Commenting on the decision on the dismissal of three metropolitan mayors, Diyarbakır Bar Association Chair Aydın has said, "Their legal status is the same as before the election. That hasn't changed. This is a coup against the judiciary."

After the Ministry of Interior has appointed trustees to Metropolitan Municipalities of Diyarbakır, Van and Mardin, the official websites of the municipalities have been closed.

While the forest fires in Muğla and İzmir have been partially taken under control, the fires in Hatay have been completely taken under control by fire brigade crews.

After the HDP’s Metropolitan Mayors of Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van have been removed from office and governors have been appointed in their place, the party has released a statement and said, “Do not remain silent -to remain silent is to give approval.”

İmamoğlu has criticized the dismissal of the mayors of Diyarbakır, Van and Mardin.

Several social media users, including politicians from the HDP, CHP and SP have denounced the appointment of trustees to HDP’s Metropolitan Municipalities of Van, Diyarbakır and Mardin, who have been removed from office earlier in the day.

After several bar associations, the Diyarbakır Bar Association has also rejected the invitation for the opening ceremony of the new judicial year at the presidency in Beştepe.

Selçuk Mizraklı has said, "The last crumbs of democracy in Turkey have been eliminated with this decision. There are no individual victims. The victim is Turkey's democracy and its entire electorate," on his dismissal as the mayor of Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality.

The Ministry of Interior has announced that 418 people have been taken into custody in operations conducted in 29 provinces, particularly in Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van, whose metropolitan mayors have been removed from office earlier today.

The Ministry of Interior has announced that Metropolitan Mayors of Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van have been removed from office on the ground that there are ongoing investigations against them at heavy penal courts.

After the İzmir Bar Association, the İstanbul Bar has also announced that they will not attend the legal year opening ceremony at the Presidential Complex in Ankara.

Ahead of the UN Climate Summit which Turkey will participate in, a major new scientific study on the climate plan (INDC) presented by Turkey under the Paris Agreement has been published.

Journalist Ergin Çağlar, a reporter for the Mezopotamya Agency, has been taken into custody in Mersin Courthouse. Çağlar has been detained on charge “being a member of a terrorist organization”, it has been reported.

Adana Branch of Human Rights Association (İHD) has talked to inmates of Osmaniye Type T No 2 Prison and prepared a report based on their accounts. HDP MP Kurtulan has submitted a Parliamentary question regarding the violation of rights in prison.

The SDF commander-in-chief has said that the US mediates between them and Turkey on the planned "safe zone" in northern Syria.

MP Budak drew attention to the prevalence and damage of plastic use in the law proposal he submitted to the parliament.

It was on November 21, 2016, shortly after the attempted coup on July 15, when holding demonstrations and organizing events have been banned for reasons of security in Van. On August 12, the ban has been extended once again.

Lieutenant General Twitty has visited the border town Akçakale for the planned "safe zone" in northern Syria after his meetings in Ankara.

Maria Zakharova, the Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, has commented on President and AKP Chair Erdoğan’s statements on a possible “military operation in the east of Euphrates” in Syria and warned Turkey.

Industrial production has been decreased by 3.9 percent compared to same month last year.