Releasing a statement on human rights in Turkey, the Delegation of the EU to the Council of Europe (EUDEL) has criticized the state’s attitude in Gezi trial and made a call to implement the the Judicial Reform Strategy with determined and concrete steps.

"We welcome the work that was done. We were also consulted but we also have to see how this will be translated into concrete legislation and the implementation of that," says Christian Berger, the head of the EU Turkey Delegation.

The 1st Cappadocia International Hot-Air Balloon Festival has opened in Nevşehir. Organized by the Municipality of Ürgüp and hosting hot-air balloons from around the world, the festival will close on July 7.

In the final hearing of Aladağ dorm fire case, which claimed the lives of 11 children in 2016, all dorm executives have been sentenced to prison. Public officials have been acquitted for “causing death”, but penalized for “misconduct in office.”

President and ruling AKP Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated that if the U.S. does not deliver the F-35 fighter jets to Turkey although the country has made the necessary payments, it will be called “seizure.”

In a visit to the HDP İstanbul organization, İmamoğlu has said, "He is arrested but why? Like everyone, I want to understand this. In this context, I want to state that I side with anyone who is unjustly treated in terms of law."

The HDP Women’s Parliamentary Group has requested that a Parliamentary inquiry be launched against irregularities and impunity in the investigation and prosecution of suspicious deaths, especially that of Rabia Naz and other children.

"We call Minister of Justice Gül, who got lawyers beaten and Minister of Interior Soylu, who got mourning families beaten, to retreat into borders of law."

The KONDA Research and Consultancy has released its report on “Ballot Box Analysis and Voter Profiles" for İstanbul repeat elections. The research has specifically focused on the voter transitions between the parties and turnout rate of their voter bases.

The governorship has announced that it inspected 730 shops signboards of which are not compliant with the regulations which require at least 75 percent of the contents of a signboard to be in Turkish.

In the first hearing of the Çorlu train derailment case, the Çorlu 1st Heavy Penal Court has sent the case file to the upper court upon the allegation that “the relatives of the deceased were battered upon the instruction of the court.”

Sharing the answer of Ministry of Youth and Sports to his Parliamentary question, CHP MP Gürer has announced that 45,300 students who applied for accommodation in public dormitories were not provided with accommodation last year.

Given a 59-year prison term over a statement by an anonymous witness who can't describe him, Baran Barış Korkmaz has sent a message from prison.

Speaking at the weekly group meeting of his party, main opposition CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu said, “I imprison my political opponent, but I will speak outside. Is this justice? The poor will serve time in prison, is this justice?”

Ten students were detained at the LGBTI+ Pride Parade at the Middle East Technical University (METU) in the capital Ankara.

The ones massacred in Madımak Hotel in Sivas 26 years ago today have been commemorated in a ceremony in Sivas. Şenal Sarıhan, one of the attorneys of Sivas case, has spoken to bianet regarding the commemoration.

Temelli has said that Trump's word on the Syrian Kurds after his meeting with President Erdoğan "exposed the dirty relations."

The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) has announced that at least 369 official curfews have been declared in at least 11 provinces and 51 districts since August 16, 2015. The highest number of curfews have been declared in Diyarbakır.

The International Refugee Rights Association has denounced the lynch attempt against Syrians living in the İkitelli Neighborhood in Küçükçekmece, İstanbul after a shop owner alleged that “his daughter was harassed by someone.”

Attorney Mustafa Vefa from Center for Human Rights of Urfa Bar Association has said that the camera recordings regarding the torture claims in Halfeti district have not been included in the investigation file yet.