HDP has released a statement about the detention of its executives and members in Antep and Diyarbakır earlier today. “What is done is a systematic attack of ‘political genocide’ against certain segments of society,” the statement has read.

Main opposition CHP MP Tanal has appealed to the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) and complained about the power cuts of Dicle Electricity Distribution Inc. (DEDAŞ), which has also seized the money given to farmers as agricultural support.

Eighteen investors and seven brokerage houses have been fined 2.4 million dollars for non-compliance with short-selling ban.

The court has acquitted the columnist after the AKP's Binali Yıldırm withdrew his complaint.

Arrested as part of a lawsuit filed into the news on the death of an intelligence officer in Libya, columnist Ağırel was taken to the prison’s sickroom for his treatment, rather than a hospital. Held in a detention room there for over 5 hours, he refused treatment.

The Governor’s Office of Şırnak has announced that entries and exits in 22 areas have been banned for three days “to provide national security, protect public order and safety, prevent the committal of crimes and safeguard others’ rights and freedoms.”

While the defendant police officer was not present in the courtroom, a police officer was assigned to watch the hearing.

At least 12 women, including TJA Spokesperson Ayşe Gökkan and journalist Ayşe Güney, have been taken into custody in house raids in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır province. The reason for their detention is not yet known.

In the wake of two recent forest fires in İstanbul and Çanakkale, Prof. Abdurrahman Kılıç says, “All fires go out, there is no fire that does not,” and adds, “The early extinguishment of a fire depends on a bit of luck.”

Writer Adalet Ağaoğlu has lost her life at the age of 90. She was treated in intensive care for some time.

Turkey is open to cooperation with UNESCO for the preservation of the universal heritage, the AKP spokesperson has said.

While a trustee has been appointed in place of HDP’s detained Ağrı Diyadin Co-Mayor Yaşar, 33 people, including HDP Antep Co-Chair, have been taken into custody as part of another “investigation against the PKK/KCK terrorist organization.”