The fourth session of the case where Deniz Yücel, the former Turkey representative of the Die Welt newspaper, is on trial was held at the İstanbul 32th Heavy Penal Court today (July 16).

CHP MP Ali Mahir Başarır has submitted a Parliamentary question regarding the administrative fine imposed by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) on a woman who could not participate in its survey as she does not know Turkish.

CHP Vice Chair Adıgüzel has indicated that there are currently 114 penal institutions under construction in Turkey, according to the Presidency Communication Center. The country has the second highest rate of incarceration in the OECD.

Main opposition CHP MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a member of the Parliamentary Commission to Investigate July 15 Coup Attempt, has recounted how the works and activities of the commission have been prevented.

In protest against the construction of a state dormitory on poplar woods at their campus, students of the Middle East Technical University (METU) and academics have marched towards Kavaklık, the poplar woods.

Elected to the Supreme Board of the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), media ombudsperson Faruk Bildirici said, “I have always defended freedom of press, expression and thought. I will, naturally, continue my efforts in that direction."

Germany’s Minister of State for Culture and the Media Monika Grütters has denounced the SETA report on journalists: “Independence of journalistic work is massively jeopardized and freedom of thought and press are trampled upon."

The Ministry of National Defense has announced that the first parts of S-400 Long-Range Air Defense and Missile Defense System have been delivered to Turkey.

Public Prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz was killed after being taken as a hostage on March 31, 2015, by Şafak Yayla and Bahtiyar Doğruyol, members of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C).

The results of repeat İstanbul Metropolitan Mayoral Elections have been published on the Official Gazette. Accordingly, while İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu received 4 million 742 thousand 82 votes, AKP’s Yıldırım received 3 million 936 thousand 68 votes.

Following and supporting the resistance at METU, CHP Ankara MP Taşcıer has announced that the University Administrative Committee has decided to review the construction plan of the state dormitory planned to be constructed on poplar woods.

When asked about if he is resentful towards former allies Abdullah Gül, Ali Babacan and Ahmet Davutoğlu, the President replied, "For God's sake, how can you even ask this question?"

US State Department Spokesperson Ortagus has stated, “We have said that Turkey will face real and negative consequences if they accept the S-400. Those consequences include participation in the F-35 program.”

Assoc. Prof. Öykü Didem Aydın, the lawyer of two detained METU students, said, “It is not certain who this informer is or if he or she does really exist. If there is really an informer, then, he or she should come up and file a criminal complaint.”

Party leaders have spoken at their weekly parliamentary group meeting; the SETA's report on foreign media outlets in Turkey was at the top of their agendas.

After the EU condemned Turkey's dispatch of a second drillship to the Eastern Mediterranean, the Foreign Ministry of Russia released a statement today, saying it is "following the developments with concern."

The court has ruled that the imprisoned former co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) shall be paid a compensation of 2,500 euros.

As terms of office of three members of the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) have ended, polls will be held at the General Assembly of the Parliament and the HDP will send a member to the RTÜK after almost two years.

Announcing its ruling on Doğukan Bilir, who was battered on the same street where Ali İsmail Korkmaz was killed in Eskişehir during Gezi resistance, the Constitutional Court has ruled that the prohibition of torment has been violated.

The İstanbul Metropolitan Municipal Council has convened for the first time after the İstanbul election rerun. Mayor İmamoğlu said, “The budget of the municipality was made by leaning on the central government, thinking that they would not be called to account.”