Queer Olympix, which is the first Queer Olympics of Turkey, will be held in İstanbul on August 23 and 25. Being held for the first time three years ago, this year’s Queer Olympics will take place in Heybeliada and Kalamış in İstanbul.

The debate on İstanbul elections continued over the weekend, with the main opposition saying it expects to be given the certificate of election today, while AKP announced it will appeal for a repeat election.

The recounting of votes in the district of Maltepe in İstanbul has been stopped by the District Election Council. While at least 400 ballot boxes will be counted again, the number of balloting committees has also been decreased from 12 to two.

According to the allegations, sitting in Sümerpark in Diyarbakır, 20-year-old Recep Hantaş has lost his life in a fire opened by police. The Governorship has released a statement and announced that two officers have been referred to court for arrest.

The Supreme Election Council has mandated the ruling AKP candidate in a district in the southeastern province of Van because the winning candidate by the HDP was previously discharged upon a statutory decree.

CHP Spokesperson Öztrak has criticized the pro-government media publishing the Supreme Election Council (YSK) members' names and photos with claims of fraud: "The last time they did this, there was bloodshed at the Council of State."

The Committee for the 27th LGBTI+ Pride Week calls for support for the organization of the events.

The Radio and Television Supreme Council has fined Fox Life channel for the series "9-1-1," on the ground of an "inappropriate footage of an old male couple that presents homosexuality as normal."

HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan has said that the ruling AKP has submitted a petition against Mardin mayor-elect Ahmet Türk, demanding the mandate be given to their candidates because Türk "is old and has health problems."

The mayor-elect of İstanbul according to unofficial results has called out to the Supreme Election Council to make a verdict on the city's elections. Meanwhile, CHP has announced that İmamoğlu is ahead of his rival by 13.963 votes.

The US dollar has been rising against the Turkish lira since April 1 amid uncertainty and violations in the March 31 local elections.

A lawsuit has been filed against musician Ferhat Tunç for insulting then PM Binali Yıldırım in 2016. Tunç is now on trial in five different cases.

The Council will examine the claims of the father of Rabia Naz, who died suspiciously last year.

The YSK has ruled that elected municipal council members who were previously discharged from posts upon statutory decrees shall not be given a mandate, repeating its verdict for the elected mayors.

The YSK has postponed the verdict on the ruling AKP's appeal for the cancellation of the elections in Büyükçekmece, İstanbul.

The court has sentenced academic Gökçe Çataloluk from Bilgi University, deferring the announcement of the verdict.

Speaking about the decision of Supreme Election Council preventing mayor-elects discharged by statutory decrees from taking office, HDP MP Sancar said, “We will raise an extraordinary objection and request the cancellation of elections in five districts.”

Journalist Yücel, who spent one year behind bars without an indictment in Turkey and went to Germany after his release, will testify in his trial in Berlin on May 10.

The 37th Heavy Penal Court has sentenced two academics to 15 months in prison, and one academic to 1 year, 10 months and 15 days. Announcement of all sentences has been deferred.

Being detained in relation with the poisoning of 16 dogs to death in Ankara, three suspects have been released by the court pending trial.