"The only thing we don't know is the time of the İstanbul earthquake," Prof. Özener has said.

Kadirova, who worked as a domestic helper at AKP MP Ünal's house, allegedly committed suicide with her employer's gun.

Referring to Asst. Prof. Bülent Şık, who has been sentenced to prison for disclosing the results of cancer research conducted by Ministry of Health, HDP MP Danış Beştaş has requested a Parliamentary investigation into factors threatening public health.

A court previously banned a bianet report on the killing of musician Tanürek after being hit by a car that Burak Erdoğan, the elder son of the president, was driving.

The mothers of military students sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment for “attempting to stage a coup” have announced that they will stage a sit-in protest at Sakarya Street in Ankara every Wednesday.

The Emergency Management Center of İstanbul Governorship has announced that it has received notices of damage for 464 buildings after İstanbul earthquake. Education at 14 schools in 9 cities has also been suspended.

The İTU has said that the fault segment where yesterday's earthquake occurred is the segment where "the expected earthquake" will take place.

The Governorship of İstanbul has announced that a legal action has been taken against the voice records that alleged that “a major earthquake would hit İstanbul last night”.

Mayor of İstanbul İmamoğlu has stated, “It is said that 2,864 parks and similar places were reported to Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) as emergency assembly areas. These places do not have the necessary physical qualities”.

While Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute has reported 108 aftershocks after the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that hit İstanbul yesterday, several İstanbulites have spent the night outdoors.

The TMMOB and İstanbul City Defense said after today's earthquake that most of the assembly areas have been zoned for construction.

Mayor İmamoğlu has said they are “on alert”, President Erdoğan has remarked that there are “tens of thousands of assembly areas” in the city.

While bianet columnist and food engineer Asst. Prof. Bülent Şık has been acquitted of “provision of prohibited information”, he has been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison for “disclosure of information about duty”. His sentence has not been deferred.

According to Türk-İş survey, the starvation limit of a family of four was 2,064 lira in this month.

A major earthquake hit İstanbul at around 2 p.m. today. The magnitude of the earthquake, which was felt across the city and its vicinity, has been announced as 5.8 by Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute.

Turkuvaz Media Group Deputy Chair Albayrak has filed the lawsuit because of an article by columnist Sözeri on the March local elections.

Currently in New York to attend the UN General Assembly, President Erdoğan has given an interview to FOX News. Answering a question on arrested journalists in Turkey, he said, “The figures you give are very imaginary figures”.

Ahead of his birthday on October 2, a social media campaign has been launched for arrested businessperson Osman Kavala under the hashtag #DearOsmanKavala. It has also reminded that the third hearing of Gezi trial will be held on October 8-9.

Speaking to bianet about the rejection of the Ministry of Health, lawyer Eren Keskin says, “That the Ministry considers an issue forming the gender identity of a person to be ‘for purposes of aesthetics’ is tragicomic”.

Indicating that the amendment of Anti-Terror Law (TMK) foreseen by the Judicial Reform is not adequate, Asst. Prof. Altıparmak asks, “If the amendment is adopted, how will the boundaries of news and commentaries be determined?”