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".

“Being sensitive to sexual orientations and sexual identities” has been listed among the National Occupational Standards for Spiritual Counsellors issued by the Presidency of Religious Affairs.

Shot with a gun during a police raid launched in Sarıyer this morning, İbrahim Devrim Top has lost his life.

HDP Mersin MP Fatma Kurtulan has submitted a motion foreseeing that the defendants who want to make their defence before the court rather than via Audio and Visual Information System be brought to the courtroom.

People settled in Turkey will not be able to use foreign currency in renting and purchase and sale as per Presidential decree.

Six inmates, who publish a magazine in prison, have been given 10-day solitary confinement for “insulting the president and the commissioned officer” with the caricatures that they drew.

The Human Rights Association has made a statement against September 12 coup, criticized State of Emergency practices that are made permanent.

Trial of 14 employees of Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper, which was closed by statutory decree, has started. The court has ruled release of Pınar Tarlak and continuation of arrest of other defendants.

Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has said, “No one forces parents to send their children to mixed-gender or single-gender schools, but we are offering alternatives.”

Yusuf Nazik, one of the suspects of Reyhanlı attack, which killed 155 people in Hatay, has been detained with an operation launched in Syria.

Doing his mandatory military service in Afyon, M.A. has allegedly committed suicide with his infantry rifle during guard-duty.

US Representative has recalled “Turkey’s call for truce” in Tehran Summit and Idlib meeting. UN Secretary General has stated that civilians have been killed in Idlib and called on Turkey, Russia and Iran to “spare no effort to find solutions that protect civilians”.

President Erdoğan has become the Chairperson of the Turkey Wealth Fund as per two Presidential Decrees issued today. Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak has also been appointed as the Deputy Chairperson of the fund.