The ninth hearing in the main trial of Özgür Gündem newspaper has been held. The court board has ruled that the international travel ban of Eren Keskin and the arrest of Kemal Sancılı shall continue. The next hearing will be held on October 10, 2018.

The number of workers who lost their lives in occupation homicides in the first five months in 2018 has become 754 in Turkey. 14 child workers five of whom were aged under 14 lost their lives.

Consumer Price Index in May 2018 has increased by 6.39 percent compared to December 2017 and by 12.15 percent compared to May 2017. As for Producer Price Index, it has increased by 12.12 percent compared to December 2017 and by 20.16 percent compared to May 2017.

International credit rating agency Fitch has placed 25 banks in Turkey on rating watch negative while Moody’s has placed Turkey’s credit rating on review for downgrade.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Commission delegation discussed visa liberalization, the commission demanded that the State of Emergency be ended.

Amnesty International has said that there is no material evidence to cause the arrest of rapper Ezhel, and demanded that Ezhel be immediately released without any reservation.

President Erdoğan has stated that they have managed to solve the Kurdish question and added, “There is no more such thing as a Kurdish question in Turkey of 2018.”

Three soldiers have lost their lives in an attack launched from Basyan Khala Mountain in Iraq on the military unit who were securing road construction activities in Hakkari.

Analyzed as part of the election research by Transparency International, state channel TRT has spared 105 minutes to Erdoğan and 18 seconds to Demirtaş, according to the association’s report.

Chair of Supreme Election Council Sadi Güven and its six members have not met the OSCE delegation who has come to Turkey to monitor the Presidential and Parliamentary elections.

Don’t Get on Phaeton Horses are Dying Initiative is calling on all rights defenders to protest the cruelty against horses. They demand that the phaetons be removed and horses’ right to live be secured.

The pre-electoral delegation of the PACE has published a report on Turkey. The delegation has emphasized that the State of Emergency conditions negatively impact the electoral environment.

The people who came to mark 5th anniversary of the Gezi Resistance gathered in front of the police barricades set up in front of French Consulate.

The European Union is going to cut 40 percent in financial aids planned to be granted to Turkey. Human rights and respect for the rule of law are sought for financial aid.

The Constitutional Court has rejected the demand that some provisions of the law on election alliance be cancelled.

Accused of entering the hearing with a t-shirt reading “Hero”, the university student has acquitted. The hero writing was allegedly linked with the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization.

After a call has been made to Gezi Park for the 5th anniversary of the Gezi Resistance, the police have closed the park with barricades. Some roads leading to Taksim have also been closed to vehicle traffic.

Women from the Confederation of Public Workers’ Unions have staged a silent demonstration with a banner reading “No foundation cream can cover misogyny” for Flormar workers, who were fired for being union member.

Kept in custody since February, former HDP MPs Ayla Akat Ata and Taşkın Aktaş have been released. Aktaş is an MP candidate for June 24 elections.

Seven academics from Boğaziçi University have had their second hearings. Presiding judge has argued with the attorney who stated that she would make a statement as to the announcement of the verdict later on and ordered the attorneys and the audience out of courtroom.