In the final hearing of the attack on Reina nightclub, Masharipov has been given a life sentence aggravated for 40 times on charges of “attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order” and “deliberate killing” and to 1,368 years in prison on other charges.

Referring to Health Minister’s estimates, the Health and Social Service Laborers’ Union (SES) notes that the number of deaths is expected to be around 444 thousand in 2020 and any figure higher than this will show how many people died of COVID-19.

The Ministry of Health has announced that Turkey’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 6,730 and the total number of cases to 281,509. 57 people have died of the virus and 1,703 people have tested positive in the last 24 hours.

Detained by riot police officers during their sit-in protest for missing university student Gülistan Doku in Dersim, mother Bedriye Doku and sister Aygül Doku have been released.

Tuğba Demir, one of the Kurdish agricultural workers attacked by villagers and land owners in Sakarya, has spoken to bianet: “I used to want to be a teacher before, now I want to be a lawyer. No one should forget this incident.”

Bedriye Doku, the mother of missing Gülistan Doku, has spoken to bianet: “I want to meet the President and want the chief suspect to be arrested. I want my daughter to be found.”

Prison administration did not process death fasting prisoner Akman’s request for transfer to another prison. When her attorneys applied with the same request, it was also rejected as “the person herself must apply.” Akman is now in hospital.

Noting that the main issue on the agenda of EU leaders’ summit will be Eastern Mediterranean, France’s Foreign Minister Le Drian has accused Erdoğan of “creating an Islamic national atmosphere to conceal the reality of the economic situation in Turkey.”

An access block has been imposed on the news regarding the Met-Gün Construction company’s seizure of the non-seizable loan received by the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality from abroad to finance its subway project.

Main opposition CHP MP Çakırözer, also a former journalist himself, visited Odatv Ankara Representative Müyesser Yıldız in Sincan Prison in Ankara. He has addressed the reporters following his meeting with Yıldız.

In a statement about September 6-7 pogrom, the HDP has called on the authorities “to face this shame, identify the perpetrators and compensate the material and immaterial losses of the aggrieved people or their families.”

From the report of Press in Arrest: “Trials were suspended in August due to the judiciary recess; however, attempts to bring journalists into line continued under violent forms. At least 15 journalists were subjected to psychological and physical violence.”