inside me won’t heal until this injustice is eliminated. Join your voice with mine,” says Ayten Öztürk from her letter from prison.

The chairs of 58 bar associations have made a joint statement about the intervention against the villagers resisting the marble quarry attempted to be built in Van’s Gürpınar district: “Give up the project, apologize to villagers.”

Shady groups are plotting attacks on Alevis to create chaos in the country, Peker has claimed.

Ozan Ulu’s family says that the Prosecutor of Siirt “doesn’t give information because there is a confidentiality order on the file” and adds: “Please, help us."

In the wake of a ban imposed by the Beyoğlu Governor’s Office, the Taksim Solidarity platform has made a press statement on the 8th anniversary of Gezi under police blockade. “The darkness passes, Gezi remains,” they have stated.

The İzmir Branch of the Human Rights Association (İHD) held a press statement on the occasion of the International Week of the Enforced Disappeared.