Lawyers of Hüseyin Türeli, who is in prison for the Güngören bombings, held a press release to point out the injustice and the torture to which their clients have been subjected so far.

Minister of Interior Beşir Atalay says the Güngören explosions are solved, but the lawyers of those arrested claim their clients are not the real perpetrators.

President Abdullah Gül approved the new promotions by the High Military Council (YAŞ). The new head of the General Staff is İlker Başbuğ. There were no expulsions this year.

Nearly all the political parties, except the People’s Republican Party, describe the decision as pleasing for the democratization of Turkey.

Co-chairperson of the Greens Party Ümit Şahin says they are pleased with the decision to keep the Justice and Development Party (AKP)open, but now the AKP is obligated to democratize the political arena so that no parties are closed anymore

Speaking following the decision of the Constitutional Court, President of the Justice and Development Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tries to emphasize that they are not anti-secular, but on the contrary, their road is Atatürk’s road.

Nine people are taken into custody in connection with the Güngören explosions. Police is questioning them.

The Constitutional Court did not close the Justice and Development Party (AKP), but cut its share of the Treasury Aid by half. Six members voted for its closing, four members for cutting the Treasury Aid and president of the court Haşim Kılıç voted against closing it.

The closure case for the Justice and Development Party continues on its second day. The court rejects the demand for recusation regarding its four members.

The Constitutional Court starts discussing the closure case for the Justice and Development Party. The discussions will continue non-stop.

Two bombs exploded in Güngören in Istanbul with 15 dead and 150 injured. No one has assumed the responsibility for the explosions yet.

Rejecting the rexplosion reports against them, the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) says they never support such acts against civilians. Non-governmental organizations, political parties and professional chambers protest the attack.

Former Gendarme General Veli Küçük is charged with "instigating a coup" while national-socialist Workers Party leader Doğu Perinçek is accused of “encouraging people for an armed uprising”.

Istanbul’s 13the Hight Criminal Court accepted the Ergenekon indictment. Thus the case with 47 arrested accused and 86 suspects will be held on October 20.

President of the Turkish Historical Society (TTK) Prof. Dr. Yusuf Halaçoğlu has been removed from his post. Prof. Dr. Ali Binici may take his place.

26 people were taken into custody in connection with the Ergenekon investigation in another round of operations. Prof. Dr. Uçkun Geray and Yusuf Buldu were among them.

The Constitutional Court will begin discussing the closure of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from the perspective of the essence of the case on July 28.

Such Herculean tasks can only be undertaken by a force that is not the accomplice of any bourgeois government, and that has no tolerance for oppression either by the political Islamists or by the ultra-nationalists. This task can only be assumed by those political forces that fight for a Social Republic.

Rapporteur Osman Can submitted his report for the closure case of the Justice and Development Party (AKP). President of the Court Haşim Kılıç told the reporters to leave the court alone to do its job.

The office of the Military Prosecutor denied the claim in the news two days ago that it had launched its own investigation about the Ergenekon operation.