Ruling the country through trustees is becoming a dominant method used by the government, says Sancar.

“We call on all parties in the U.S. to maintain restraint and prudence. We believe the U.S. will overcome this internal political crisis in a mature manner,” reads Turkey’s Foreign Ministry statement regarding the recent developments in the country.

Journalists Müyesser Yıldız and İsmail Dükel have been indicted for “successively obtaining documents about state security.” This second indictment has been merged with the file of the ongoing main trial.

Resigning from office amid protests against the appointment of university president, Prof. Zafer Yenal has said, “Let’s keep working harder for goodness and beauty so that we will not see a university with its gates handcuffed again.”

Turkey’s Health Ministry has announced that 191 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. While 13,830 new cases have been reported, the number of tests conducted in a day has been announced as 182,645.

Interior Minister Soylu has defended the police intervention at Boğaziçi University: “The Turkish police, who did not allow the terror-related illegal groups that are not from Boğaziçi and tried to enter the university, did the right thing.”

Trade Union of Domestic Workers’ Solidarity (EVİD-SEN) has shared the findings from its "Report on the Problems Faced by Domestic Workers During the Pandemic in the Context of Violations of the Right to Work and Other Rights.”

Seven workers lost their lives and more than 120 were wounded in the explosion in early July.

Students of Boğaziçi University have been protesting the appointment of Prof. Bulu as the university president by Erdoğan. The Boğaziçi Solidarity previously made a call for a protest demonstration and press statement in Kadıköy at 4 p.m. today.

The trial of public officers over the assassination of journalist Hrant Dink continued in İstanbul today. As there is evidence that they knew about the murder beforehand, arrest warrants have been issued against two gendarmerie intelligence officers.

HDP MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu submitted a Parliamentary question regarding the UN report documenting the war crimes and rights violations in Syria. The MP’s question has been returned to him on the grounds of “personal opinion.”

Students are still protesting Prof. Melih Bulu, who has been appointed as the president of Boğaziçi University, one of the most most prestigious universities in Turkey, by President and ruling AKP Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.