The Minister of Justice has responded to a parliamentary question by a main opposition party MP.

The Council of State has dismissed the case filed by OR-YA Energy company, which objected to the cancellation of the positive EIA report by the administrative court and requested the reversal of the cancellation and the stay of its execution.

On a death fast behind bars, lawyer Aytaç Ünsal has sent a note for Ebru Timtik, another death-fasting arrested lawyer: “Join your lives with hers! Ask them on the phone, by fax and on every platform possible… What is the Court of Cassation waiting for?”

According to a recent report by the HDP, 84 summaries of proceedings have been brought against HDP MPs and trustees have been appointed to 14 HDP municipalities since March 11, when the first coronavirus case was confirmed by Turkey.

The President has praised the people as heroes for their opposition to the coup attempt in 2016.

Minister of Interior Soylu has announced that a reconnaissance plane has crashed in Turkey’s eastern province of Van, claiming the lives of seven security personnel, among whom were also two pilots.

It was "unacceptable" that the "July 15 veterans" were not invited and lawmakers had to test for Covid-19 to participate in the ceremony, the main opposition party stated.

Selçuk Mızraklı was sentenced to nine years in prison for "membership of an illegal organization" after being dismissed as the mayor of Diyarbakır.

The law would undermine Turkey's unity and integrity, Kılıçdaroğlu has said.

The attorney of arrested businessperson and rights defender Osman Kavala has made a statement about the state-run Anadolu Agency (AA), which referred to Kavala in a news report entitled “The famous figures of the FETÖ were also brought to account.”

“Epic of July 15” by pianist and composer Fahir Atakoğlu has met with its audience for the first time in the Presidential Complex in Ankara in the fourth year of the attempted coup.

“It was us that turned, even if by a wrong decision, Hagia Sophia into a museum and it is us yet again that is now converting it back to a mosque,” President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan has said in his address to the public following a cabinet meeting.

HDP MP Kerestecioğlu has addressed a Parliamentary question to Minister of Tourism and Culture, asking him about the allegations that Turkey will pay damages to the SICPA company as Hagia Sophia is handed over to Presidency of Religious Affairs.

Put on trial again over his remarks on Isle of Man, also known as an offshore tax haven, main opposition CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has been sentenced to pay 197 thousand lira to President and AKP Chair Erdoğan and his relatives in damages.

While the Ankara 16th Heavy Penal Court has ruled that HDP’s imprisoned former Co-Chair Figen Yüksekdağ shall remain behind bars, one of the judges has expressed a dissenting opinion, noting that there is no risk of flight or spoliation of evidence.

HDP has released a statement about the detention of its executives and members in Antep and Diyarbakır earlier today. “What is done is a systematic attack of ‘political genocide’ against certain segments of society,” the statement has read.

The court has acquitted the columnist after the AKP's Binali Yıldırm withdrew his complaint.

At least 12 women, including TJA Spokesperson Ayşe Gökkan and journalist Ayşe Güney, have been taken into custody in house raids in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır province. The reason for their detention is not yet known.

Turkey is open to cooperation with UNESCO for the preservation of the universal heritage, the AKP spokesperson has said.

While a trustee has been appointed in place of HDP’s detained Ağrı Diyadin Co-Mayor Yaşar, 33 people, including HDP Antep Co-Chair, have been taken into custody as part of another “investigation against the PKK/KCK terrorist organization.”