Women Engineers have started a campaign against job advertisements containing additions like "military service completed" or "male engineer" and against the publication of those adverts by the engineer chambers. They also demand to finally set up a Gender Based Discrimination Monitoring Secretary within the engineers' umbrella organization TMMOB.

Lawyer Oya Aslan announced that imprisoned Güler Zere, ill with fourth stage cancer, was operated for the third time in the beginning of this week, "Fast growing cancer cell were detected in her cervix. We do not expect privileges and compassion, Zere has to be released by law".

Defendant Şahin Öğüt was handed a 20 years prison sentence for raping a young teenager 14 years ago. Öğüt is tried in 12 cases of sexual assault.

A research into course books for 'general culture' lessons conducted by Eğitim Sen showed that girls are mainly represented in the environment of their mothers and other adults, at school or at home showing passive behavior and dependency, while boys are depicted as independent and active.

14 people trialed in connection with the "Revolutionary Headquaters Organization" have to wait for their prosecution till 23 February 2010. The defendants are in detention since end of April. Defendant Sütlaş's lawyer Demircan wonders: "So what if after 10 months they say "sorry" to my client?"

The prosecutor's office demands a 15 years prison sentence for the employer, the administrative manager and the driver who are held responsible for the drowning of 8 women during the flood in Istanbul earlier this month. The victims' lawyer will object because of "severe neglect".

A research of BETAM revealed that increased unemployment during the economic crisis effects men and women differently. Unemployed women have a high level of education but only little work experience. Gender based role expectations exclude women from the labor market.

Two activists will stand trial on 1 October, on allegations of insulting and attacking Hüseyin Üzmez, who is condemned to 13 years for sexually molesting a child.

Journalist Nadire Mater's latest book deals with the revolutionary period of time around 1968, depicting a broad variety of aspects in 21 interviews with contemporary witnesses and companions.

Police officers Tufan and Akbulut, trialed for ill-treatment of village mayor Çiğdem Nalbantoğlu, have been transferred to Şırnak and Diyarbakır. They did not attend any of the court hearings yet although the court instructed them to make their statements.

Education Minister Çubuk published a circular concerned with lessons against discrimination planned for Turkish primary and secondary schools during the first week of the current academic year.

Yıldız's father could not be caught yet. He claimed to have killed his own son because of his being homosexual. Darama, who got injured in the course of the incident, was admitted to case. Lambda's request to join the case was denied. The witness claimed he had been threatened.