"Of course this is a huge tragedy. People are dying, there are heavy losses on both sides," Putin has said.

Human Rights Association (İHD) Ağrı Provincial Chair Atilla Özbey and executive Emin Yıldız have been detained over the press statements they have made and the demonstrations and meetings they have attended since 2013.

Ankara Medical Chamber has announced that it has launched an investigation against physician Ali Edizer, who has been dismissed over his call on men to “take second spouses as it is allowed by Islam”.

Constitutional Court President and six members have indicated that the Law on Criminal Enforcement has the characteristics of a “pardon” and can only be implemented by an act of Parliament; however, the appeal has been rejected by a majority of votes.

Both President Akıncı and PM Tatar's coalition partners say that the move was aimed at affecting the results of the presidential election on Sunday.

Arrested pending trial, lawyer Muhittin K. had his first hearing. Charged with a series of offenses such as “successive aggravated sexual assault” and “deprivation of liberty,” K. faces up to 141 years in prison on the offenses charged.

The Balıkesir 2nd Penal Judgeship of Peace has imposed an access block on the Rûdaw news website, which is based in Erbil in the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and also publishes news in Turkish.

Amid ongoing conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the South Caucasus, Hrant Dink Foundation has made a call for peace: “We call on the administrators of all related countries to open negotiation channels and to operate diplomatic tools.”

Several people, including Etkin News Agency (ETHA) reporter Pınar Gayıp, have been taken into custody in house raids in İstanbul.

Seventeen senior figures of the HDP have been remanded in custody after a new investigation was opened into the 2014 "Kobani protests" in Kurdish-majority provinces.

The Parliament has ratified two motions to extend the deployment of Turkey’s troops in Lebanon, Mali and the Central African Republic (CAR) for another year as part of the UN’s interim force in Lebanon and EU peacekeeping mission in Mali and the CAR.

President Erdoğan and Northern Cyprus PM Tatar announced the opening of the "ghost town" at a ceremony in Ankara.

Supreme Election Council (YSK) has rejected the application of 24 bar associations, which previously requested the annulment of the Interior Ministry’s circular letter foreseeing the postponement of bar elections due to pandemic.

The Ministry of Health has announced that Turkey’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 8,553 and the total number of patients to 327,557. 55 people have died of the virus and the number of new patients has been announced as 1,511 in the last 24 hours.

Paying an official visit to the capital city of Azerbaijan amid the country’s ongoing clashes with its neighbor Armenia, Çavuşoğlu has reiterated the government’s support for Azerbaijan and accused Armenia of committing a “war crime.”

The Commission’s “Turkey 2020 Report” has noted that “under the conditions of the Presidential system, the serious backsliding of the respect for democratic standards, rule of law, and fundamental freedoms continued.” Turkey has slammed the report.

Human Rights Association has warned political parties that hate speech may lead to hate crimes.

Sergey Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, has indicated that “if the issue of Syrian territorial integrity is not solved, Kurdish problem may explode.”

President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan has responded to the remarks of President of France Emmanuel Macron, who has recently said, “Islam is a religion that is in crisis all over the world today.”

"This was a warning protest. We are preparing to halt work in entire İstanbul," a union representative has said.