Activists and MPs made a statement in front of the Parliament and addressed the current laws such as the recently passed act allowing religious leaders to perform legally valid religious marriage and other similar omnibus bills concerning women but include unfavorable regulations for women.

Ağrı Governorship has announced that two soldiers and two village guards were killed during an operation against PKK in Ağrı province on Saturday.

Ruling on the case of Özgecan Aslan’s murderer that was reversed in part by the Supreme Court of Appeal, the lower court has insisted on its earlier decision of penalty increase for “major sexual assault” and increased the prison sentence from 15 to 22 years and 6 months.

The TBMM General Assembly 26th Term 3rd Legislative Year has begun. The HDP hasn’t attended the session. Giving the opening speech, President Erdoğan has criticized the HDP.

The HDP Parliamentary Group has started the new legislative year by issuing a statement for the press in front of Edirne Prison in which HDP co-Chair Demirtaş is kept.

The Kurdistan Regional Government has declared that none of the border gates would be handed to the government of Baghdad.

Prime Minister Yıldırım said that in the new system that would replace the current system of transition from primary to secondary education, the average success of the last four years would be taken into consideration, and that the exams would consist of open-ended questions instead of multiple choice.

Problems of seasonal agricultural workers and solution offers have taken place in the HDP Labor Commission’s Report of Seasonal Agricultural Workers.

Following the resignation of İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor Kadir Topbaş, an election was held yesterday for the new mayor. AKP’s candidate Mevlüt Uysal was elected the new mayor of İstanbul.

Second hearing was held today for Gülmen and Özakça, who are on the 204th day of their hunger strike, and for the discharged teacher Karadağ. Özakça was brought to hearing in a wheelchair while Gülmen was kept in intensive care. Court ruled that Gülmen and Özakça remain in detention on remand.

Iraq has declared that Turkey would maintain oil export with the government of Baghdad, and PM Yıldırım has said, “Turkey will now run all its economic, business and diplomatic relations with Iraq through the central government”.

The State Council has stopped the execution of the ordinance that regulates daylight saving time, however, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Albayrak said, “We will continue the daylight saving along the same line”.

The arrest decision for HDP Kars MP Ayhan Bilgen that was issued after he was released has been revoked upon the objection of his attorneys.

Second hearing of the trial of Gülmen and Özakça, who have been on hunger strike demanding their jobs back for 204 days, and discharged teacher Karadağ, will be held today.

Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates have complied with the call made by the central Iraqi government for the flight embargo on the Kurdistan Regional Government.

The official results of the independence referendum held by the Kurdistan Regional Government has been announced.

According to Umut Foundation’s report issued for September 28 Individual Disarmament Day, rate of murder caused by personal armament has increased by 27% compared to 2016.

The Assembly of Workers Health and Occupational Safety has declared that 753 workers lost their lives during four months after the “Declaration of Occupational Health and Safety: Target is Zero”.

National Education Counsellor Tekin regarding the new model to replace the current system of transition from primary to secondary education said “It is a model, whose main philosophy is not to have a central exam in transition to high school and to have children go to high schools according to their talents and interests”.

The Kurdistan Regional Government has rejected the Baghdad government’s demand that the airports be handed over to the government of Baghdad.