Evrensel daily’s Managing Editor Çağrı Sarı has been sentenced to 11 months and 20 days in prison on charge of “defaming the President”. The sentence has been deferred.

Application of İHD’s Öğrü, who was fined for 25 times on the pretext of “making a statement for the press 30 meters close to the courthouse” ban imposed by Adana Governorship, to the ECtHR has been concluded; Turkey has been found guilty of violation of right to protest.

Rallying upon the call made by CHP İstanbul Provincial Women’s Branch, women have staged demonstration in Beşiktaş against the law drafting granting muftis authority to perform marriage.

CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Muižnieks demanded in a message he shared on the social media, that the rights advocates from various rights organizations who were detained during a training workshop on July 5 in Büyükada and were later arrested, be immediately released.

Artist Ferhat Tunç has been prosecuted for “promoting PKK, YPG and YPJ” on charge of “propagandizing for a terror organization” due to his tweets.

Journalists have made a call for attendance to the trial of Tunca Öğreten, Mahir Kanaat, Ömer Çelik, Derya Okatan, Metin Yoksu and Eray Sargın who have been tried for making report of Minister Albayrak’s emails.

According to Thomson Reuters Foundation’s survey, İstanbul is the 10th most dangerous city for women among 19 megacities.

US Department of State Spokesperson Nauert stated that Turkey still had not provided the US the evidence regarding the arrest of two staff members of the US Diplomatic Mission in Turkey.

The Inter-Parliamentary Union consisting of parliamentarians of UN countries has become a party to case of arrested Co-Chairs and MPs of the HDP that was brought before the European Court of Human Rights.

Chanting “This marriage cannot be performed”, women have protested in Kadıköy, İstanbul against the misogynist law amendment draft allowing religious leaders to perform a legally valid marriage. The amendment law draft is expected to be discussed in the Parliament.

Police officer who crushed two children to death has been released in the first hearing. The defendant police blamed his superiors who gave the order, the superior blamed the Security Director.

İstanbul Municipality and İSTAÇ Corp. have been held accountable in the indictment concerning Şule İdil Dere being crushed to death by an earth-moving truck on a walking trail at Yoğurtçu Park.

A bomb attack has been launched on a police shuttle in Mersin.

An unlicenced coal mine has collapsed in Turkey’s southeastern province of Şirnak leaving six workers dead and one worker severely injured. Rescue units continue searching for another worker trapped in the collapsed site.

Trial of Gülmen, who is on hunger strike, has been held at Numune Hospital since she may be in fatal condition; Gülmen said hospital conditions are very bad and she will make her statement of defense if she is discharged.

Denouncing the trial date being delivered to the media before the lawyers, lawyer Gülbahar has demanded that the rights defenders, who have been imprisoned for 105 days, be immediately released.

AsiKeçi Ankara Arts Initiative has organized a series of arts events titled PersonaNonGrata that will be performed between October 15-20 in Ulus Anafartalar Çarşısı in Turkey’s capital city of Ankara.

Two soldiers have lost their lives due to an explosive being detonated during an operation launched against PKK in Zap Region close to the Turkish border.

The US Embassy in Turkey has stated that applications for visas “in cases of medical or humanitarian emergencies” could be made to the U.S. Embassy in Ankara and the Consulate General in Istanbul”.

Wife of imprisoned journalist Ahmet Şık, Yonca Şık has spoken following the panel she attended at Frankfurt Book Fair about ECtHR practices.