The Health Ministry has announced that Turkey’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 11,601 and the total number of patients to 417,594. 94 people have died of the virus and the number of new patients has been announced as 3,316 in the last 24 hours.

The İstanbul 3rd Civil Court of First Instance has rejected Cumhuriyet's appeal against the public ad cut imposed by the Press Advertisement Agency (BİK). Relying on this rejection, the Agency has cut the newspaper’s public ads for 28 days.

In his letter addressed to arrested businessperson Kavala, novelist Andrey Kurkov says, “Your entire situation seems to me so surreal that, if I did not know that it was your reality, I would assume it was a story by Orwell. Maybe with the help of Kafka…”

Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has raised concerns that the 2021 Budget of the Ministry of Health does not prioritize public health, underlining that much more resources have been allocated to therapeutic healthcare services and city hospitals.

Supervising the execution of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgements, the Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of Ministers has requested that Turkey submit a report on 15 cases.

France’s Secretary of State for European Affairs Clément Beaune has accused Turkey of being “aggressive in many fields and in Islamism.” Referring to the sanctions postponed by the EU, he has noted that “all options are on the table."

PEN Norway has analyzed the indictment issued against journalists for allegedly revealing the identity of an intelligence officer. The report has concluded that the indictment “does not even satisfy the minimum criteria expected of such a document.”

Education Union (Eğitim-Sen) Chair Feray Aytekin Aydoğan has announced that Cengiz Tekdal, a high-school teacher from Diyarbakır, has lost his life due to COVID-19.

The Checks and Balances Network has released a report titled “Presidential System Ahead of 2021: Judiciary.” The report has shown that with the adoption of the new system in April 2017, the influence of the executive on the judiciary has increased.

İYİ Party Chair Akşener has announced that an investigation has been launched against İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu due to his objection to the Canal İstanbul project. Municipality's spokesperson has confirmed the investigation.

Three security guards reportedly raped a woman named Z.M. from Iran in Van Removal Center on July 22. Identified by the woman at the gendarmerie station, two security guards have been arrested on charge of “aggravated sexual assault.”

On International Day of the Imprisoned Writer, PEN Turkey has created a "Prison Alphabet." PEN Turkey Chair Zeynep Oral says, “Numbers don't matter; if even a single journalist or writer is unjustly behind bars in a country, no writer or journalist is free."

DEVA Party Chair Babacan, also a former deputy PM from the ruling AKP, has said, “Osman Kavala has been behind bars for over a thousand days. I had his case files examined by our fellow legists. They are pathetic, it is an utter travesty of law.”

The Health Ministry has announced that Turkey’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 11,507 and the total number of patients to 414,278. 89 people have died of the virus and the number of new patients has been announced as 3,223 in the last 24 hours.

Urfa Bar Association has announced that Bêrû (Faceless), a theater play to be performed in Kurdish by the Teatra Jiyana Nû (New Life Theater), has been banned in Urfa province. It was previously banned in a district in İstanbul.

While 141 workers were working in healthcare, 90 workers were working in trade/office/education/cinema, 25 were working in municipal affairs, 20 in textile/leather sector, 17 in security, 15 in metal, 14 in transportation and 10 in accomodation.

When the Mercedes driver complained about the slippery new surface of İstanbul Park, a district mayor told him to "mind his own business," which he did to win the race and clinch his seventh world championship.

After the document was published on social media, the Council released a statement, saying that it was "a routine practice."

“We don’t say it as a slogan, we have really burned out. Our two fellow health workers committed suicide,” says SES Union Co-Chair Atabey about the decision of two hospitals to call COVID-infected personnel back to work without being tested.

Only 28 percent of the participants said that they had an earthquake emergency kit, according to a survey by the municipality.