Newspapers Birgün, Günlük Evrensel and Hayat TV were not invited to Chief Of Staff İlker Başbuğ’s “communication meeting” with the representatives of the media.

Ministry of Justice gives permission for the trial of writer Temel Demirer under article 301 for saying there was genocide of Armenians in Turkey at a meeting to protest the murder of Hrant Dink on January

Prof. Aslı Tunç of Bilgi University finds it very ironic that the Doğan Media Group, which has been target of constant criticism for trying to extend to every business field possible, has become the defender of freedom of expression and democracy in the latest polemic with the Prime Minister.

Writer Murat Coşkun has been arrested for the book he wrote seven years ago. He is accused of having used expressions that provokes hostility and hatred among people.

DİHA journalist Sıddık Güler, DTP’s Çukurca District Head Mehmet Kanar and two more people are on trial for passing information about military information to the pro-Kurdish Roj TV. Next hearing will be on October 7.

Hüseyin Yalyalı of Press Laborers Union of Turkish Cypriots has demanded that gen. Galip Mendi who visited the imprisoned Ergenekon generals on behalf of the General Staff should be tried for the murder of Kutlu Adalı in 1996.

Journalist Tahmaz and two more Birgün authorities are questioned by the authorities regarding the interview with one of the PKK leaders Murat Karayılan, which was published on daily Birgün.

DTP’s Batman Mayor Hüseyin Kalkan gets convicted for praising the pro-Kurdish Roj TV. He was fined 9000 YTL (about 4500 Euro).

Journalist Vasi Köse is concerned that the soldiers dying in the eastern Turkey are causing ethnic tensions; it is causing the other identities of the country become silent.

Among the sites that were banned by the Turkish authorities, only the video sharing site dailymotion was opened. The rest are still closed, waiting for the needed court orders.

A lawsuit has been filed against journalists Gökçer Tahincioğlu and Kemal Göktaş for making a story about the court order that granted permission to the Police Department, the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and the Gendarmerie Head Quarters to monitor others.

The five accused of the Malatya massacre of the three Protestants deny the charges of murder and plunder.

Malatya’s 3rd High Criminal Court will continue hearing new witnesses in the Zirve Publication case, in which three Protestants were killed for supposedly doing missionary work. The five suspects, who are under arrest, will present an additional defense.

The number of internet sites and blogs protesting the internet censorship in Turkey, court orders banning the sites, has risen to 412. They darkened their pages to warn the authorities and public about the policies that make life difficult for internet publishing

The Military Prosecutor sees no need to file a lawsuit for the bad treatment and torture conscientious objector Bal had to endure. Instead, Bal may be sued under article 301 for insulting the Turkish Armed Forces.

The Van Military Court asked for the document appeared in daily Taraf about the Dağlıca ambush. Ramazn Yüce’s lawyer is pleased with the decision, as it supports their case.

The censorship against the internet sites is continuing in Turkey. After youtube.com and dailymotion, not the sites of kliptube and gundemonline.com are banned, too.

The court seized the copies of daily Birgün for Tahmaz’s interview of a Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) administrator, Murat Karayılan. The accusation is “giving place to the explanations and announcements of a terrorist organization.”

Hayat TV, which was accused of aiding the pro-Kurdish Roj TV, is back to broadcasting after it resolved the bureaucratic problems encountered in the process.

Kurdish politician Mahmut Alınak is entering the prison for refusing to pay the fine he received for the crime of “praising the criminals Deniz Gezmiş, Musa Anter, Vedat Aydın, whose names he proposed to give to the streets and parks.