Some 1,120 aftershocks have hit the area since Friday and 43 of them were above magnitude 4.

Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal: “Ebru’s apprentice lawyer Seda Şaraldı used to visit me frequently. I could not see Ebru, but I could talk to young, hopeful lawyers that she had left her mark on. So, Ebru could live everywhere.”

Accusing İYİ Party İstanbul Chair Kavuncu of “having links to the FETÖ”, İYİ Party İstanbul MP Ümit Özdağ has been referred to the party’s Disciplinary Board upon the complaints of 81 provincial and 108 district chairs.

In a statement condemning the knife attack that has claimed the lives of three people in Nice, Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said, "There can be no reason to excuse the killing of a human being and justify violence."

A lawsuit has been filed against journalist-writer Burhan Ekinci on the grounds that he posted the remarks of Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), and a picture that he took himself on Kobanê border.

CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu has addressed the reporters after his visit to the First Parliament in Ankara on Republic Day: “If sovereignty rests with the nation, as was also written in the 1921 Constitution, one must not be afraid of the nation.”

Indicted as part of an investigation against Diyarbakır-based Rosa Women’s Association, journalist Nurcan Yalçın is now facing up to 15 years in prison on charges of “being a member the organization” and “propagandizing for the organization.”

After the establishment of women’s universities was added to the 2021 Annual Program of the Presidency, main opposition CHP Women’s Branch Chair Aylin Nazlıaka has slammed the decision in a written statement.

Founded in 1923, the Republic of Turkey has turned 97 today. Politicians have shared messages to mark the October 29 Republic Day.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Charge D’affaires of France over the satirical magazine’s cartoon of Erdoğan, expressing Turkey’s expectation from the country “to take action against drawings exceeding limits of freedom of expression.”

Attorneys have taken legal action against the ban on “Bêrû” Kurdish theater play. While the court has not lifted the ban, it has requested defense from the Gaziosmanpaşa Sub-Governor’s Office, which banned the play over “public order" concerns.

Shortly after İYİ Party MP Ümit Özdağ accused him of having links to the FETÖ, which is held responsible for the coup attempt in 2016, İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation against İYİ Party İstanbul Chair Kavuncu.

Vice President Oktay and Communications Director Altun have slammed Charlie Hebdo magazine over a recent cartoon about President Erdoğan. Vice Minister of Culture Çam has also responded on Twitter with French swearwords.

The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits increased by 37.6 percent whereas the number of people who receive unemployment benefits decreased by 33.7 percent, according to the report.

Converted into a mosque, Chora (Kariye) Museum’s frescoes and mosaics have been covered up with a white curtain. Dating back to the Byzantine period when it was built as a monastery, the museum is expected to be opened to worship this Friday.

Meeting with representatives of global firms, Minister of Finance Albayrak said, “Turkey offers investors unique opportunities.” When he was delivering this speech, the exchange rate of US dollar was 8.17 lira and that of Euro was 9.67 lira.

US Consulate General employee Nazmi Mete Cantürk has been sentenced to 5 years, 2 months, 15 days in prison for “aiding the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ)”, which is held accountable for the coup attempt in 2016.

After a Kurdish theater play scheduled for October 13 was banned by a sub-governor's office, the Metropolitan Municipality has included another play in Kurdish in the next month's programme.

Standing trial over a news report regarding the land purchased by Finance Minister Albayrak near the planned route of Canal İstanbul, reporter Hazal Ocak from Cumhuriyet newspaper has been acquitted of “insulting a public official.”

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has unanimously concluded that the damages paid by main opposition CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to President and AKP Chair Erdoğan have violated his freedom of expression.