A trial concerning the letter that 56 mayors sent to Danish Prime Minister Rasmussen will continue after response from Denmark.

Only four officers are being investigated in Trabzon and Samsun for neglecting their duties before and after the Dink murder.

The Gündem newspaper has been closed for the forth time for publishing articles by PKK leader Karayilan.

"Hürriyet" journalists Karakurt, Tatlican and Kilic will have to pay a total of 60,500 YTL for their feature on Kandil mountain.

Journalist Türker Alkan says that he has being receiving death threats since the general elections. One email sender identified himself as a policeman.

Journalist Yetisgen, who was arrested at the beginning of August, is going to be tried for "damaging the integrity of the country".

Although the Istanbul Public Prosecution had posited that Trabzon police officers had "neglected their duties of crime prevention", the Trabzon Governor's Office will not allow the questioning of eight of its officers.

After a complaint made by Adan Oktar, the website WordPress.com has been blocked to access. This is not the first time that a whole site has been closed down because of the content of one item.

The Diyarbakir governor's office has objected to the naming of a park after deceased human rights activist and publisher Ayse Nur Zarakolu. A court has decreed that she spread "separatist propaganda".

After Prime Minister Erdogan said on television that those who could not accept Abdullah Gül as president should give up Turkish citizenship and leave the country, the CHP, the EU and newspaper columnists have reacted.

A lawyer and a politician who spoke to Roj TV, the Kurdish satellite television which is not allowed in Turkey, have been acquitted for criticising military operations in the Tunceli area as not solving the problem.

Following the comments journalist Metehan Demir made in an interview in the "Radikal" newspaper, the General Staff has published a press release on its website denouncing his claims as "lies". Demir stands behind his analysis.

The RSF has denounced the "precautionary" detention of Journalist Yetisgen, who used the expression "northern Kurdistan" in an article in his local newspaper in Gaziantep.

The General Staff has filed a criminal complaint against journalist Umur Talu of the Sabah newspaper for undermining relations between ranks and destroying trust in the superiors. Talu had written on demands of common soldiers.

Two journalists in Diyarbakir have been put on trial on charges of insulting local authorities in print. A journalist in Afyonkarahisar is being tried for insulting an officer on duty.

The new law regulating Internet content has been passed by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer. It aims at protecting the public and does not allow criticism of Ataturk. Critics say the law is not effective.

The newest trial under the controversial article 301 is that of journalists Ahmet Sik and Lale Sariibrahimoglu for denigrating the armed forces. Journalist Ali Bayramoglu speaks of an increase in authoritarianism.

The Istanbul Chamber of Doctors has decided to give its Peace, Democracy and Human Rights Prize to the widow of Hrant Dink for her speech at her husbands funeral. Rakel Dink had emphasised peace and brotherhood.

A bomb which exploded in a busy commercial centre of old Ankara yesterday evening has claimed six lives and injured 100 people. Experts claim it may be a suicide bomb. Politicians speak of solidarity, while Chief of General Staff warns of more attacks.

Four people are being tried for sending threatening e-mails to Prof. Dr. Baskin Oran. A court of peace in Ankara is waiting for statements of two of the suspects. The case will continue on 19 September.