The day was defined by the formal split of the main opposition CHP and the arrest of İzmit Mayor Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet. From early morning, headlines tracked mass resignations of CHP members and MPs signing to form Özgür Özel's new party, with Sözcü reporting 'hundreds of resignations' by evening. Simultaneously, the İzmit municipality corruption probe culminated in the arrest of Hürriyet and 19 others, dominating evening bulletins across outlets. The Ahbap investigation expanded, with six celebrities summoned for testimony, while international tensions over US-Iran conflict and Houthi attacks on Saudi tankers featured in pro-government papers. Kılıçdaroğlu dismissed the CHP crisis as irrelevant to him, and a Diyarbakır forest fire raised alarm late in the day.