Can Dündar has resigned from his one-and-a-half-year position as Editor-in-Chief of Cumhuriyet daily. Noting that he would continue writing newspaper columns, Dündar has stated that he would not come back to Turkey until the end of the State of Emergency.

39 of the 43 Pamukkale University academics who were detained as part of the July 15 coup attempt investigation were arrested in Denizli on August 13.

A bill of indictment has been drawn up demanding up to five years in prison for HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş and the HDP Ankara MP Önder on charges of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”.

Assoc. Professor Dr. Kemal Inal from Gazi University, who was threatened while signing the Academics for Peace declaration and then removed his signature, and signee Professor Dr. Ali Çeliksöz from Cumhuriyet University said they don’t know the reasons behind their decisions to be suspended.

The Council of Higher Education has announced that legal action has been initiated against 6,792 members, 5,342 of them laid off.

İHD Diyarbakır branch Chairperson Raci Bilici, who has commented on PKK, killing 17 persons including soldiers, police and civilians in one day, and stated that “We saw multiple times that these actions don’t bring a solution, both government and PKK must turn away from violence.

Singer Sıla Gençoğlu has said, “I am watching in a state of shock and a bit of sorrow at what a point the words I said, relying on democracy, to justify my decision not to attend the democracy meeting have come to.”

The concerts of singer Sıla Gençoğlu who has declared that she would stand by her words criticizing the Democracy and Martyrs Rally and added “Aren’t we talking about democracy? So I have told my opinion” have been cancelled in four cities.

Five of the family of seven who had come to visit On Gözlü bridge have lost their lives in the bomb attack in Diyarbakır. The family reportedly came to Diyarbakır from Gebze for vacation.

President Erdoğan has spoken about the extradition request for Gülen: “Sooner or later the United States will make a choice. Turkey or FETÖ. Coup plotter terrorist FETÖ or country of democracy Turkey.”

Last night at 3 a.m. police raids were launched at the HDP İstanbul Provincial Organization building and 10 district buildings. 15 HDP members have been detained.

Evrensel daily correspondents Hasan Akbaş, Fırat Topal, Serpil Berk and freelance journalist Sertaç Kayar have been taken into custody after reporting the offensive, which took place in Diyarbakır’s Sur district and claimed the lives of five civilians.

The play, “At the Table of the Sun - Nâzım and Brecht,” performed by Genco Erkal and Tülay Günal, which had been banned for security reasons within the State of Emergency, will now continue to be performed.

The Progressive Legists Association, declaring that the rights of prisoners have been further restricted by Statutory Decrees, has expressed that prisoners’ rights to be visited have been obstructed, that they are not being taken to the hospital and their access to certain newspapers and TV channels have been prohibited.

According to the governorates’ statements, one police officer and seven civilians have lost their lives in attacks organized in Mardin’s Kızıltepe district and Diyarbakır’s Sur district. 10 police and 23 civilians were injured.

Trans woman T.Ü. who had lost her identity card has found out that she has cancer but she cannot get treatment. She has become stuck between the security department and the registry office to get a new card. Unable to leave her house, she has been told to “Go to Samsun”.

Employees of the closed Manşet Kocaeli daily, which has been closed by statutory decree, cannot receive their unemployment pay.

18 administrative and academic members from Celal Bayar University including the former rector of the university have been arrested within the operations against the Gülen Community following the coup attempt on July 15.

Four soldiers have been killed, 10 others injured in the attack launched by the PKK members in Şırnak’s Beytüşşebap district. Another offensive in Uludere claimed lives of five, injured eight.

President Erdoğan and Russian Leader Putin have held a joint press statement. In the statement, natural gas agreements, Turkish Stream and agreements concerning nuclear energy have come to the fore.