İstanbul Bar Association Chair Mehmet Durakoğlu and lawyer Turgut Kazan have spoken to bianet about the reversal of the court order imposing access block on bianet by saying “It was done by mistake”.

Five women have been appointed to senior positions at İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Speaking to bianet about the recent appointments, CHP İstanbul Provincial Chair Canan Kaftancıoğlu has stated, “I regard it as a gain.”

Earthquakes of 5.7 magnitude in Denizli and 4.8 in Aegean Sea have hit western Turkey. Five people have been hospitalized.

The former Deputy PM and Foreign Minister from the AKP has long been rumored to found a new party.

In the wake of negotiations between the US and Turkey over the establishment of a possible “safe zone” in Syria, the government of Syria has described the safe zone as “a flagrant aggression against Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

The General Directorate of Forestry has announced that 19 forest blazes were intervened in throughout the country on August 7.

In the third month of Kavaklık resistance raised by the students of METU against the construction of a state dormitory on poplar woods at their campus, the District Municipality of Çankaya has taken down minutes for the demolition of unauthorized buildings.

Four medical personnel have been arrested for having treated a child in the southeastern Şırnak province during the 2015-2016 conflict inthe region.

A lawsuit has been filed against 19 students of METU for having joined the 9th METU LGBTI+ Pride Parade. They are charged with “attending unlawful assemblies and marches” and “not dispersing despite warning.”

The Havaist bus providing passenger transportation to the new İstanbul Airport had an accident in Büyükçekmece district, claiming the life of one person. In İstanbul’s Eyüp district, an earth-moving truck rolled over, closing the airport road to traffic.

A social media campaign has been launched for Selahattin Demirtaş, the former HDP Co-Chair who has been behind bars for almost three years. Thousands of messages of support and solidarity are posted under the hashtag #freedemirtas.

President and ruling AKP Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated that Turkey and the US have agreed to establish a joint operation center in Syria.