In his speech on economic crisis, President Erdoğan has referred to the increasing exchange rates as “an economic assassination.” Addressing the Central Bank, he has also said, “There you have your independence. We will now see its consequence.”

HDP’s imprisoned former co-chair Demirtaş has been nominated to France’s one of the most prestigious literary awards with his book titled “Seher”.

A complaint has been submitted against prosecutors and judges who consider following HDP politicians on social media a crime.

Young people have participated in a survey on flirting violence conducted by the Association for Struggle Against Sexual Violence. While 56 percent of participants state that they have experienced flirting violence, 71 percent say that they have witnessed it.

Current account balance had deficit of 1.75 billion dollars in July. The 12-month deficit became 54 billion 560 million dollars.

Arif Koşar and Vural Nasuhbeyoğlu from Evrensel newspaper have been each sentenced to pay a compensation of 7 thousand Turkish Lira on charge of “insulting the president.”

Tried for raping a cat, B.Ç. has been penalized on upper limit but he has been released given his period of detention. Rights defenders have said that the maximum penalty in the current system was imposed but the law must change.

In the wake of Central Bank’s decision to increase the political interest rate from 17.75 to 24 percent, Turkey has become the third country with the highest political interest rate after Argentina and Suriname.

The foundation told bed capacity in women’s shelters in Turkey falls short by 54 percent according to United Nations regulations.

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank has increased the interest rate by 6.25 points. With this change, the interest rate has increased from 17.75 to 24 percent.

The condition of working as professor for three years to become university president has been lifted for the second time.

In a statement entitled “Mixed Education Controversies and the Realities”, Eğitim Sen said that with the changes in the regulation on mixed education, "in three types of schools ‘upon the need identified’ separation could be done as only for girls and only for boys".