The 46th anniversary of the 12 September 1980 coup set the morning tone, with AK Party spokesperson Ömer Çelik, Justice Minister Akın Gürlek and President Erdoğan condemning coups and presenting a new constitution as historic responsibility, a call deputy chair Hüseyin Yayman and MP Mustafa Şen sharpened with an October timetable.
Attention then moved to the exhumation of former intelligence officer Kaşif Kozinoğlu, announced the previous day. Forensic teams opened the grave and took bone samples, while nine suspects detained in the second wave of the probe were referred to court.
By evening the focus shifted to the Gülistan Doku case, with a sixth-wave operation ordering detention of 11 suspects across seven provinces, following earlier claims about chemical destruction of the body.
Parallel items included revised Istanbul school hours ahead of the 14 September start and detentions of figures Çağla Öz and Semih Varol.