Appointment of trustees to HDP municipalities has been protested in İstanbul, Van, Mardin and Diyarbakır. The police have intervened against the protests. While 6 journalists have been detained in Mardin and Diyarbakır, the injured MPs have been hospitalized.

Human Rights Watch has released a statement on the dismissal of three mayors from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

Holding a statement for the press about the appointment of trustees to Metropolitan Municipalities of Van, Diyarbakır and Mardin, HDP Co-Chair Buldan has made a call to CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu and all political parties: “Break your silence.”

Ergin Çağlar, a reporter for the Mezopotamya Agency, has been released on the condition of judicial control by the court.

CHP Ankara MP Hakverdi has appealed to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) Human Rights Investigation Commission, requesting that the allegations of torture in Elazığ Prison be investigated by the Parliament.

HDP Co-Chair and MPs have been prevented to hold a statement for the press in front of the Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality.

While Kars Co-Mayor Ayhan Bilgen has announced that he has been summoned to depose, the house of Co-Mayor Şevin Alaca has been raided by the police earlier today.

Soylu spoke a day after the replacement of three mayors in southeastern cities with trustees.

The Syriac Associations Federation has released a statement regarding the appointment of trustees to the Metropolitan Municipalities of Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van: “Elections have no value left in Turkey in recent years.”

EU Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Kocijanic and Kati Piri, the EU rapporteur on Turkey, have released statements on the dismissal of elected mayors from the HDP.

The forest fires in Seferihisar and Menderes in İzmir have been fended off from residential areas thanks to fire extinguishing efforts. “Not even a single square-meter of the blazed forestland will be zoned for construction”, İzmir Mayor Soyer has indicated.

Writer Ayşegül Tözeren, who is also a columnist for the daily Evrensel, has been taken into custody in a house raid in İstanbul.

Saturday Mother Elmas Eren has lost her life at the age of 88. Together with other Saturday Mothers/People, Eren has been struggling to learn the fate of her son Hayrettin Eren, who was disappeared in custody after the coup in 1980.

HDP MP Ahmet Şık has said, "I am not surprised by the AKP's trustee politics. This is the AKP after all. They don't recognize the will of the people."

28 bar associations have released a joint statement and announced the removal of elected Metropolitan Mayors of Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van from office. “Turkey has once again woken up to a lawless morning”, the bars have stated.

The Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB), the Lawyers for Democracy, the Human Rights Association (İHD) and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) have released statements on the dismissal of mayors.

Journalist Ziyan Karahan, who is working for the Kurdish service of Mezopotamya Agency (MA), has been detained in a house raid in Diyarbakır.

People have protested the appointment of trustees to three HDP Metropolitan Municipalities, the police have intervened against the protests in Diyarbakır and Van. “The will of the people cannot be seized”, the HDP İstanbul has stated.

The two former prominent figures of the AKP criticized to the dismissal of three mayors, saying it is "against democracy."

The Turkish Armed Forces military convoy heading to Morek observation point in Idlib stopped after bombings as the Syrian Army continues efforts to encircle Khan Sheikhoun town. Turkey's Defense Ministry has condemned the airstrike.