Murat Arslan, President of the Association of Judges and Prosecutors closed down in the State of Emergency and former judge at Court of Accounts has been arrested on charge of being a member of the “FETÖ/PDY".

IPS Communication Foundation / bianet and Reporter Ohne Grenzen, German wing of RSF, will present the results of their joint project “Media Ownership Monitor” in the meeting “Who Owns the Media?”.

A group protesting against detention of Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality co-Mayors Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, have also been taken into custody. Former deputy and now KJA Spokesperson Ayla Akat as well as Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality General Secretary Zülküf Karatekin are also among the detainees.

There has been an internet outage in Diyarbakır, Mardin, Batman, Siirt, Van, Elazığ, Dersim, Antep, Urfa, Kilis and Adıyaman provinces. There had also been a similar outage as trustees were appointed to DBP municipalities earlier.

July 15, the day of the coup attempt has been declared the “Day of Democracy and National Unity” and a national holiday. The name of Ankara’s Kazan district has also been changed to Kahramankazan (Heroic Kazan).

Simultaneous demonstrations will be staged at 11 a.m. in İstanbul and Diyarbakır in protest of Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality co-Mayors Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı being taken into custody. Diyarbakır Governorship has announced that the demonstration was unlawful.

Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality co-Mayors Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı have been taken into custody.

Referring to cases of police torture and ill-treatment in custody, Human Rights Watch in its report has pointed out that the Statutory Decrees issued in the State of Emergency set ground for rights violations.

Five people taken into custody in Muş province including DİHA correspondent İdris Sayılgan and provincial executives from DBP and HDP have been arrested. That way, the number of arrested journalists and writers rose to 2016.

Iraqi army has denied the claims that the Turkish army had joined the Mosul operation.

Curfew has been declared in 16 villages in Hani and Lice districts of Diyarbakır.

Five year-old Hakan Sarak hit by an armoured police vehicle while playing on the street in Cizre district of Şırnak has lost his life. Şırnak Governorship has announced that an investigation has been launched into the incident.

Following the operations launched in Aşağı Ölek and Yukarı Ölek villages, curfew has been declared in these two villages in Bitlis province.

An explosion occurred near Antalya Chamber of Commerce and Industry at 8.50 a.m. this morning.

Of 107 arrested journalists, 71 are from Gülen Community, 29 others from Kurdish Media. 155 media organs have been closed down, 775 press cards and 49 passports revoked.

Mehmet Durakoğlu from the “Principles First - Contemporary Lawyers Group” won the presidential elections of İstanbul Bar Association.

Defeating the Italian Pomi Casalmaggiore, Eczacıbaşı VitrA Women’s Volleyball Team has won the victory in 2016 FIVB Women’s Club World Championship and became world champion for the second time in a row.

Stating that the peshmerga forces demanded support, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has noted that the Turkish forces in Bashiqa supported these forces against ISIS.

CHP İstanbul MP Tanrıkulu has announced his report in which he compiled human right violations that took place from July to October. There is a special chapter for coup attempt.

Murat Şahin; suspect of the armed attack on Cumhuriyet daily’s then editor-in-chief Can Dündar, has been released after being under arrest for six months.