The Justice for Children Group organized a theatre event with reputable Turkish theatre actors to draw attention to children in detention in the contest of the Anti-Terror Law. The groups calls for a release of the children.

"The fairy tale is over" was one of the messages from the business chambers and health unions for the AKP's health policies in a protest on Sunday. They demanded to cancel the Health Transformation Program.

MP Soysal applied to the Parliamentary Human Rights Commission to clarify the death of Ceylan Önkol. Soysal said he wants to solve question marks evolved from the circumstances of the girl's death to ease the public conscience. More than 40 NGOs and Associations launched a signature campaign at the same time pursuing the same intention.

Unions and business organizations prepare for a demonstration themed "Turkey's health is on the downgrade" for coming Sunday in Kadıköy/Istanbul. The protest is aimed at health examination fees and contribution to pharmaceuticals amongst other critical points.

Turkey's Green Party warns, "The Black Sea's ecosystem is under threat of opportunists". The Greens filed a trial to stop the construction of a road which they consider to be against the law. The road will lead through one of Turkey's most pristine and unique ecosystems.

A large number of NGOs, left-wing parties and groups, business organizations and the local governments organize a meeting in Tunceli on coming Saturday. Their common aim is to stop the dam and power plant project that "leaves history and culture under water".

Turkey ranks on position 79 in the UNPD's Human Development Index. Concerning social gender equality the country slips down to rank 125. The per capita income is high but this is not reflected in the progress of community life.

Radio records of the day the police shot at Gerçek have been destroyed. Lawyer Tanay claims that those records were to be saved by the prosecutor a long time ago. The court rejected the acquittal of Gerçek. Tanay: "The child who is the victim is continued to be trialed as a defender". The case is adjourned till 12 February.

According to the Umut Foundation, weapons can be found in one third of all Turkish homes. The foundation organized a silent protest on Istanbul's popular Taksim square on the Day of Personal Disarmament.

Münevver Karabulut's body and dismembered head had been found in a waste container in Etiler, Istanbul, in March this year. Suspect C.Garipoğlu now surrendered to the police 7 months after the murder. The negligent handling of the case was criticized before by Karabulut's family and friends.

Flood could have been prevented from turning into a disaster says Istanbul Environmental Egineeers Chamber. The reasons for the disaster are to be sought in licensing buildings erected in the river courses and in the poor sewage and rain water system. Despite meteorologists' warnings no emergency plan was prepared and no warnings were issued.

32 bodies were recovered from the floods, nine people are still missing. Hundreds of cars were dragged along by the massive force of the water. People were trapped in their cars. Buildings collapsed under the impact of the flood.

According to official numbers compiled by İHD, in relation to 1.7 torture cases in 2008 and 1.4 torture cases in 2007 respectively hundreds of cases concerning "resistance against the police" were filed. İHD chairman Türkdoğan criticizes a lack of effective measures against torture and claims that these figures prove suppression of civil opposition.

The General Staff is remaining silent on the hand grenade "punishment" that killed four soldiers and on the accusation that a land mine that killed six soldiers in Hakkari belonged to the army rather than the PKK.

At the 104th hearing of the first Ergenekon trial yesterday (24 August), 32 defendants were present.

DTP MP Sebahat Tuncel for Istanbul has called for a discussion on how decisions are made regarding the city.

The conviction of a police officer for "probable intentional killing" of a young man has been welcomed by the family and their lawyer.

The recordings of witness statements regarding the death by police torture of Engin Çeber have been found to be faulty, so that witnesses will have to be heard again. Lawyers suspect tampering.

At a hearing at the Istanbul 13th High Criminal Court, it was decided to merge the cases of the second and third Ergenekon indictment.

MP Üskül has gone to see prisoner Zere in Adana. MP Arıtman has asked President Gül to release 20 prisoners.