Nationwide student protests against teacher transfers intensified, with high schoolers rallying under the slogan "Don't touch my teacher." Education Minister Tekin responded, noting that "38,000 teachers' terms have expired." This coincided with continued judicial pressure on Istanbul Mayor İmamoğlu, whose appeal against detention was rejected.
MHP leader Bahçeli made a significant intervention, calling for İmamoğlu's case to be "urgently concluded" - either with acquittal or conviction - suggesting potential cracks in the governing alliance's approach. Three more protesters from the İmamoğlu demonstrations were released.
In security matters, officials declared that "armed groups refusing to disarm are legitimate targets," continuing the security framework from yesterday's Turkey-Iraq meetings focused on PKK dissolution. Defense Minister Güler stated Syria developments were being "carefully monitored."
The Marcus Aurelius statue, smuggled abroad in the 1960s, was officially returned to Turkey by evening, while authorities apprehended a suspect who vandalized Mattia Ahmet Minguzzi's grave.
