Turkey's labor leaders call for joint struggle against the government's "New Economic Program" which they says aims at "transferring the burden of the ongoing crisis on the shoulders of 81 Mn people".

The Şırnak 1st Heavy Penal Court has ruled that the arrest of journalist Ziya Ataman, who has been behind bars in the Van Type M Prison for two years, shall continue.

During the second day of talks with Turkish counterparts Germany's Economy and Energy Minister Peter Altmaier says the countries will focus on "developing energy capability, renewable energy resources and modernization of Turkey's energy substructure."

The Ministry of Interior has sent a circular letter to the governorships around Turkey with the aim of preventing people from shooting in the air during wedding, engagement and similar other ceremonies.

HDP MP Kemalbay and CHP MP Şeker have submitted parliamentary inquiries into the death of a worker at the construction site of 3rd Airport in İstanbul. They have asked how many workers have lost their lives since the beginning of the construction.

Fox TV journalists Oğuz and Yağmur were forced to leave Pakdemirli's public presentation at the Agriculture and Rural Development Support Board, albeit they were invited and accredited to follow the event.

Sahar Zaky, a friend of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has laid a bouquet of chrysanthemum flowers in front of the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in İstanbul. In her one-person protest, Zaky has chanted the slogan, “Justice to Jamal Khashoggi”.

In the resolution of the Supreme Election Council published on the Official Gazette, the local election date has been announced as March 31, 2019.

A recent update on the website of Foreign Ministry of Germany warns citizens travelling to Turkey that after a "Like" for somebody else's posting on the social media, their holidays may end up in a detention center instead of stretching on an easy chair.

Lion's share from the 16 percent increase in government expenditures in 2019 goes to Tayyip Erdoğan's presidency under construction and to the security apparatus and the religious administration -the major pillars of the new regime.

The court board has announced its verdict in the case of journalists İnan Kızılkaya, İhsan Çaralan and Hüseyin Aykol, who have been tried on charge of “insulting the president”. While the journalists have been sentenced to a total of 4 years, 9 months and 12 days in prison, the prison sentence of Aykol has not been suspended.

The İstanbul 28th Heavy Penal Court has ruled that academic Fevziye Deniz Tarba Ceylan shall be sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison as per the Article no. 7/2 of the Anti-Terror Law. The prison sentence of the academic has been suspended.

Central Bank has not changed the political interest rate, keeping it fixed at 24 percent. The bank has also announced that it has been maintaining its “tight stance in monetary policy".

İYİ Party MP Lütfü Türkkan has submitted a parliamentary inquiry to be responded by Minister of Environment and Urbanization Kurum. Türkkan has asked the reason why the plastic waste, which England cannot send to China, has been imported to Turkey.

Amnesty International Turkey has published a report entitled “Purged Beyond Return?: No Remedy for Turkey’s Dismissed Public Sector Workers”. The report has emphasized that 130 thousand people have been seeking justice.

Human Rights Association (İHD) Co-Chair Eren Keskin has become one of the three finalists who have been nominated for the 2019 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders, which is granted by 10 leading human rights organizations of the world.

Teacher S.D., against whom a lawsuit has been filed on charge of harassing a student at a high school in İstanbul, has been appointed to another school. An official from the Ministry of Education has said, “It is out of question to completely discharge him."

MP Mahmut Toğrul directs written questions to Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu on the suspicious death of conscript Ömer Faruk Demirkol, referring to the charges of the victim's mother. "Soldier is killed by soldier" says mourning mother Fatma.

German Economy and Energy Minister Peter Altmaier‘s scheduled visit to Turkey on 25 October sparks concerns on conflicting interests: Human rights and juicy tenders will be on the same table.

The prison sentences, which were previously given to journalists Murat Aksoy and Atilla Taş on charge of “being members of an armed terrorist organization”, have been upheld.