The aftermath of the attack on CHP leader Özgür Özel continued with attacker Selçuk Tengioğlu being arrested in the morning. Özel returned to parliament for his party's group meeting, declaring "the child murderer cannot hurt me" to standing ovation.

Attention shifted midday when media reported Istanbul Mayor İmamoğlu's university diploma had been mysteriously deleted from Istanbul University's database. İmamoğlu filed a lawsuit challenging his diploma cancellation.

Law enforcement conducted major operations, with 208 arrests in a 47-province FETÖ operation and 27 detention orders in DEAŞ operations across seven provinces.

President Erdoğan visited MHP leader Bahçeli in the afternoon, signaling continued Cumhur alliance solidarity. Erdoğan later criticized street interviews, claiming "media is freer than before."

International tensions rose when India fired missiles into Pakistan, prompting retaliation threats. Turkish intelligence reportedly thwarted a second pager bomb plot in Lebanon.