Two prominent Turkish scholars passed away: Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, the country's first female Sumerologist, at age 110, and Prof. Dr. Münci Kalayoğlu, pioneer of liver transplantation. Their deaths dominated afternoon coverage.
Morning news focused on Minister Tekin's controversial statements about secularism and CHP's history, which evolved into a broader political debate with CHP announcing plans for legal action. The government denied airspace access to Israeli President Herzog for COP29 travel, maintaining its diplomatic stance on Gaza.
A tragic police death occurred in Malatya when a truck struck officers responding to an accident. In Istanbul, the Bosphorus was temporarily closed to maritime traffic due to a vessel malfunction. President Erdoğan arrived in Brazil for the G20 summit, where Turkish officials claimed to have exposed 250 Israel-sourced disinformation items.