A hunting committee affiliated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has permitted the hunting of pochards and turtle doves.

After a boat with refugees on board sank in Lake Van in eastern Turkey on June 27, the deceased bodies of six more refugees have been found, bringing the death toll to 19. The missing boat was located on July 8.

Making a statement ahead of a Council of State ruling on the status of Hagia Sophia, UNESCO has noted that Hagia Sophia is on its list of World Heritage Sites as a museum and has certain commitments and legal obligations in that regard.

A court this month began trying 20 Saudi citizens in absentia over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.

According to Labor Force Statistics of the TurkStat for April, the number of unemployed people has dropped by 427 thousand to 3 million 775 thousand in a year. Employment has dropped by 2 million 585 thousand people in the meantime.

Many people don't cultivate their lands due to electricity debts that are caused by "arbitrary and illegal" power cuts by the region's energy company, according to farmers.

CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu has said, “On the very day when this legislation is published in the Official Gazette, we will appeal to the Constitutional Court. The system of multiple bars needs to be abandoned to ensure the security of unitary structure.”

As three soldiers have lost their lives while carrying the fireworks waste from a factory in Sakarya where seven workers also lost their lives in a blast last week, Minister Soylu has announced that the work and reconstruction permit of the factory will be revoked.

PACE Rapporteurs have noted that the conviction of human rights defenders Taner Kılıç, İdil Eser, Günal Kuşun and Özlem Dalkıran in Büyükada trial will have a new deterrent effect on the work of human rights defenders in Turkey.

Foreseeing the establishment of more than one bar association in a city, the Bill on Amendments to the Attorneys' Act and Some Laws has been passed at the General Assembly of the Parliament. MPs have started debating the second part.

Women's organizations will protest the government's reported plans for pardoning child abusers if they marry the child they abused.

The chairs of bar associations are keeping watch against the bill of “multiple bar associations” in Kuğulu Park in Ankara. Police have surrounded the bar chairs, not allowing journalists to enter the area.

Meeting in İstanbul Courthouse, lawyers have applauded in protest of the bill foreseeing the establishment of more than one bar association in a city. İzmir Bar has announced that they will go to Ankara to support bar chairs with their watch in the city.

Eight children and eight refugees were among the killed workers while only three of them were unionized, according to the İSİG report.

Ahead of the Foreign Affairs Council discussion on EU-Turkey relations on July 13, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have sent a joint letter to Josep Borrell and Ministers of Foreign Affairs of EU member states.

An explosion has claimed the lives of three soldiers and injured 11 others and a truck driver while they were carrying the fireworks waste from the factory in Sakarya where seven workers also lost their lives in a blast last week.

According to a report prepared by main opposition CHP MP Biçer Karaca, seven of these 59 lakes “have almost come to a point of no return” while eight lakes are in danger of drying up due to the planned projects or wrong water policies.

The UN and the US warn against "unprecedented levels of foreign interference" in the Libya conflict, Turkey says it will continue to support the Sarraj government, Russia accuses the US of hindering efforts for a political solution.

Main opposition CHP’s Parliamentary inquiry into the firework factory explosion that claimed the lives of seven people in Hendek, Sakarya has been rejected by the votes of the ruling AKP and MHP MPs.

A group of lawyers have opened a banner of “Fair trial is a right, accept their demands” for lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who have been on a death fast in prison for their right to a fair trial.