A flood has occurred in the district of Eğil in Diyarbakır after one of the gates of Tigris Dam broke off while it was opened to remove the excessive water. Hevsel Gardens, which are on the UNESCO World Heritage List, have been flooded.

Speaking about the high speed train collision in Ankara, which claimed the lives of nine people and wounded 86 others, Chamber of Civil Engineers Chair Cemal Gökçe has stated, “We are facing the bitter consequences of negligence and irresponsibility.”

Judgeship of Execution in Van has overruled its own verdict that allows inmates to send and receive letters. The verdict has been issued to inmates one year later. A letter sent to bianet has not reached us though the court ruled that it is “not objectionable.”

The Ankara 19th Heavy Penal Court has ruled by a majority vote that the arrest of former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş shall continue.

Five academics have been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison; the announcement of the verdicts has been suspended. One other academic has been sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prisons; her sentence has not been reduced or deferred.

11 environmental organizations have penned a joint declaration to bring attention to bee deaths. The organizations have underpinned the increasing rate of bee deaths in Turkey and demanded the ban of use of neonicotinoids.

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank has not changed the political interest rate, keeping it fixed at its current level of 24 percent. The committee has stated that there are still risks in terms of price stability.

Three employees of the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) have been taken into custody over the high speed train collision which claimed the lives of nine people and wounded 47 others in Ankara.

Lawyer Can Tombul from the Law Bureau of the Oppressed, who has been behind bars for 136 days in Silivri Prison, has not been released in his first hearing.

Curfew has been declared in 21 villages and hamlets in the districts of Lice, Kulp and Silvan in Diyarbakır province on the ground of impending military operations.

According to a report released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Turkey has become “the world’s worst jailer of journalists” for the third time in 2018. As announced by the CPJ, at least 68 journalists have been behind bars in Turkey.

Minister of Commerce Pekcan has announced that 846 companies operating in Turkey have declared concordat in 2018. The number cited by the Minister last month was 356.

A mine owned by the company responsible for the occupational homicide that claimed 301 workers' lives in 2014 has collapsed in Manisa. 11 workers have been rescued wounded after yesterday's incident.

An operation has been launched against the people announcing that they have gone on a hunger strike in HDP Diyarbakır Building in solidarity with Leyla Güven. While 49 people have been taken into custody, 25 people were also detained two days ago.

A high speed train crash has left nine dead in Ankara. State-run AA reported that the train crashed into a footbridge. Governorship said that it crashed into a commuter train. Transportation Ministry said it crashed into a guiding train, then into footbridge.

Nine academics have been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison. While the announcement of six verdicts has been deferred, the pronouncement of the verdicts of Erzan, Çakmak and Aktan has not been deferred upon their rejection of suspension.

In Festus Okey case, which has been reopened after 11 years, the court ruled that necessary documents for visa procedures for Okey's family shall be provided. DNA reports have also been requested to prove blood relations between the family members.

Speaking at the Defense Industry Summit, President Erdoğan has said, “Our operation to save east of Euphrates from separatist terrorist organization will begin in a few days.”

Having participated in the Gezi Park protests five years ago, Oruç Karacık has staged a single-person protest by sitting on the stairs of Gezi Park in Taksim. Karacık has protested the recent investigations launched against the protesters.

Former AKP MP Ünsal, who has been summoned to depose as part of the investigation launched against 170 signatories of the Afrin letter, has spoken to bianet: “The targeting language of news led the Prosecutor’s Office to launch the investigation.”