The opposition’s allegation suggesting that the government met with the jailed leader of the PKK, Abdullah Öcalan, is the most hotly debated subject at referendum rallies.

Kimse Yok Mu, a Turkish aid association, extended a helping hand to Pakistan after the country was hit by flash floods. The massive floods have killed 1,500 across the country and left millions of others homeless.

Forestry workers used helicopters to get a fire that broke out in the Bozyazı district of Mersin province under control yesterday. Forest fires are common in Turkey during summer months when temperatures are very high.

The attitude that will be adopted by the Kurds in the upcoming referendum is even more important than how they vote. The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) gave an order for a boycott and the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) carried out a boycott campaign.

The preparation of a constitution is a process of negotiation and agreement that should be done with everyone’s contribution. Nobody has the right or the luxury to exclude anyone from this process. Saying, “I will not prepare a constitution with this or that group,” means that you harbor a kind of animosity against them and that you will eliminate those people as soon as you get the opportunity to doso.

The General Staff made a very delayed and unconvincing statement on the allegations of military negligence in the attack on the Hantepe military base in Hakkari in July that claimed the lives of seven soldiers.