After it has been revealed that the word “Kurdistan” was censored in the Turkish translation of Paulo Coelho’s book Eleven Minutes, the Can Publishing House has announced that the book will be pulled off the shelves.

The monument near the Armenian border was demolished in 2011 after Erdoğan called it a "freak". Sculptor Aksoy told bianet that he will rebuild the monument in the same place.

Elected to the Supreme Board of the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), media ombudsperson Faruk Bildirici said, “I have always defended freedom of press, expression and thought. I will, naturally, continue my efforts in that direction."

Hüseyin Aykol, a 67-year-old journalist was sent to prison yesterday. His wife Nuray Çevirmen, colleague Sedat Yılmaz, and lawyer Eren Keskin spoke to bianet about Aykol.

Germany’s Minister of State for Culture and the Media Monika Grütters has denounced the SETA report on journalists: “Independence of journalistic work is massively jeopardized and freedom of thought and press are trampled upon."

"Another institution's authority on METU is unacceptable," the council said, while the students are organizing a protest march on July 10.

The Ministry of National Defense has announced that the first parts of S-400 Long-Range Air Defense and Missile Defense System have been delivered to Turkey.

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has announced industrial production figures for May.

The Perception of Climate Change in Turkey report by İklim Haber news website and KONDA research has shown that 46 percent of the participants are concerned about climate change and 15 percent are very concerned about it.

Public Prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz was killed after being taken as a hostage on March 31, 2015, by Şafak Yayla and Bahtiyar Doğruyol, members of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C).

Former Co-Editor-in-Chief of the closed Özgür Gündem newspaper Hüseyin Aykol has been arrested and sent to Sincan Prison for the execution of his prison sentence of 3 years and 9 months, which was previously upheld by the court of appeal.

Former AKP Vice Chair and former HDP Mersin MP Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat has lost his life at the age of 76. Fırat was receiving treatment for lung cancer.

While academic Sibel Bekiroğlu has been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison for “terror propaganda”, two courts have ruled that the Constitutional Court ruling on Academics shall be awaited to give a verdict on the academics.

Şule Çet, a 22-year-old university student, died last year after suspiciously falling from the 20th floor of a plaza in the capital Ankara.

The ÜNİVDER has called the Constitutional Court to release Prof. Füsun Üstel and Assoc. Prof. Tuna Altınel, the two academics for peace behind bars.

Bayram Türkmen and Tülin Türkmen, who were struck by lightning in İzmir while trying to cover the tobacco that they left for curing, have lost their lives. The storm has also claimed the lives of six people near the Greek city of Thessaloniki.

Sentenced to 3 years, 9 months in prison on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” for being the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the closed Özgür Gündem newspaper, journalist Hüseyin Aykol has been detained for the execution of his sentence.

The number of registered unemployed persons is 4 million and 417 thousand as of June, according to the İŞKUR figures.

The Washington Post has run a full-page advertisement for Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Representative to Turkey Erol Önderoğlu: “Our colleague in Turkey could face years in prison for supporting a Kurdish newspaper. Journalism is not a crime.”

The results of repeat İstanbul Metropolitan Mayoral Elections have been published on the Official Gazette. Accordingly, while İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu received 4 million 742 thousand 82 votes, AKP’s Yıldırım received 3 million 936 thousand 68 votes.