The Justice Minister released an expert report on Mayor Ferdi Zeyrek's death, identifying six negligence factors in the electrocution case that dominated previous days' coverage. By morning, Gaziosmanpaşa municipality officially transferred from CHP to AKP control, with Eray Karadeniz elected as acting mayor, marking the first of three mayoral changes announced.
Turkey secured a major defense export deal as President Erdoğan announced 48 Kaan fighter jets would be sold to Indonesia. The medical community mourned the loss of renowned neurosurgeon Prof. Dr. Gazi Yaşargil, described as "the brain surgeon of the century."
The Gaza aid vessel story concluded with Foreign Ministry confirmation that Turkish activist Şuayb Ordu aboard the Madleen would be released. Meanwhile, Interior Minister Yerlikaya reported 273 migrant smuggling organizers caught across 51 provinces in a two-week operation.
A shocking murder in Burdur saw a mother of two stabbed to death beside her 36-day-old baby, with police arresting multiple suspects including her husband.