The day was dominated by the legal escalation of the CHP–YENİ Parti rift. Morning headlines tracked the new party's executive board formation and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's dismissal of the split as a 'purification.' By afternoon, the CHP filed a lawsuit against YENİ Parti, while OdaTV and others reported claims that Kılıçdaroğlu's public support was manufactured with paid extras—a charge the CHP denied and threatened to litigate. Simultaneously, the Gülistan Doku investigation advanced: Justice Minister Gürlek announced fifteen arrests, and new testimony revealed a phone call to a governor before her disappearance. Severe weather warnings for thirty-five provinces and urban flooding in Ankara and Istanbul competed for attention, alongside a chemical evacuation in Eyüpsultan and Meral Akşener's foundation launch.