Restaurants serving alcohol in Heybeliada in İstanbul have been sent anonymous letters of threat containing the alleged sayings of the Prophet Muhammad.

Washington Post has reported that Trump requested citizen of Turkey Ebru Özkan from Israel for Pastor Brunson to be released. Israeli newspaper Haaretz has confirmed the report.

HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven, who has been behind bars since January 31, 2018, has been banned from being visited for a month for chanting a slogan in prison.

US President Trump has said that the US will impose large sanctions on Turkey for long time detainment of Pastor Brunson. US Senate also passed the bill that limits Turkey getting loan from international financial institutions last week

Telling that they were battered in their cells for asking for their books, Grup Yorum’s imprisoned member Gökçek has filed a criminal complaint against the prison guards.

The Ayvalık Penal Court of Peace has ruled that the book “History of Kurdistan”, whose first edition was confiscated by the State Security Court in 2001, shall be pulled off the shelves.

Goldman Sachs has drawn attention to the expectation that increasing macro uncertainty, exchange rate volatility and high interest rates may generate pressure on the economic growth in Turkey.

The bag law draft, which has also foreseen the introduction of paid military service, has been approved by the General Assembly of the Parliament and become a law.

Police barriers around Human Rights Monument where educators Gülmen and Özakça staged protests have been lifted after 430 days.

US Secretary of State Pompeo has made a statement in the wake of Pastor Brunson’s detention was converted to house arrest. Stating that “We welcome long overdue news”, Pompeo said, “It’s not enough”.

403 social media accounts have been investigated and legal action has been taken against 267 social media users over the last week.

The bill rendering State of Emergency practices permanent for at least three years has been approved in the parliament.

The US Pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, who was behind bars on charge of “espionage” since December 2016, has been placed under house arrest.

Indefinite curfew has been declared in eight village and hamlets in Kulp, Diyarbakır. Operation will be launched in the region.

Targeted by social media trolls due to her tweet criticizing capital punishment, actress Berna Laçin faces up to 1 year in prison.

The US Senate and House of Representatives have reached an agreement on the law draft relating to the defense expenditures in 2019 despite the objections of the US Secretary of Defense James Mattis. Accordingly, the US Congress has temporarily stopped the delivery of F-35 jets to Turkey.

After the Central Bank has announced that it has kept the political interest rate fixed at 17.75 percent, the Turkish Lira has decreased in value against the US Dollar. The exchange rate of dollar has reached the level of 4.94 TRY.

Ergin Çağlar, the reporter of Mezopotamya Agency, was taken into custody during the road control of the gendarmerie in the district of Pazarbaşı in Maraş on the ground that “there is a search warrant issued for him.” Çağlar has been released after giving his deposition.

HDP Urfa MP Ömer Öcalan has submitted a proposal for parliamentary inquiry into the armed attack and conflict which erupted in the district of Suruç in Urfa before the elections on June 24. He has also submitted a parliamentary question to be responded by the Minister of Justice Abdülhamit Gül.

An investigation has been launched into the HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan’s statement, “We do not accept that an investigation has been launched against our four friends. Attending funerals is a part of our culture.”