President Erdoğan, speaking about the Jarablus operation and the YPG, has said: “They now tell us that they [YPG] have withdrawn to the East of Euphrates. We say, ‘No, they have not’. The confirmation that they have passed to the East of Euphrates depends on our assessment”.

In the wake of the July 15 attempted coup, 2,346 people have been dismissed through statutory decree on the grounds that they had links to the Fethullah Gülen community.

Over 40,000 public officers have been sacked by the Statutory Decree no. 672. The greatest number of sackings took place at the universities and the Ministry of National Education.

The Women for Peace Initiative will meet in front of the Süreyya Opera House in Kadıköy at 5 p.m. on September 3.

A soldier and a village guard have lost their lives during a clash that broke out within the operations carried out against the PKK in Van.

Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Maria Zakharova has urged Turkey to avoid attacking the YPG and act in coordination with the Syrian Government.

9 individuals who have participated in the “Editors-in-Chief on Watch” campaign including Nadire Mater, Tuğrul Eryılmaz and Hasan Cemal, have been summoned to give testimony.

Following a ceremony in Teşvikiye Mosque, the writer Vedat Türkali, who died on 29 August, will be buried in Zincirlikuyu Cemetery

One soldier has lost his life, and another been wounded in an operation launched against the PKK in Siirt’s Pervari district.

Fishing ban has ended, fishing criteria for grouper’s length has dropped to 18 from 20, the grouper banned.

Necmiye Alpay, Özgür Gündem daily’s Publishing Consultant Board member, linguist and writer, has been arrested on charges of “being a member of an armed terrorist organization” and “subverting the unity and integrity of the state”.

Police raided last night the DTK building at which the announcement was made that hunger strike will be staged until a meeting is held with PKK leader Abudllah Öcalan.

The Minister of Interior Ala has resigned, Minister of Labor and Social Security Trabzon MP Süleyman Soylu has been appointed to the post.

After her testimony, Necmiye Alpay, Özgür Gündem daily’s Publishing Consultant Board member, linguist and writer, has been referred to court by Prosecutor Umut Tepe for arrest.

One can support a writer by understanding them, by breathing in their world afresh, by trying to hear their voice once more. If we fail to do so, it is all too easy to slide into anger. One must not give up.

Of the İstanbul Bar Association attorneys Mert Eryılmaz has filed a criminal complaint against historian writer Ayşe Hür due to her tweet on August 30 Victory Day on charge of “Defaming Turkishness”.

According to the annual report of the Human Rights Association, over 320 civilians of whom 75 were children were killed in the operations during the curfews.

In addition to the ‘Temporary Special Security Zone’ declared in 31 areas between September 1-15, the governorate banned stopping and picnicking along the Pülümür-Erzincan highway.

Curfew has been declared in 13 villages of Lice and Hani districts in Diyarbakır.

Release demands of journalists Şahin Alpay, Ali Bulaç, Lale Kemal and Nuriye Akman have been rejected on basis of “lack of new evidence”.