51 reporters of 11 eastern and southeastern provinces discussed responsible reporting and reporting on rights at the local media seminar by the BIA ² project. Prof. Dr. Koker, Dr. Dursun, Dr. Tosun, Duran, Madra, Haksever, Ondul made presentations.

The improvements brought about by harmonization regulations to articles on dangerous provocation and insulting the state, have been kept in the new TCK. But the new law brings about new crimes for the media members including Internet reporters.

Gun TV and Can TV were ordered off the air by RTUK for 30 days for broadcasting Kurdish songs and programs. RTUK is considering our application to broadcast in Kurdish, while at the same time, it is punishing us for Kurdish programs said Gur of Gun TV.

IHD workers Salman and Kizgin are being tried for insulting state officials because of their posts. The same people are trying Salman and Kizgin.

Editor-in-chief Ucar said 12 new cases have been brought against the daly Ulkede Ozgur Gundem after the DGMs were annulled. It is still a crime to publish announcements by a non-violent group, said Ucar. He argued there are 90 cases against the daily.

The RTUK sanctioned Ozgur Radio for referring in a press review to the front page of the daily Günlük Evrensel that said police in plain clothes had massacred members of DEHAP during a wedding in Adana.

BIA2 (Network for Monitoring and Covering Media Freedom and Independent Journalism) publishes second Quarterly Media Monitoring Report, which covers the period April-June 2004. Violations still persist.

IPA concerned about dangers threatening publishers in lead up to consideration of Turkeys membership in the EU

Human Rights Foundation is offering medical support to 63 people who were hurt during police intervention in the NATO and Bush protests. TIHV condemned police violence against those who were using their basic rights.

We may have great powers who prefer to have strict control over what is being said and written in the world, but a lot depends on how open we as publishers, authors, journalists, human rights workers will be to ideas not exactly like ours.

The same DGM committee, but under the new name of Heavy Penalty Court, took up the case about three distributors of the Yeniden Ozgur Gundem newspaper, and three DIHA reporters, who are being accused with terrorist propaganda.

DGM asked the Industry and Commerce Ministry to disband a company that owns Radyo Dunya. The radio is being sued for disseminating propaganda in favor of PKK. DGM also asked Turkeys television and radio watchdog to take action against the station.

According to journalists, TRT reporter Demirs temporary appointment to Erzurum amounts to an exile. We will show our reaction as TGC, said Calislar. Newspapers and journalists should not remain indifferent, said Toluay and Guven.

Representatives of the EC and Council of Europe met with members of Turkish Parliamentary Justice Commission to discuss the draft Turkish Penal Code and Kretschmer hopes Turkey will review lows on freedom of expresion.

Mass arrests of pro-Kurdish journalists ahead of NATO summitRSF has described as shocking an 8 June 2004 operation by anti-terrorist police that took 25 people into custody in raids on two pro-Kurdish publications and a news agency in Istanbul.

The broadcast in local dialects and languages, which is regarded as an important step towards the European Union path of Turkey, was launched yesterday in Bosnian. The broadcast of state-run TRT Channel caused the reactions of Bosnians in Turkey.

The Human Rights Association is protesting the execution of Siyar Perincek, the son of IHD regional head Mehdi Perincek, who was killed by police in Adana with a bullet to his back.

The owner of the Munzur Haber and lawyer Aygun is standing trial for giving a speech about the students who petitioned to receive education in their mother tongues. He had been acquitted before in a similar trial.

There will be Bosnian, Kurdish, Zaza, Circassian and Arabic broadcasts on radio and TV once a week each. Kurds and Zazas think six oclock in the morning is too early for the radio programs. Bosnians say they did not demand to have Bosnian broadcasts.

Director General of WAN Timothy Balding talked about how the written press would be affected by the Internet and rapidly developing electronic media in the World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors Forum (WEF).