Eight girls were injured after a 15-year-old student reportedly stabbed pupils indiscriminately at a school in Istanbul’s Basaksehir district. One victim was critically injured and two were in serious condition. Police detained the alleged attacker at the scene

In an escalation of its decade-long hostility toward LGBTQ+ groups, particularly in the lead-up to elections, simultaneous police raids beginning at 1 am took place in the major cities of Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Aydin and Mersin