Responding to Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affair’s travel alert for citizens of Turkey planning to visit Germany, German Chancellor Merkel said: “No journalists are arrested here”

The second hearing in the Cumhuriyet trial will be held today in Silivri Court. In today’s hearing, defendants will be heard.

An investigation has been launched upon CHP İstanbul MP Tanrıkulu’s statement that civilians were being shot by armed drones.

At least 217 workers lost their lives in occupational homicides in August. 198 of these workers were men and 19 were women. The most homicides occurred in İstanbul and Sakarya.

Abdullah Çakır, an aggressor who kicked Ayşegül Terzi on a bus for wearing shorts on the first day of Eid was sentenced to 3 years and 9 months in prison. Çakıroğlu said in his defence that “Turkey is an Islamic country”.

The court has ruled that HDP MP Ayhan Bilgen, who is facing trial on the charge of “being a member of a terrorist organization” regarding the Kobanê protests from October 6-8, 2014, be released pending trial. Ayhan had been behind bars for over seven months.

Constitutional Court has rejected the appeal against the decision that the HDP MPs Faysal Sarıyıldız and Tuğba Hezer-Öztürk be relieved of their MP duties, and ruled that the decision was in accordance with the Constitution, the applicable laws, and the by-laws.

HDP İzmir MP Kürkçü, after being taken forcibly before the Court, reminded that his parliamentary immunity continues and asked “How will you try a PACE member for whose trial a permission of PACE is needed?”

Academic and politician Prof. Dr. Türkan Akyol, who was the first woman member of the Parliament and the first woman to be elected president of a university in Turkey, has lost her life at the age of 89.

Former Minister of Economy Zafer Çağlayan has been added as a new suspect in Reza Zarrab’s trial in the US. Çağlayan is being charged with “receiving millions of dollars in bribe payments” among other crimes.

Harun Turgan and Bülent Uyguner, who were arrested due to their participation in a commemoration event for İbrahim Kaypakkaya, a leader of the Communist movement in Turkey who was killed in 1973 in prison, were released yesterday.

An attack has been carried out on workers at a power transmission line in the rural area of Çobanpınar village in Yüksekova district of Hakkari. Two workers have lost their lives, three others have been injured.

Bingöl Governorship has declared special security zone in eight districts for 15 days on the ground that “citizens whose daily lives were affected negatively had to suffer”.

HDP’s Conscience and Justice Watch outside the Constitutional Court in İstanbul has entered its second day. HDP Spokesperson Baydemir said that they would continue the watch in the weekdays during this week.

Calling for support for the next hearing of Cumhuriyet Trial on September 11, Journalists Outside Initiative continue their solidarity campaign on social media with the hashtag “#HemenŞimdiÖzgürlük” (freedom, right now).

A person who allegedly headed towards the Police Station near National Intelligence Service in Mersin and disobeyed the stop warning has been killed. Chief public prosecutor noted that the person in question was wearing a suicide vest.

German Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned German citizens planning to visit Turkey about “arbitrary arrests” in Turkey. Foreign Minister Gabriel said that this advice was informative.

Calling for support for the next hearing of Cumhuriyet Trial to be held in Silivri Court, Journalists Outside Initiative has shared a video on social media with the hashtag “#11EylüldeHepsiniİstiyoruz” (we want them all out on September 11).

Speaking at the CDU Parliamentary Group, Merkel urged to channels of communication with Turkey open while noting that she would discuss terminating EU membership negotiations with Turkey in October with her EU colleagues.

Annual inflation rate has hit double digits again: 10.68%. The monthly inflation rate has reached 0.52%. The greatest increase was in education sector with an increase of 2,79%.