Rap artist Sercan İpekçioğlu, known as Ezhel, has been sentenced to 1 year and 8 months in prison on charge of “drug use”. The prison sentence of İpekçioğlu has been deferred for 5 years.

Speaking ahead of the handover ceremony, İstanbul's mayor-elect said that he will not allow "partisanship" and "troll employees" in the municipality.

Speaking at the honorary doctorate award ceremony of Mukogawa Women’s University, President and AKP Chair Erdoğan has said, “We will continue protecting the oppressed and suffered regardless of their ethnic identities, beliefs, skin colors.”

The Collective Memory Platform has released a statement of solidarity for CHP İstanbul Chair Kaftancıoğlu, whose trial of “insulting the President” will start tomorrow: “This lawsuit was also filed against our search for justice, law and equality.”

While US defense chief has warned his counterpart from Turkey of economic sanctions, nationalist allies of the AKP insist the procurement of the missiles is "a matter of independence" for the country.

The Governorship of Mersin has banned all LGBTI+ events to be held in the province for 20 days “to protect public morality.” The ban will also be in effect in the 5th Mersin Pride Week, which will start on July 1 and continue till July 7.

The State Council has requested defense from the Presidency Directorate of Communications in the lawsuit filed by the Contemporary Journalists’ Association for the annulment of certain articles of press card regulation conflicting with the Constitution.

The Human Rights Association (İHD) and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) have made a joint statement for the press on June 26 Day of Solidarity with the Tortured and called the authorities to investigate the allegations of torture.

İmamoğlu has invited the İstanbulites to the handover ceremony which will be held at the Metropolitan Municipality.

July 29 has been announced as the Earth Overshoot Day. Turkey, meanwhile, will have used all its resources for this year on June 27.

Çakmak, a trainer at a Public Training Center, has announced that after she shared the quote “If we are defeated, we will try again, but if dictators are defeated, it will be their end” with a picture of Fidel Castro, she has been dismissed for “insulting the President.”

Çelik has been on retrial after receiving prison term for terrorist propaganda for saying, "Don't let children die," in a TV program.

The 15th Hormonal Tomato LGBTI+phobia Awards have been announced in a ceremony held in İstanbul yesterday. This year’s “Lifelong Hormonal” award has been granted to Minister of Interior Soylu, “who targets LGBTI+s with several statements.

Hasankeyf ancient town will be submerged into the water if the dam built in the area begins to be filled with water.

The TurkStat statistics have shown that while the number of cinema halls on the increase in Turkey, there are no cinema halls in eastern provinces Şırnak and Ardahan. The number of theater halls has been also on the decrease across Turkey.

AKP Spokesperson Çelik has responded to claims on the PKK leader's letter that was leaked just days before the İstanbul election rerun.

After a minibus carrying refugees crashed into a shop in Turkey’s northwestern province of Edirne, 10 people have lost their lives and 30 others have been injured.

İmamoğlu has stated that he has 4.6 million liras worth of real property and roughly a million liras in his bank account.

Submitting a Parliamentary question to Vice President Fuat Oktay, CHP MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu has asked on what grounds the Governorship of İstanbul has not permitted the Pride Parade, raising concerns over discrimination against the LGBTI+s.

Arrested on November 17, 2018, rights defender Yiğit Aksakoğlu has been released from prison after the court ruled that he should be released on probation with an international travel ban in its interlocutory judgement yesterday.