The first hearing of the trial opened due to the 950th week gathering of the Saturday Mothers/People is taking place.

Journalists Arif Aslan and Oktay Candemir were taken into custody in police raids in Van and brought to the Provincial Security Directorate.

Among the officials implicated in the criminal complaint by environmental organizations is former Minister of Environment Murat Kurum.

Speaking at an event held at Koç University, President of the Constitutional Court Zühtü Arslan stated, "A constitutional state accepts diversity of interpretation but does not allow interpretation to lead to chaos," and "The authority to interpret the Constitution as final and binding belongs to the Constitutional Court."

Speaking at the "Alevis on the 100th Anniversary of the Republic" conference held in İstanbul, Tülay Hatimoğulları, the Co-Chairperson of the DEM Party, stated, "The government's understanding of 'closing the parenthesis of the Republic' puts secular lifestyle and different belief groups at risk."

IFJ, along with affiliated unions worldwide, will observe a minute of silence today to honor the journalists who lost their lives in Israel's attacks on Gaza.

Four workers were trapped under the rubble.

CHP leader Özgür Özel stated, "Especially considering the tragedy unfolding in Palestine, the voices of social democrats in Europe and around the world need to be louder."

The Democracy and Freedoms Party (DEM Party) organized a 'Freedom and Democracy Rally' in İstanbul's Esenyurt with the participation of thousands of people.

Eğitim Sen teachers and academics’ union drew attention to the arbitrary court decisions in the reinstatement cases of the dismissed Academics for Peace.

The police have seized cannabis, bonzai and methamphetmine during raids in Şarköy, Tekirdağ.

Pro-government daily Yeni Akit published the names of sendika.org’s editorial and advisory boards.