In the legal year opening ceremony, President Erdoğan said, “We have ensured that the right to criticize and give news is based on a stronger ground in the legislation.” But what do BİA Media Monitoring Reports tell us about these remarks?

Amid criticisms of locals and professional organizations, the Ministry of Transport has suspended the construction of a 12-kilometer double-sided wall in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

Standing trial on charge of “membership of an armed terrorist organization,” director Kazım Öz has been acquitted in his third hearing due to lack of evidence. Öz was facing 7 years, 6 months to 15 years in prison on the offense charged.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has rejected the application with a request for an interim measure on the grounds that “there is no imminent danger” to arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal, who has been on a death fast for 212 days.

Ruling AKP Spokesperson Ömer Çelik has referred to Turkey’s activities in following words: “Turkey is conducting its activities along its continental shelf and maritime zone and it has nothing to do with Greece.”

In a written statement, Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on the US to reconsider its decision, saying, “Otherwise, Turkey, as a guarantor country, will take the necessary decisive counter steps to guarantee the security of the Turkish Cypriot people.”

The country's official death toll has climbed to 6,417 with cases exceeding 270,000.

Due to the lack of precautionary measures, about 500 health workers in the capital have resigned, retired or taken unpaid leave, according to the SES.

Physically attacked shortly after he was targeted by Interior Minister Soylu, TİP Vice Chair and Hatay MP Atay held a press statement: “Soylu is not a minister, he is the gang leader of the system established by the AKP in 18 years, he is a useful apparatus.”

Workers of a mine in Ermenek, Karaman have started a second resistance as neither their wages nor their severance are paid. “There were times when I could not even afford baby food and diapers for my child,” says Abdullah Büber, one of the miners.

Çavuşoğlu has made remarks on the Eastern Mediterranean crisis and developments in Libya.

After a nine-year break, Formula 1 will return to İstanbul Park in mid-November in an extraordinary season amid the coronavirus pandemic.